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- The Opening Statement to get you Those Sales - by Submitted on Sep 17, 2009 from Frank O'TooleMy name is Liam and I want to introduce myself and my product. I will tell you what the secret is to a better water system. I want to talk to you about this; I hope you will listen…….blah blah blah. Now in all honesty we have heard these types of opening statements before but have we ever taken ...
Views: 3423(3 votes) - The 4 Simple Secrets to Selling - by Submitted on Sep 16, 2009 from Frank O'TooleWouldn’t you love to know what separates the winners from the losers in sales? Would you love to learn how to achieve the top sales in your profession? Well below are 4 simple secrets that can be the defining difference in your sales. 1. You’re Attitude. You may never have though about this ...
Views: 1171(3 votes) - Find Out The Fundamental Truth Behind Sales - by Submitted on Sep 16, 2009 from Frank O'TooleYou are in the middle of a call and you are leading them to their desire to their water but the problem is you can not get them to drink it. In sales training courses we explain to participants that you do not need to make them drink the water you simply want them to realise for themselves that ...
Views: 1143(2 votes) - Do Not Make The Crucial Mistake in Sales - by Submitted on Sep 16, 2009 from Frank O'TooleI am positive you already know that there can be a lot of mistakes made in sales. The reason that I work as part of a sales training courses provider is because I want to inform people of these mistakes that come up again and again in which I am sick to the back teeth explaining. There are 4 ...
Views: 1195(2 votes) - A $2.4 Million Personality - by Submitted on Sep 16, 2009 from Dawn AngierA $2.4 Million Personality According to an Associated Press story, the headline above is true. It seems that Gwen Butler, a bartender in an upscale restaurant in Boston’s Beacon Hill section, made quite an impression on one of her patrons—a multimillion-dollar impression. Gwen is a ...
Views: 1111(5 votes) - The Greatest Story Ever Sold - by Submitted on Feb 06, 2010 from Lawrence RosenbergBack in the late 1980’s, the Honda Motor Company ran a memorable series of commercials, the basic premise of which was that the company’s cars were so amazing, they sold themselves. This commercial’s “hook” was that it featured a salesman who was bored out of his mind and had nothing to do ...
Views: 2346(7 votes) - How to Develop Self-Discipline - by Submitted on Sep 15, 2009 from Mark FooTrying to master self-discipline can be a tough task but it can be extremely rewarding. The power of self-discipline has never been underestimated. It helps an individual to overcome various obstacles in order to achieve his or her goal. This does not mean that things are easy. ...
Views: 1568(2 votes) - To Have It All - by Submitted on Sep 14, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsMy journey of self-discovery continued, and I was expanding my sense of myself and my own identity. In many ways, I thought that I was finally starting to feel successful and happy. I had a growing sense of well-being and satisfaction, and I adored being a mother and taking care of my son. I ...
Views: 642(2 votes) - Value Based Services and Its Benefits - by Submitted on Sep 14, 2009 from Nicholas BrownThe creation of a new business requires consideration that will influence the company for the rest of its duration. Some of these factors include: physical location, market, size (sole proprietorship, corporation, etc.), type (non-profit, for-profit), rates, and many more. I would specifically ...
Views: 509(2 votes) - ***Seven little keys to success - by Submitted on Sep 14, 2009 from Sharon SaylerUnless you’ve had your head in the sand lately, I’m sure you’ve notice the people everywhere are shaken by uncertainty. Another definition for uncertainty is lack of trust. What is trust? The two parts to trust are: 1. an emotion or feeling of confidence or sureness that is not rooted ...
Views: 1521(3 votes) - You Are Where You Live - by Submitted on Sep 14, 2009 from Albert GaroliThe word “entourage” comes from the French word “entourer”, referring to the verb “to surround”, or “entour”, meaning “the surrounding”. In the English language, entourage is defined in two ways. The most common use of the term is the social group, friends, peers or associates with whom you ...
Views: 1397(9 votes) - You Are Who You Frequent - by Submitted on Sep 14, 2009 from Albert GaroliYour entourage is a profound definition of who you are and can be defined in two general ways. The first is based on your geographical environment in which your physical surroundings, your manner of living, and your general adaptation are considered. The second is based on the social group with ...
Views: 1543(11 votes) - Millionaire Mindset: 5 Simple Ways to Develop a Millionaire Mindset - by Submitted on Dec 01, 2010 from Keelan CunninghamEver wondered what wealthy people do that's so different? How is it that some people are so successful and others aren't? Well, what separates truly successful people from the remainder of the population is their way of thinking and acting. No one is really unsuccessful; they just haven't learnt ...
