
Old Dogs and New Tricks
I was doing some research the other day and came across a statistic that I thought I’d share: Ideas that are being explained with the use of verbal and visual tools are 6 times more likely to be understood than ideas being explained with verbal tools only. I have known for a long time that the phrase ‘I just can’t visualize it’ coming from a potential client was one of my biggest hurdles to overcome. I can see the finished product very clearly in my head but I am not an artist. So a few years ago I took drawing classes. I had to label the drawing I did of a shoe to explain what it was. I spent hours learning how to draw simple examples of window treatments so I could better explain my vision but they never were to my total satisfaction. As my business grew READ MORE