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You are different
Posted on May 17, 2015 Leave a Comment
We don’t like being different, It’s uncomfortable to do things differently, It’s tough to feel successful when Our success doesn’t have the same appearance as our mentor or Peers Comparison is a trap that we all fall into. Even the most successful among us cannot help but measure ourselves against the accomplishments of another. While […]
“Digging Out and Climbing Up” – Jerry Knight
Posted on April 27, 2015 Leave a Comment
If you have the privilege of being called a Sales Professional then I would bet that, sometime during your career, you have found yourself falling short of your goal/quota. Some how you find a way to justify missing the mark. You make promises of improvement to your boss. You reassure your family that sometimes these […]
My Christmas Wish for you
Posted on December 24, 2014 2 Comments
For all my loyal Readers, Let me say thank you for being a part of this site, I hope I have helped you in some way this past Year It is My Christmas ( and New Years ) wish for each of you that you will continue to search for and find the GREATNESS that […]
This time of year tends to bring about a lot of reflection and assessment of our lives.. .
Posted on December 12, 2014 Leave a Comment
This time of year tends to bring about a lot of time for reflection and assessment of our lives.. . We tend to do a mental accounting of our victories and our failures, We then put the two stacks side by side and measure which stands taller. If the Victory stack is taller we were […]
CHECK YOUR REAR VIEW
Posted on December 5, 2014 Leave a Comment
I am a fan of racing, I like it for the excitement and the strategy that goes into a win Often when a driver takes the lead at a critical point in the race the Broadcasters will say that He is now ‘ driving with his rear view mirror .” We as sales Professionals have to […]
GRATITUDE IS RELEVANT
Posted on November 25, 2014 2 Comments
When I share the idea of living a Grateful life with Sales people I am met with Mixed reactions Some embrace the idea of being thankful for the blessings we as Sales people enjoy, Others roll their eyes at the thought . I am with the Group that embrace the idea So as we enter […]
Greener Grass
Posted on October 7, 2014 Leave a Comment
I recently received a call from a General Manager that is a regular reader of this Website The conversation went like this ” Donnie Can you help me get a position within your company? I am just not making a living here” I asked him what he thought was impacting his sales efforts ” The Dealer […]
Who you are is Why they buy
Posted on April 13, 2012 Leave a Comment
I stumbled on this one early in my career I’m gonna share a pearl with you today… Early in my career I had the privilege of selling office equipment across a two state territory. It was getting near Christmas and I’ll be honest I was struggling to make the ends meet. Heck I was […]
