To make use of this technique, what you need to do is to first think of someone you know who is already achieving the success you are after. Just try to do that now - see if you can think of someone who fits the bill; someone who is already successful doing the very activity you need to improve.

Once you have identified your 'model', you need to analyze exactly what it is that person is actually doing to produce the results. Once you know what your model is actually doing, you can work on doing the same things and, by the law of cause and effect, you can also produce the same results.

The modeling approach is sometimes referred to as 'fake it till you make it' but there is nothing fake about it. You are simply using a scientific approach to the analysis of methods.

Here are some specific things for you to look out for:

* Use of Vocabulary

* Professional Image

* Body Language including Posture

* Attitudes & Beliefs

* Mannerisms including Smiling

* Use of Voice including Tone

Once you have identified how your model is making use of the above things, you simply step into that person's shoes. Give your next presentation 'as if' you actually were that person; attend your next meeting 'as if' you were that person; write your next email 'as if' you were that person - and so on.

This approach is something like extending the idea of creating and using a stage-persona -something that great performers have used to good effect for thousands of years. The creation of that winning persona is simply easier if you can imagine a real person who has the attributes you seek.

You will be simply amazed that it is possible to begin producing results almost immediately with this technique - and don't worry, nobody will know what you are doing. You will not be recognized as a poor impersonation: instead, you will be attributed as having the personality, energy and charisma of the person you are modeling.

Eventually, those new behaviours - the ones that are producing the results - will sink deep into your own personality you will change for the better. So ultimately, you will not need to 'fake it' because you will become the genuine article.