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Entries for the ‘Skill Building’ Category

Give More to Get More

To increase your performance by 15%, give 15% more effort.
-Brian Sullivan
Let’s not overcomplicate this. In sales, there are only two ways to get better results. The first is to make more sales calls. The second is to perform better on each call.  So how many prospecting calls do you make each week? And as an [...]

Don’t Be a C

Winners are only judged in loser’s circles.
-Brian Sullivan
Recently, as I prepared to speak at a company seminar, I looked around the room as salespeople walked in to find their seat at one of the 25 round tables. I wondered how these salespeople would choose which seat was best for them. Just a few minutes [...]

Big Changes

The person who sends out positive thoughts activates the world around him positively and draws back to himself positive results.
-Norman Vincent Peale
(1898-1993)
How do you feel? Are you ready? Of course you are. Because in 2010 you are going to change the world! And I promise it’s not going to be difficult. In fact, it’s going [...]

Paying Attention

I think the one lesson I have learned is that
there is no substitute for paying attention
-Diane Sawyer
Imagine how much professional interviewers learn every time they sit down and do nothing but ask questions and pay attention to the responses given. If you believe that the answers to most of your questions reside in the heads [...]

From Sales Lump to Sales Diamond

“Diamonds are only lumps of coal that stuck to their jobs.”
B.C. Forbes (1880–1954)
Scottish journalist and founder of Forbes Magazine

There are only three ways to become a diamond in your career. If you are a professional salesperson, the formula is easy:
1. Become smarter and more skilled than the average rep
2. Make more prospecting calls than the competition
3. Be smarter, [...]

Team Building

Team building (skill building) programs improve the way your team members interact and solve problems and overall leads to better efficiency. The results? Higher and improved morale and productivity.
Team building helps to also decrease stress, turnover and operating costs.
A happier team means an effective team. An effective team is more [...]