There is no free lunch. That's something I learned from my husband. Even items with big red letters that says FREE is not really free. They are labeled "free" because the company or person giving it away wants you, the consumer, to try it and see if after you have tried it there will be a demand for their upcoming product.
Ultra-Magnetic Persuasion Seminar
And that is what I expected when I first attended the Ultra Magnetic Persuasion Seminar of John Calub. It was my first time to attend a John Calub Seminar at Convenarium, Crossroad 77, Mother Ignacia Avenue corner Scout Reyes Street, Quezon City. The venue was big enough for hundreds of people. The attendees for the soft launching of the Ultra Magnetic Persuasion seminar can be roughly 500 guests. Going to this John Calub seminar I am well aware that a free 2-hour Persuasion Seminar is not just going to be handed to me that easily. It's a Persuasion seminar anyway. If the speaker cannot persuade me in some way then its not that effective for me. I cannot say the same for the others though.
So I sat down with my bff and my hubby asking them "What would John Calub sell to us now?". The Ultra Magnetic Persuasion seminar started with an energizing exercise to get the mindset of the people in positive mode since this Personal Development Seminar is slated afterwork on a Thursday. I'm not sure though if there was strategy behind the choice of date and day on that part but I guess nobody wants to go on a seminar on a Friday night so your best choice would be a Thursday. The target market is obviously for workers since the time is after office hours.
The first part of the free Ultra Magnetic Persuasion Seminar covered the 5 Key Elements of Persuasion namely: authority, popularity, good looks, character, and lastly money. Each element was discussed in general and how it affects a person's persuasion power over people. Truth be told, that money is not a surprising element of persuasion since the influence of those with money can affect people's perception over people and things in their life.
John Calub's seminar also discussed the rate in percentage on how people view or judge a person. He described this effect using three factors: words, tone and body language. John Calub said that body language commands the highest percentage on how we are viewed or perceived by another person. Hence, a great selling spiel or an excellent speech would have been in vain if that person's body language says otherwise. Thus, to be a great communicator and to effectively persuade people to trust and believe you, there are strategies that can be used in building instant rapport. For the free Ultra Magnetic Persuasion Seminar, John Calub stressed that each strategy will be discussed in detail if the guests will avail of the program. The original price of the program is pegged at P12,000 but given to the attendees of the soft launching at an introductory price of P5000. To reserve for the upcoming Ultra Magnetic Persuasion seminar on January 29, 2011 at the SMX Convention, the pre-launching guests would just have to make a P500 deposit (non-refundable) to lock in their seat or to reserve for their slot. This reservation fee can be paid either in cash or credit card.
Lastly, John Calub discussed the features of the one-day course on Ultra Magnetic Persuasion Seminar and imparted several general details for some of the strategies he enumerated. Mostly he did not discuss how the strategies are done but what would happen if a person knows how to use these strategies in his work, personal life and relationships. In my opinion, this is the teaser part of the seminar. I can compare it to a person showing you a yummy chocolate cake (the end goal) telling you the ingredients how to cook it but you have to pay this person to teach you how to cook it. There is no guarantee that by the end of the lesson you have produced the same kind of cake he initially showed you but the important thing is you know his secret in making this scrumptuous, delectable chocolate cakes. Or do you? Because the mentor, being steps ahead will always make sure there is always something cooking under his sleeves. (I am myself's devil's advocate)
After the seminar, I asked my companions if they learned something new. They said that for most part, the seminar was nothing new. But there were very few fresh points but most of it was a reinforcement knowledge which means it only affirms what you have known before. I admit I did learn two new things. One is about the meaning of our handshake and the second one is the effect of certain words to us. My take when I attend something new is to go with my mind like an empty vessel as much as I can so that there will be space to test my comfort zone. If I attend an event and there is already prejudice that it will not be worth my time and for sure I will come home the same person. No change. So I come to events and seminars waiting for concepts that will trigger a certain emotion in me that will prompt me to ask questions "Why am I agreeing or disagreeing to this?", "Why am I reacting this way to the comment or concept I just heard", "Why should I apply or not apply this concept?".
Check out my Money Magnet Review at http://financialliteracyactivitiesphil.blogspot.com/2010/09/i-attended-john-calubs-money-magnet.html At P5000 for a whole day event on Persuasion Seminar given by a Filipino coach I think the upcoming Ultra Magnetic Seminar is already worth it. I attended a similar seminar two years ago featuring almost the same concepts that John Calub will be discussing in this Ultra Magnetic seminar and that was P25,000 held at Dusit Hotel with only about 20 attendees. Although I got it for free because of a contest I won from Powerbooks to which I will be forever grateful to Powerbooks I am thinking its time somebody from the Philippines do this for his fellowmen.
January 20, 2011 Grand Launching of Ultra-Magnetic Persuasion Seminar (watch out for the laser show entertainment in this event) For those who wished they could have attended the pre-launching but missed it, do not fret there is another free Ultra-Magnetic Persuasion Seminar on the 20th of January, 2011 at Convenarium again. To get more details, you can check out John Calub's website dedicated for the Ultra-Magnetic Persuasion seminar at http://www.ultramagneticpersuasion.com/register/.
For those, who are not going after they have read this blog or attended the pre-launching don't worry there is nothing wrong with you. When the student is ready, the teacher will come. You may be just not ready for now.
The only DANGER of not being open to new things or being closed to knowledge is the stagnation and soon the DEATH of the mind. If you can get the same or higher value of wisdom from somebody or something else then by all means go for it. Just promise yourself, you will CONTINUE LEARNING!
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