ABOUT THE CREATOR OF KILLER ATTITUDE

Francisco Dao is the founder of KillerAttitude.com and Strategy and Performance.

He writes on leadership and sales strategy for Inc.com and he has provided breakthrough guidance to hundreds of business owners and high achieving individuals. He was previously the president and founder of TDEC Inc., a million dollar training business, and has served as a strategic development consultant to numerous technology start-ups.

link to articles by Francisco Dao:
http://www.inc.com/resources/leadership/columns/dao.html

Hello, my name is Francisco Dao.

If I may, I'd like to tell you a little bit about me. I didn't realize it at the time, but my first lessons in confidence and influence began in the 3rd grade. I was a chubby, shy Asian kid in a largely Hispanic neighborhood, but instead of retreating to my schoolwork, I learned to adapt and make friends. To quote Dale Carnegie, I learned "how to win friends and influence people." But more importantly, I realized how powerful this ability really was and how it was affecting me personally. The better I became at influencing people, the more confident I became. The more confident I became, the more I realized the world was my oyster. Far more than anything else I learned in school, confidence and influence were my tickets to pursuing anything I wanted without fear and doubt.

At 13, when most kids were mowing lawns for quarters, I was selling car stereos to adults at the flea market - which paid for my first motorcycle.

At 24, when other recent college grads were begging for a good performance review, I was starting a business that would soon be bringing in slightly over a million dollars a year in revenue.

At 30, I raised $450,000 in seed capital for a business that was hardly more than an idea.

At 34, I started to put my ideas on managing people down on paper and was almost immediately offered a regular column with INC., a nationally respected magazine.

In between my business endeavors, I even found time to perform as a paid semi-pro stand-up comedian.

Today, when people ask me how I found the motivation to take the chances and do many of the things I've done in my life, I tell them that motivation had little to do with it. It was confidence that allowed me to go forward without doubt.

Frankly, motivation is overrated. Think about it this way: No man needs to be motivated to seek out attractive women, but only confident men actually do it.

Many people think confidence is something that happens in a vacuum, that you can simply decide to be confident. While there are mental tricks that can create a temporary aura of confidence - and I will teach you these tricks - true, lasting confidence is bred from one's ability to influence others. This is why confidence and influence must be taught together.

If you're ready to change your life, sign up today for free immediate access to our valuable resource center and start harnessing the power of confidence and influence to get what you want.

Best regards,
Francisco Dao