(and how to benefit more from what others think of you) Pay-off: peace of mind, freedom to act, useful feedback to improve Investment: 6 minutes Sign up to weekly posts here Ever worry about what people think of you, what you’re doing, and your ideas? What, so you occasionally spend your precious time letting this …
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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: Increase your rewards more comfortably Investment: 6 minutes Sign up to weekly posts here You’ve surely heard that the uncomfortable thing is often worth doing? You know, really, that you should do it. It would probably make a big difference to your career or life. And you know that things will probably stagnate if …
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Pay-off: A short guide to what it’s worth learning next Investment: 4 minutes Sign up to weekly posts here Here’s my top five: How to think (far beyond your default level of thinking) How to learn fast How to identify and solve the right problems How to lead How to sell These, I think, are …
…and my challenges to each! Pay-off: Begin developing a mindset that grows your career and business Investment: <2 minutes The value here is if you actually pause to answer each of my questions rather than just read and smile at them 🙂 1.”I don’t have time to sell” You say that, but…you have 10,080 minutes …
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Pay-off: Never again struggle to introduce yourself Investment: <4 minutes You’re about to meet someone for the first time, step into the unknown, and hopefully strike up an enjoyable conversation. It could be your next valuable business, career, or sales relationship that might just be the turning point you’ve been waiting for. But first, you’re …
Pay-off: Quickly spot potential sales talent for B2B/nonsales/technical/start ups/professional service sales Investment: 4 minutes How would you go about identifying potential sales talent in your nonsales people? I’m increasingly asked to help businesses do this and it’s certainly a healthy question for businesses to ask: “Who could and should be contributing to developing our business, …
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Pay-off: spot the hidden valuable opportunities Investment: <2 minutes Many people in BD seem to have ‘opportunity planning’ all wrong. Either they don’t do it at all, they don’t do it enough, or they do it and begin to believe that things will go to plan, being unprepared then to deal with unexpected surprises or …
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Pay-off: one way to help a stubborn anti-sales person learn to sell Investment: <1 min Got someone in your team who vehemently rejects the idea of selling? Invite them to convincingly persuade you to excuse them from such activity. If they succeed: They’re better than you thought. Tell them, “you’re a sales legend in the …
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