Appearance is not just about clothes or hair. It's about how your personality reflects you to the outside world. You can be dressed in the most trendy fashion, but if your world attitude is complete horse crap, you will not be successful. As such, I'm going to start with a focus on the mind, and work my way to the clothes.
1. Cultivate patience.
When you're patient with someone, it shows in how they will react to you. They will be more at ease. Which will ultimately translate into more feet for you. How do you cultivate patience? Build up an understanding that people aren't going to be the same as others, and that despite that piece of human nature that you're eventually going to get what you want. You may not get the person right then. But give it time, and patience, and creativity. They eventually wear down. They all wear down, and you can benefit from those lowered defenses.
That is the terminus of the thrill of the hunt.
2. Be mindful of what you say, do and think.
The worst thing you can do when you're sitting down to work on a person is to say something offensive to their sensibilities. Because with that one offense, people tend to judge your whole character. You probably don't particularly care about how Hitler killed six million people who disagreed with his actions, but a person who is "politically correct" might because they are sensitive to that issue and have allowed themselves to be programmed as such.
So, being aware of the thoughts that form in your head and being aware of what you say is very important. When highly sensitive issuesarise let the other person talk.
3. Always smile.
Don't smile like a maniac, and don't smile like an overeager child who is about to get their favorite dinner. Smile every so often in a calm, approving way. Practice the smile, look in the mirror. Work on controlling the elements of your face as well. We often are not aware of what our faces do unless we are in a high emotional state. Be sure to practice in front of a mirror, so you can see how you look when doing these things.
4. Be Clean.
This should go without saying, but if you don't get it: People like being around clean people. Put on a scent, or use no scent. Wear clean clothes, or clean looking clothes. Dress the way the culture of your mark dresses to not draw attention to yourself.
5. Speak clearly.
Speaking clearly means you'll have no problem with your mark not understanding you, unless the mark is a dullard on their part. Speak from your diaphragm and always say what you mean. Even if it means you will take am moment to figure it out.
6. Be fazed by nothing.
Appear as if you are unfazed by the world around you. The mark is your world. Treat them as such.
7. Keep healthy.
Keep your body fit, consume foods such as fruits and vegetables, juices and water. Exercise and get good sleep. Your brain must be sharp. You are playing a game of strategy. Your body must be sharp, not only because you are in the presence of people and don't want to get sick or that people respond better to healthy people, but because on the off chance that someone attempts to hurt or intimidate you, you can look like you will tear out their lower intestine. I haven't had to do it yet, but I'm quite willing to do so if necessary.
Those are my tips on appearance. I will return to them on occasion, and add more as necessary. All of this work is connected, so everything works together as a machine.
Foot Witch Signing Off.
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