Then I found this book. I don't know why it took me so long. Molloy sets it straight. Just how people react to you differently depending on what you wear, they also react to you on how you talk (and not just on WHAT you say, but more HOW you say it), how you hold your shoulders, your mouth, and other behavioral mechanisms. Molloy runs through all of this, explaining the experiments he did and the results. This isn't some guy's THEORY on how to be successful, it's SCIENTIFICALLY VERIFIED TRUTH.
This book is a gold mine. In one chapter, Molloy explains how he used his research to help an employee eliminate a series of body language oddities which were making people dislike him. Furthermore, he had passed these body language habits onto his kids who were unpopular in school. They all learned what they were doing and corrected it, with enormous success. That is one of the most powerful stories of self-improvement I have ever read.
If you're like me and have always wondered why you weren't getting the results you worked hard for and felt you deserved, this book is an absolute MUST read.
This book is required reading. It's brutally honest. 'Live for Success' doesn't contain positive affirmations or spritual guidance..this is a book about facts: namely that your socio-economic status (or more importantly how it is percieved by your mannerisms and vocabulary) results in a higher percentage chance of success.
But Molly doesn't stop there. He goes on to explain how the physical and social characteristics of the upper middle class such as body language, face masks, clothes, and success patterns can be mimicked by beer-drinking, dirty t-shirt wearing, couch potatos in order to achieve real results. These results are professional and social successes..READ: higher income and success. He has researched examples of these techniques.
Indeed, as a former beer-drinking, dirty t-shirt wearing, couch potato, I've applied them and they work effectively. I've doubled my income over 6 digits, am at the top of my game, and enjoy a bright vibrant future. And, you can do it too. Read this book, study this book, and apply it. You will be amazed.
I only wish Molloy came out with more material along this line such as more socio-economic mannerisms going into grooming, looks, body types, etc.. Perhaps more material on lifestyles, what to do in certain situations, etc.. Molloy's research is eye-opening.
This is a book that must be studied, not just read. I think this book is more effective than 'Think and Grow Rich'. This is the real world. Not just thinking about feeling good, but tools and techniques to shred the competition right away.
I have been in the professional world for ten years now and still recall and use something from this book at least once a month.