Views: 728(2 votes) - The Key to Success May Be to Find the Right Resources - by Submitted on Sep 14, 2009 from Linda PucciI have long been a believer in the importance of having the right resources. That's why I named my business the Inner Resource Center. I have long believed that you can accomplish anything if you have the right tools. In fact, with the right resources, you can transform your life. And you ...
Views: 1387(3 votes) - Success and Who You Are - by Submitted on Sep 14, 2009 from Geoffrey CanavanSometimes circumstances give us an opportunity to reflect on where we are and to choose once again how we want to live. Having run a very large business, employing close to a hundred people and turning over many millions, I found myself in a situation where the business no longer existed and my ...
Views: 1337(2 votes) - Success and Vision - by Submitted on Sep 14, 2009 from Geoffrey CanavanIn a unified Self we have more direction and greater presence, a presence to be perceived in how you live your life. Holding your unity is taking ownership of the greatness and potential you can offer to your own day-to-day world. But once again it’s all about how you start that process of ...
Views: 1408(3 votes) - Success without Limits - by Submitted on Sep 14, 2009 from Geoffrey CanavanWe all find areas where we can really compromise ourselves. We perfect that process and those patterns and it becomes second nature in how we live and what controls our lives. We repeat the same mistakes in the same areas over and over again, keeping us trapped and un-free as the apparent ...
Views: 1792(4 votes) - The Essential Role of Marketing in Working for Good - by Submitted on Sep 13, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsI just completed this draft of an article at the request of my collaborator in marketing at Sounds True, Shelly Vickroy. Comments and questions welcome! Working for Good is an orientation towards business and work focused on serving the greater good, contributing to create a better world in ...
Views: 612(1 vote) - Transform Corporate Culture for an Increased Bottom Line - by Submitted on Sep 13, 2009 from Mary Lee Gannon,Corporate Culture is a harmony of people coming together for a common purpose – their communication with each other, how they manage their time and energy, the way they organize their work, and the way they are led. Leaders communicate values – the things that really matter to us, ideas and ...
Views: 1281(2 votes) - The Revealing Secrets of Sales Training - by Submitted on Sep 16, 2009 from Frank O'TooleThe truth of the matter is that there are those that are born with the natural ability to sell. As a sales trainer I have come to realise and accept this but I also had to accept that I unfortunately was not one of those people. I have had to work hard and realise that I did need an extra step ...
Views: 1183(2 votes) - Authentic Business? - by Submitted on Sep 10, 2009 from Dawn AngierAuthentic Business? What does it mean for you? I’ve been getting a lot of eMail lately asking what I mean by “Authentic Business”. What stirred things up is the subhead to our upcoming conference at SuccessNetSummit.com that read, “If You Want to Build a Solid, Principle-Driven, ...
Views: 1354(5 votes) - Overcoming Adversity is an Every Day Slice of Life - by Submitted on Sep 13, 2009 from Mary Lee Gannon,More than 200,000 people lost their jobs last month (August 2009) and unemployment is up to 9.7%. Nearly seven million jobs have been lost since the recession began in December of 2007. Is it just me or are we getting immune to hearing this information because it is repeatedly negative? The ...
Views: 1754(6 votes) - 3 Key Secrets to Help You Break Through Any Mental Barrier - by Submitted on Sep 10, 2009 from Monique GallagherImagine that you’re tied up, placed on a chair and locked in an airtight room. You don’t know who did this to you or why but you know you’re trapped. This may sound fictional but it’s not. This is exactly what we do to ourselves when we let our unconscious feelings, beliefs and history ...
Views: 1370(2 votes) - 5 Great Ways to Break a Bad Habit - by Submitted on Sep 11, 2009 from Mark FooYes, everyone has bad habits. Whether it’s smoking, biting nails, chewing on things, or even eating too much, it’s possible to get rid of it easier than you think. With 3 key factors called willpower, determination, and perseverance, you can overcome the nasty habits you’ve developed for ...
Views: 1956(2 votes) - SEO Versus Simple Marketing Strategies: Which Are More Effective? - by Submitted on Sep 09, 2009 from Charlene RashkowWhile there are articles upon articles about search engine optimization, key word placement, search engine marketing, Meta tags, etc., the real issue on the web is not so much about how many hits a web site receives but in how many visitors become clients or customers. Of course, if you are ...
