May 19, 2020 Idle Hands Are A Perfect Time to Tackle Projects! Here’s one from the vaults, originally posted in 2009… Phone not ringing as much as it used to? People kinda hangin’ around looking like they are at loose ends? What are you gonna do? PUT ‘EM TO WORK! During this perceived or real lull in your business, why not tackle some of those projects you never seemed to have time to get to before…remember, when you were meeting rush deadlines?! If you don’t have one handy, make a list for you and your team of all of the things you could be doing if only you had the time…
November 2, 2018 Trust Me On This “Trust me. I’m in sales.” “The check’s in the mail.” “I won’t tell anyone.” “Don’t you believe me?” All of these statements and questions are asking others to put their trust in the person doing the asking. Why would one person trust another? Would you believe a stranger who walked up to the you on the street and asked you to trust him? I’m guessing not. Would you believe a close friend who had never steered you wrong in your long relationship? I’m thinking yes, you would. When you are not quite a total stranger to someone, yet not his…
September 7, 2018 Do Not Undertake to Underestimate Are you guilty of underestimating people on occasion? I know I am, and, I often discover, to my own detriment. It’s easy to do, though, isn’t it? Judging a book by its cover, making a snap decision about someone else’s abilities without any reasonable evidence, having your mind closed to unexpected possibilities. Sometimes in life, people rise to your expectations of them. Similarly, if you have low expectations, people tend to meet them as well. How can you find out for sure if you are underestimating the abilities of another person? Perhaps pursue that evidence I just mentioned…Ask a question,…