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Old May 24, 2025, 12:42 PM
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Default BARTER - Free Food At a Baltimore Charity Event

Thanks Millard,

I called a Charity here in Baltimore.

Got Their Calendar of hosted Events.

Found out they were Sponsoring a Charity Event. Where a couple dozen local
Chefs and Restaurant owners would Cook and sell food to the Affluent
attendees.

I packed 2 Sets of Clothing.
Water and a Sponge.

Arrived 2 hours Early.

Asked, "Is it ok If I help You Carry Stuff to Your Cooking Area?

ANSWER - "HELL YEAH!"

Sponged off.

Changed to Fancy Duds.

WAVED to the Chefs I'd Helped Set up.

GOT SO MUCH FREE Food I couldn't eat it all.

AND...

Got invited to chat with 3 of the Chefs about ideas I had Shared
while helping carry their stuff.

Thanks,
Glenn
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Old May 24, 2025, 01:26 PM
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Default How to BARTER for Million Dollar Ideas Not Found AnyWhere Else

Thanks Millard, Dien, Gordon,

So I am Reading this book that SCARED Me SO BAD
I sweated thru my clothes in The Library.

Said to myself, "THIS CAN'T BE TRUE, can it?

So I Flirt Tested what I Read about this Israeli Angel investor.
Teaching Stanford Biz Schools Students to Use ADDICTION
Instead of Moolah Investments in Their new Smart Phone APPS.

GOAL - Create ADDICTION that Forces people to use Their APP Hundreds of times a day.

(EDITORS NOTE - Did You know all CIA Employees REFUSE to let their
kids use SMART PHONES?)

So.

I Added The SCARY ADDICTION Idea to my Flirt Tipping
Strategy - Which I use to DISTRACT Attention Away from Whatever
NEW IDEA I am Testing.

FIRST TEST -

Eating Lunch at "RED LOBSTER". I am Using The SCARY ADDICTION
Idea on my Waitress.

SUDDENLY - a Pretty Blonde Woman seated at a Nearby book Walks over
to me sitting at my booth table.

AND KNEELS on the Floor.

TALKING NON-STOP.

She Introduces me to ANGEL. The little dog in her Purse. She has been Feeding
Shrimp.

Tells me about her DANGEROUS son in The XYZ agency. Who hunts Down
Spies and Criminals.

Shares how she BLACKMAILED her X Husband into Buying her a Huge
WideScreen TV.

(EDITORS NOTE - I am Eating Fast. Cuz I dunno what this woman is going to do Next.)

WHEW!

SAVED. The Restaurant employees Threw her out for Stealing Shrimp. And
Feeding her Dog in the Restaurant.

TEST #2 -

A Client Drives Down From Pennsylvania. Knocks on my door. ASKS me to
Demonstrate how to PICK UP GIRLS at a Local "Hooters Restaurant."

STARTLED.

NOT HAPPY.

I decide to TEST the SCARY NEW Psycho ADDICTION Idea
with Jimbo Along for The Ride.

We Drive to The Inner Harbor HOOTERS. All The Waitresses At Hooters Sit near The Entrance.

JUMP UP and WOBBLE - when You Come in.

So I hand Each Girl a Paper Rose. And a LOTTO Ticket.

A Line forms at our Table.

WAITRESS #1 - Sits in my lap.

Waitress #2 - Plops her Breasts on The Table. And pushes Them Up out of her
Bra.

Waitress #3 - Brings out Drinks Held Btwn her arms and Her HOOTERS. So we have to touch her Boobs to get out Drinks.

Then We Get THROWN OUT of Hooters.

All I did Was Put on a RED CLOWN Nose.

Tell my Waitresses.

IF You Wear a CLOWN NOSE when you walk back and forth to the
kitchen I will Give You a LOTTO Ticket every single Trip.

OR

A $2.00 Bill.

YELLING.
SCREAMING.
Chaos.

A Near Riot Ensued.

The manager Asked us to LEAVE.

Do you know what Jimbo said?

"What did You DO?

"I didn't See What You Did!

"I can't walk into a Restaurant and hand out clown Noses Like you just did.
THAT WAS INSANE.

And he left.

When I emailed The "Hooked" Book Author, Nir Eyal,
about what happened.

Guess what he wanted?

He wanted to FLY me to Stanford so he could Watch me Use
his SCARY APP Discovery at lunch. Then share it with his students.

Thanks,
Glenn

P.S. - You Wanna Try it with something better than a Clown Nose?

https://archive.enchantednlp.com/products.php?id=168
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Old May 27, 2025, 06:39 AM
Millard Grubb Millard Grubb is offline
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Default BARTER in a Tourist Town

Thanks for the advice on using your tipping strategy while at a restaurant.

Almost all of the restaurants around Branson where I live are fast-food or other simple fare. The challenge is finding a decent sit-down restaurant that has food worth eating!

One of the places is College of the Ozarks, however, it has a special situation since it is staffed by students going to school working their way through college by working different jobs throughout their four years. This working PAYS for their college !

Since most of the businesses here in town are either tourist-centered or owned by big corporations... any barter I do is mostly based on people I meet and take the time to start a conversation. I would imagine that taking the time to drive to Springfield and go to the restaurants there using Glenn's approach might have more impact than here in Branson. Branson, after all, has millions come through every year.

With that just said, I realize at this very moment, there might be an opportunity here. With all the people from out of town, what percentage of them are folks with money? Probably ALL of them.

This calls for further thought.
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Old June 1, 2025, 01:53 PM
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Default Location LOCATION Location

Thanks Millard,

Dr Milton Erickson, the Inventor or much of Modern Psychology has
a Process.

Where he uses ONE PERSON to INVISIBLY INFLUENCE everybody else in The room.

TO DO THIS Profitably. Go to LOCATIONS where AFFLUENT People Are Watching
You TIP the Waiters and cooks. MANY of them will come over to CHAT.

MAGIC MIS-Direction is What You Want to Practice.

The Lotto ticket tipping is MIS-DIRECTION.

You can MEASURE your Success by how much EXTRA food you get.

How many Waiters and Waitresses gather at your table.

IF the cooks Bring you Your Food IN PERSON.

When The Manager or Owner comes over to Thank You for Tipping the Cooks.

HUGE OPPORTUNITY in Tourist Town.

Waiters and Cooks and Restaurant Staff
get Treated like DIRT.

People are Not Thinking Clearly.

Complain and
Bitch and
Moan
and YELL at the people who are
IN CONTROL OF Your Food!

DUMB.

Yet that is how 90% of People Treat Retail Staffers.

EXAMPLE - I am the only one who Brings little Gifts to the Bank Tellers.

RESULT?

One told me. "We just got 50 - Two Dollar Bills in.

ME - I will buy them all.

Make Great MISDIRECTION Tips.

Thanks,
Glenn
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