Views: 1311(2 votes) - Follow Your Heart - by Submitted on Sep 08, 2009 from dherbs dherbsThe best advice I could ever give a person would be to FOLLOW YOUR HEART! That's right! Follow your heart (heart's desire) by any means necessary. It's the cure for a boring, menial, routine, mediocre, and unsatisfactory life. I truly believe that heart disease is the number one killer of ...
Views: 1951(3 votes) - Our Demise is Greatly Overstated The United States’ Future is Incandescent - by Submitted on Sep 08, 2009 from Geoff Fickeby: Geoff Ficke As we slog along under the full weight of the current financial calamity, there is much weeping and gnashing of teeth about the future of the United States. Many of our countries fiercest enemies and critics are gloating over their perception that our wave has crested and we ...
Views: 1367(3 votes) - 4 Ways to Build Your Willpower - by Submitted on Sep 07, 2009 from Mark FooVisions of quitting smoking or weight loss are brought forth when the word "willpower" is spoken. Willpower can be extremely helpful in the other areas of your life, in addition to breaking bad habits. Willpower is not something we are born with; it is something that we must develop as we ...
Views: 2571(4 votes) - Influencing the Job Offer to Get the Title, Salary and Flexibility You Desire - by Submitted on Sep 05, 2009 from Debora McLaughlinYou're excited you found the job that you want and they are offering it to you. You are ready to shout "yes" from the hills. Don't. I am going to tell you what I tell each of my career clients, wait, delay, pull off the road and call me, immediately. At the time of the offer may be the only time ...
Views: 949(2 votes) - Get Unstuck by Changing Your Perspective - by Submitted on Sep 05, 2009 from Linda PucciWe have all had the experience of feeling "stuck" at some time or another in our lives or in our careers. No matter what we try to do, nothing seems to work. We spin our wheels and expend our energy, but don't seem to get where we want to go. When we feel stuck, we are often seeing our ...
Views: 1880(2 votes) - Consider Yourself Worthy - by Submitted on Sep 05, 2009 from Albert GaroliWe spend so much of our time making sure things work out well for ourselves and do this by planning, organizing, and hoping for good outcomes. However, success is not related to perfection, driving hard towards a single goal, or wearing one’s self thin with endless efforts. The first and most ...
Views: 2341(7 votes) - Dare to be different: As the Thorn from the Rose and the Darnel from the Wheat. - by Submitted on Sep 04, 2009 from Oscar Basurto CarbonellThe great battles are not won by the arms. That would be too primitive: To kill in order to live belongs to the inferior kingdom. If you want to reach success, recognition and self improvement, do not look for applause, which is only the noise of the street, a passing light that will soon be ...
Views: 2034(2 votes) - The Importance of Hard Work in Success - by Submitted on Sep 04, 2009 from Andrei U.You do not come across success just by hoping for it. To achieve true success, you need the strength of mind and body to struggle and work hard to reach your fullest potential. You need the right attitude, self-discipline and the ability to put your goal before your own needs, if you are really ...
Views: 73370(3 votes) - Essential Lessons for Today From a 13th Century Friar - by Submitted on Sep 04, 2009 from Geoff Fickeby: Geoff Ficke One of the greatest literary and science works of the ancient world, rarely studied today, was the Opus Majus. The amazingly futuristic content of the Opus Majus was virtually a modern tutorial, written in the 13th century, on an array of literary, scientific and philosophical ...
Views: 1446(4 votes) - Is Inconsistency Stealing Your Time? - by Submitted on Sep 04, 2009 from Suzanne McKennaHow often have you given up? How often have you quit just before you’ve struck gold? In life there are many keys to success but one you simply cannot do without is consistency. Think about it, if your goal is to get fit, to be slim and trim you have to take consistent and steady action to ...
Views: 776(2 votes) - Have Clarity in Your Purpose - by Submitted on Sep 04, 2009 from ray borjaGod gave us the gift of life. How we choose to live it is our gift to him. I believe everybody has a reason for being. We are all born with a purpose, a set of skills, a bevy of abilities, and a talent or two. Our life should be in the uncovering, identifying and expressing these gifts to ...
Views: 1087(2 votes) - Top 10 Tips for building a mindset of success - by Submitted on Sep 04, 2009 from Richard DennyRichard told mygoalsbuddy.com “The one thing that all successful athletes, musicians, singers and self-made millionaires and billionaires have in common is an attitude of success. They didn’t acquire this after their achievements.” 1.Expect the best: build your success attitude with a ...
Views: 1527(2 votes) - The secrets of success they don’t teach you at school - by Submitted on Sep 19, 2010 from Ralph BrownLife can be a slow and inarticulate teacher. Yet a few simple, proven ideas can give us all far more control over our lives. Researchers who observe people who succeed in business, study, sport and relationships are revealing some valuable information about the way top achievers think. For ...
