“This isn’t a tip – it’s a prescription.” And with that statement, Jordan Belfort, inspiration behind the blockbuster movie, the Wolf of Wall Street, kicked into the Sydney leg of his world speaking tour.
Promoted as the best way to ethically persuade anyone to do anything, the Wolf of Wall Street’s “Straight Line Persuasion” system has caught the attention of millions. But is it all it’s cracked up to be? Start Grow Run spent 3 days with the Wolf to find out.
Over the course of 30 hours, Jordan Belfort spoke about many things. Ducks and eagles, fruit on trees and the importance of the ‘attraction magnet’. With a central theme of entrepreneurship (and the di¬fference between those that achieve their vision and those that don’t), Belfort conducted an assessment of inner and outer business strengths.
Highlighting the importance of not just having the skills required to persuade, sell and influence; but being able to access those skills at the right point in time, Belfort stated, “You must sell yourself with self-talk before you can sell to anyone else…. Don’t let an ‘impossibility syndrome’ get in the way.”
Providing insight into what it takes to build a forum for success, Belfort dissected the di¬fference between a customer loving your product logically and wanting it emotionally. Making a sale, he said, “is often contingent upon breaking through a customer’s action threshold. That is, their willingness to look to the future and take advantage of an opportunity.”
Peppered with anecdotes about the movie, Belfort was humourous, passionate and intelligent. Auctioning of the Stratton Oakmont Sales Manual (Belfort quipped that it had been ‘ethically cleaned’), a percentage of proceeds were donated to Belfort’s charity, the Salvation Army.
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