Someone you care about believes something that you know is nonsense, and you can see it’s harming them, or other people, and maybe even harming you. Because you care, you wish there was a way to help them out of it. Consider this: You Cannot Reason People Out of Something They Were Not Reasoned Into …
True value In my work helping businesses to sell, I define true value as “the precise optimal mix of services or products that your entire business can provide your customers business, such that they’d be better off than they would be by keeping their investment.” It’s an ideal to aim for, and it involves the …
You can’t help the hand you’re dealt. But you can help how you play those cards. And here’s what most people miss: you don’t have to play the cards you’ve got! People overlook this, using only what thinking or options come naturally to mind. But you now know that you can always pickup from the …
You are responsible. Whether you like it or not. And whether you accept it or not. Not for what you were born into, or your upbringing, or for some of what life puts on you. But you are responsible for your: And these, combined with execution, time, timing, and circumstances create outcomes. Which could be …
When my son was little he came in crying because his sister called him an idiot. I said “well, are you?” He said “no!” I said “well, you haven’t got anything to worry about then.” He stopped crying. Chimp brain out the way, I added “and if you’re not, then that also makes her wrong. …
Pay-off: Get clarity on how to close sales effectivelyInvestment: 3 mins Sign up to monthly posts here What do most people involved with ‘selling’ want to know most of all? Well, going by the question I’m asked most often, it’s “how do you actually close and make the sale?” I’ll tell you the answer in …
Pay-off: A paint by numbers approach to unseat the incumbent / competition and win the client you wantInvestment: 8 mins Sign up to monthly posts here Hi there! You shouldn’t be clicking on titles like that! I don’t write these sorts of tips! I’m all about good honest, ethical, high-value selling. Having said that, I …
Pay-off: Eliminate fear, and do the right thingsInvestment: 2.5 mins Sign up to monthly posts here What are you scared of? It’s an interesting thing, fear. We deal with it first. To attempt to survive. The amygdala in your brain takes on that job. And what a job! Quite the responsibility. Since it leads your …
Pay-off: Pick someone smart you need a ‘yes’ from. Follow the advice below and you’ll increase your chancesInvestment: 5 mins. Sign up to monthly posts here You’re reading this because you sometimes have to persuade or sell to smart people. And you’re reading this because you’re smart enough to care about getting it right. Right? …
Sign up to monthly posts here A mixed bag of thoughts this month to help you improve sales: The first (a 30 second read) looks at why you, no matter who you are should invest some attention towards improving how you ‘sell’. The second (a 50 second read) looks at a really bad but …