Views: 2091(3 votes) - What really motivates adults to learn and achieve? - by Submitted on Sep 19, 2010 from Ralph BrownWe know what organizations think motivates people. But the research says money isn’t an effective motivator. By the 1960s researchers were showing that paying employees a miserly wage or salary is an effective way to destroy their motivation, but once you are paying them enough, any additional ...
Views: 3614(2 votes) - Morning Glories - by Submitted on Sep 02, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsI’m crazy about Morning Glories (the plant, not the firework). I’ve been trawling the local garden centers, eagerly awaiting their appearance among the colorful sea of annuals. But one Boston garden center employee told me, “Oh they won’t be here until about Memorial Day. They’re so tender, ...
Views: 638(3 votes) - Dealing with the Challenge of Negative People - by Submitted on Sep 02, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsTurning up the volume on any positive emotion will empower you and make you feel good. However, one of the big challenges you’ll face again and again is dealing with negative people. When you’re in a confrontation, observe the emotions you’ve chosen to feel and depersonalize what the other ...
Views: 804(4 votes) - Re-writing Your Story - by Submitted on Sep 02, 2009 from Zoe RouthI've been listening to the Abraham-Hicks's 'Money and the Law of Attraction' CDs. One of the significant threads of advice is 'start telling a new story'. We create our lives from the stories we tell about past, future, and present events. The stories evoke emotion – a vibrational beacon – ...
Views: 1324(5 votes) - Success with Self-Improvement - by Submitted on Sep 02, 2009 from Dr Diana HodgsonThe most important investment you can make is an investment in yourself...an investment which will empower you to be the person you would like to be; a person who can attain all your goals and desires; a person who is more relaxed, healthy, loving, confident, positive, successful, motivated, ...
Views: 1333(2 votes) - SHOULD YOU LISTEN TO YOUR HEAD OR HEART? - by Submitted on Sep 02, 2009 from William Cottringer“There is no squabbling so violent as that between people who accepted an idea yesterday and those who will accept the same idea tomorrow.” ~Christopher Morley. This article title is not a rhetorical question at all. In fact it might be one of the most important questions to ask and answer ...
Views: 5128(4 votes) - Success Goes Viral - Share Your Story - by Submitted on Sep 01, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsAccording to the mainstream media, the only thing more elusive than a crowd at a pig roast these days is success. We hear story after story of failure in every sector of the economy. Yet, despite the gloom and doom, millions of hard-working men and women are succeeding every day, in ways large ...
Views: 642(3 votes) - It's the "Feel Good" Article of the Day! - by Submitted on Sep 01, 2009 from Simeon JohnsonTHE PRAISE IS POURING IN FOR YOU’RE A WORTHWHILE PERSON IN MORE WAYS THAN A MILLION. Why are First Lady Michelle Obama, President Emeritus Bill Clinton, Golf Legend Tiger Woods, and Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg PROFUSELY THANKING SIMEON W. JOHNSON? The philosopher Seneca said it ...
Views: 1051(2 votes) - What Are Your Success Factors? - by Submitted on Sep 01, 2009 from Aboubakar PefouraWhat are your success factors? That is; what are the things that you use to gauge yours or another person’s successfulness in life? Does being successful mean: • Being rich • Being famous • Having a big house • Having a beautiful spouse • Having lots of happy children • Being able to ...
Views: 791(2 votes) - The Hurt Child — Played Out in the Adult Life - by Submitted on Sep 01, 2009 from Victoria Lorient-FaibishWhen we are having difficulty in adult relationships it is often because we are approaching them from the perspective of the ‘hurt child.’ This is someone who is always looking for love and approval, and is hypersensitive to criticism. If a person comes from an environment of deep criticism, ...
Views: 2823(6 votes) - The Characteristics Of High Performing Teams - by Submitted on Sep 01, 2009 from Andrew RondeauThe stages of Team Development such as Forming, Storming, Norming and Performing is widely written and discussed – so I don’t intend to cover here. However I’d like to share my views on how teams succeed… Teams succeed when… 1. The team members support each other a. The whole ...
Views: 1665(3 votes) - Why Isn't Susan Boyle Happy? - by Submitted on Aug 31, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWe have all heard the phrase, “Be careful what you wish for.” We nod, but continue to wish for fame and fortune anyway. Then we speculate about Susan Boyle, favored to win, yet places second in “Britain’s Got Talent.” She was an unknown humble woman who rose meteorically to global fame ...
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