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Learn From The Mistakes of Others

Feb 22, 2021 by Leave a Comment
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Sales Tip #527 From The Sales Doctor
Learn From The Mistakes of Others
“Learn from the mistakes of others. You can’t live long enough to make them yourself.”
– Eleanor Roosevelt

Here are three benefits of learning from the mistakes of others.If you do achieve the same success as others, you know how to keep it.
You know how to avoid the same obstacles and ensure you’re on the right path.
People commit more mistakes than successes; therefore, you receive more valuable information.I’m sure you can come up with more!
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Our Greatest Weakness

Feb 15, 2021 by Leave a Comment
Motivational Tip #526

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Sales Tip #526 From The Sales Doctor
Our Greatest Weakness
“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.”
– Thomas Edison
When I read this quote from Tom Edison, I immediately thought about how a lot of salespeople will give up after the first rejection. Any book that I have read (including mine) states that you have to ask for the sale a minimum of three to five times and that does not include following up with them.

Thomas Edison gets it. He was not afraid to try one more time. What about you?
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Your Mindset Determines Your Mood!

Feb 8, 2021 by Leave a Comment
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Sales Tip #525 From The Sales Doctor
Your Mindset Determines Your Mood!

Your thoughts have presence and will have an immediate impact on your attitude. Attitudes are contagious; like a thermostat, they determine the climate at home or at work.

Every emotion has a birthplace and it starts in your mind, so be sensitive to your thoughts by exercising self-control. If you don’t control what you think about, what you think about will control you.
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Fear Kills More Dreams Than Failure Ever Will!

Feb 1, 2021 by Leave a Comment
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Sales Tip #524 From The Sales Doctor
Fear Kills More Dreams Than Failure Ever Will!

The fear of rejection has prevented a lot of salespeople from asking what I refer to as need-to-know questions or even asking for the sale.

I saw a quote recently that said F.E.A.R. has two meanings. Forget Everything And Run or Face Everything And Rise. The choice is yours.

Stop letting fear rob you of your potential!
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The Past Prepares Us For The Present!

Jan 25, 2021 by Leave a Comment
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Sales Tip #523 From The Sales Doctor
The Past Prepares Us For The Present!

Lailah Gifty Akita is an enthusiastic inspirational writer born in Accra, Ghana. She is the author of The Alphabet of Success; Think Great, Be Great: Beautiful Quotes Volume 1 and The Wings of Hope: Survivor. She is passionate about empowering the mind of young people to fulfill their greatest mission.

Lailah is asking us: what did you learn in 2020 that is going to prepare you to be even more successful in 2021?

Use the past to prepare you for the present!
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Good Intentions Require Execution!

Jan 18, 2021 by Leave a Comment
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Sales Tip #522 From The Sales Doctor
Good Intentions Require Execution!

I’m sure you have things that you want to accomplish on a daily, weekly or monthly basis. Some are personal and some are work related. It all begins with a good intention but unfortunately it will not get completed without execution.

So how will you become better at executing your good intention? By using what I refer to as reward or consequence. You can select either one as a motivator or a combination of both. What happens if I don’t execute on my good intention or what are the benefits if I do?

Let’s all become more intentional with are good intentions in 2021.
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Improvement Requires Discipline

Jan 13, 2021 by Leave a Comment
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Sales Tip #521 From The Sales Doctor
Improvement Requires Discipline

Author H. Jackson Brown Jr. once said, “Talent without discipline is like an octopus on roller skates. There’s plenty of movement, but you never know if it’s going to be forward, backwards, or sideways.”

If you are lacking self-discipline in a specific area of your life and you want to get off of the roller skates, try executing the following steps.
-Be willing to pay the price to reach the next level.
-Be willing to start with small things first.
-Get into the right environment
-Believe that you can always do it better.
-Remember that anything you’ve done in a particular way for a given amount of time can always be done better.
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Don’t Obsess Over the Future

Jan 4, 2021 by Leave a Comment
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Sales Tip #520 From The Sales Doctor
Don’t Obsess Over The Future!

Psychologists say that about 95% of all we worry about never happens. What about the other 5%? Four out of the five times things turn out better than we anticipated, including a lot of outright blessings!

In the end, only 1% of all bad we think might happen actually does, and it’s rarely as bad as we feared.

So don’t be anxious about tomorrow!
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Motivation Only Gets You Started!

Dec 14, 2020 by Leave a Comment
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Sales Tip #519 From The Sales Doctor
Motivation Only Gets You Started!

I saw an interesting quote by Jim Rohn who was an American Entrepreneur, Author and Motivational Speaker. “MOTIVATION is what gets you started. HABIT is what keeps it going.”

Self-Motivation is important; however, the habits that are developed are equally as important. So the question for the day is: Are you forming good or bad habits to sustain your motivation?
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What is Success?

Dec 7, 2020 by Leave a Comment
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Sales Tip #518 From The Sales Doctor
What Is Success?

Success is the ability to go from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm.
–Winston Churchill

When I saw this quote by Winston Churchill, I immediately thought about the statistic that says you have to ask for the sale a minimum
 of three to five times before you get a yes. In other words, expect your first three to five attempts to fail. Winston Churchill reminds us that failure is not final.
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