Pay-off: how to get clarity or help someone else get clarity to move forwards Investment: 2.5 minutes Sign up to weekly posts here Many problems are a clarity issue, nothing more. The less clearly we can see from A to B, the less likely we’ll attempt to advance from A to B. If you can’t see …
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Pay-off: a more accurate sense of where you’re really at and what to do next Investment: 2.5 minutes Sign up to weekly posts here What are you paid most to do consistently? What’s the most important consistent deliverable or outcome in your work? OK, on a scale of 1-10 how good or confident are …
Pay-off: A chance to steer your career somewhere better Investment: 3 minutes Sign up to weekly posts here This question matters a lot. It pays to consider the impact of your answers. (I recommend you pause to bring some answers to mind before proceeding. Where is your career actually taking you?) Now, there’s only one specific …
Pay-off: Clarity on your next important sale (it could be your next job!) Investment: 2 minutes Sign up to weekly posts here Many people in sales are blind or unclear about this. So let’s just clarify, regardless of your job title… You’re not really in sales If you’re selling something that people are already lining …
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Payoff: An engine that prevents you failing Investment: 10 minutes Sign up to weekly posts here This post is probably for you. That’s if you’re trying to achieve something worthwhile in your work of life. Usually I write for those in ‘non-sales’ who want to improve how they sell, influence the thinking of others, or …
Pay-off: Grow your confidence to grow your sales Investment: 4 minutes Sign up to weekly posts here Some say that confidence sells. Some say that trust sells. The Oxford dictionary suggests they’re both right, as it tells us that ‘confidence’ is about expressing an intensive force of ‘trust’: Late 16th century: from French confident(e), from …
Pay-off: the (until now, hidden) way to win people over Investment: 5 minutes Sign up to weekly posts here This post won’t be for everyone. But I do share a big secret about myself in it, and considering the market I tend to work with, I think it will help a few people, who in …
Pay-off: a step by step recipe to take you from ‘learned’ to ‘earned’ Investment: 5 minutes Sign up to weekly posts here You’ve learned something new. You’ve read the book. You attended the course. You’d like to benefit from some of the ideas as you feel a little more enlightened. And then… ..you just get …
Pay-off: Eliminate ‘laziness’ and strengthen your team Investment: >2 minutes Sign up to weekly posts here Think about the lazy people you know. Grrrrr…they’re so annoying aren’t they? Lazing about. Who do they think they are? Except…many of the “lazy” people I know have gone on to become more successful than just about everyone else …
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Pay-off: Understand your blindspot if you like to be likeable Investment: 30 seconds for the short version, 5 mins for the long Sign up to weekly posts here The short version Should you be likeable to succeed in sales? Well, honestly, is your customer trying to buy your likeability? Ultimately, is their main purpose to …
