How would your clients describe the experience of meeting with you? How do they feel as you walk out of their offices? How do they feel about your impending appointments to see them? Here’s the toughest question for you to ponder. I want you to think this through thoroughly. If you are part of a…
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As she slowly pulled the sheer black nylon stocking up along her shapely leg, her bright red fingernail caught at the edge, causing a fresh run to skittle down her thigh toward her shimmering midnight calf. OK, as much as I love them, that’s about all we’ll be talking about black stockings in this article.…
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There’s only one sales day left in this month and just 43 left in the first quarter of 2015. Your success this year is going to be determined by you and by what you do now. Right now.
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To what lengths will you go to make yourself remarkable to your clients? If you’re not willing to think harder and care more than your competition, you lose!
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When all things are equal, you better change the equation. You gotta have a competitive advantage. You need to stand out. You need to know exactly what your clients want. And then you need to deliver it.
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A great many of my coaching clients ask for help with focus. They are easily distracted and stray from doing the important. As I was on the final push for the summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro this past July, I asked myself what would get me to the top.
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Can you imagine pulling into a McDonald’s drive-thru, ordering a hamburger and fries, and the worker tells you, “I can get you the fries, but we don’t sell hamburgers. You need to go across the street for that”?
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My family celebrated a milestone occasion when my son graduated from high school. I am sure many of you can relate to these significant education accomplishments, either as a proud parent, grandparent, aunt or uncle.
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When the discussion turns to delivering safe and compliant promotional products, and specifically how difficult it is to do, I usually go with this response: “You can either run toward the problem, or you can run away from it.”
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As a consultant, I am often asked, “what are the characteristics of successful people in the industry?” One interesting note—it has nothing to do with gender, age or tenure in the industry. Instead, it has everything to do with the character and integrity of an individual. I have noticed through discussion and observation several factors that I believe truly make a champion. And by the way, becoming a million dollar salesperson isn’t the Holy Grail barometer of success. Success can be measured and identified on many, many levels.
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