Selling: What Is In It For Me (WIIFM)?

Whether you are selling yourself on an interview or to a friend/parent/spouse, always keep one rule in place: It is not about you, it is about them.

The one way you can do so is by remember the acronym WIIFM: What's In It For Me. The "me" does not stand for you but rather the other person. Any time you talk to someone, subconsciously they are thinking about what is really in it for themselves.

Communicating a value for the other person will certainly answer their WIIFM. Make sure to always be thinking about the other side and being able to answer their WIIFM. Your every day dealing with others will be much more manageable.

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