September 15, 2009 Keep Your Eye On The Ball, Just Not A Ping Pong Ball Does this ever happen to you…you’re at your desk working on a report, and then your mind strays to what you are serving your family for dinner that night? Or, you are watching your 8-year-old playing a little league baseball game, and you begin composing an email to an important client? This is not good. We all wear many hats and take on many roles in our lives: employees, parents, vendors, siblings, tenants, children, supervisors and friends. It is difficult to be the best at any one of those responsibilities, let alone be great at all of them! Sometimes the…
June 10, 2009 OH, GROW UP…NOT!! Let’s consider today the possibility that children may be the greatest salespeople the universe has ever known. How is this possible? Consider this: Kids are creative Kids are persistent Kids are enthusiastic Kids have positive attitudes Do children EVER take no for an answer? NO, THEY DO NOT! They just take “No” as “Not now” or “Not that way, find another way to ask.” Wouldn’t you like to be able to bottle all of that energy, and upbeat, positive thinking and sprinkle it over yourself, your salespeople, and while you’re at it, all of your co-workers? Try having a child-like…
May 1, 2009 Water, Water Everywhere, Not A Drop To Drink So, here you are, stuck in the middle of a recession. You don’t know when it will end, and you feel like it has already been forever. You worry. You complain. You stress over it. You toss and turn at night. What can you do? READ A BOOK! In the midst of all of this turmoil, you are veritably surrounded by thousands of books that can help you not only survive, but get stronger! Don’t waste precious energy fretting…DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT! There are many authors and many topics dealing with this business downturn. How about picking one up? Business…
