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How Do You Handle The Constant “No’s”?

How do you handle the constant “No’s” that you're going to get at every step of your sales career? I have three ways that I handle it. I call it the “Expect, Accept & Deflect.

Are you a victim...of your habits?

So what does it mean to be a victim of your habits? Well, it's kind of like when you just lost a whole bunch of weight. And then one day you step on the scale, only to realize that somehow 17 pounds just magically appeared.

When Your Confidence Is Shaken...Do This.

One of the things that I love about my work is that I get to work with every level of the sales organization-  from the frontline BDR to the president of the company. And not only sales organizations, but also self-employed and small business owners...

Yes, You Can Become a Fearless Negotiator!

We negotiate every day, don’t we? Whether it is with our partners over dinner, our kids over bedtime, or in our day-to-day jobs. If only it were always this easy!But let’s face it - negotiating in sales just isn’t fun times for most of us. In fact,...

How do you close out your year strong when you're stretched thin for time?

A lot of people I talk to don't believe that you can generate a lot of new business in the last few weeks of the year, but I would challenge you in that belief. Because a lot of times it's really just a matter of understanding what are the symptoms...

How many emails & phone calls should you be doing in an hour in order to reach your goals?

This is a question that I just got asked on a coaching call from a new business development rep, who was way down on their leaderboard and freaking out because there was a huge gap between where they were and where their top performers were.

Book Review How to Change by Katy Milkman

So, have you ever wondered why some things work for you, but not for others? Or why so many of us fail at our New Year's Eve resolutions every year? It is one of the main things that I am writing about in a chapter right now.

Always Be Learning

What drives us to learn? And what does this have to do with how we grow our businesses, train our teams, or advance our careers?

3 Tips to Maintaining Mental Health

You know, my family and friends often tell me that I am a special kind of crazy for being an entrepreneur and a salesperson. 

But did you know that 72 percent of entrepreneurs are directly or indirectly affected by mental health issues? At least...

This stat shocked me--are we in a sales crisis?

I think I am in shock. I don’t even know where to start. There is no good way to say this, so let me just say it. 86% of sellers today are bad at consultative selling and the only thing we are worse at is closing.