Archive for Tag: #salesresilience

Selling against the grain: why stoic discipline wins in sales

“Selling against the grain requires a kind of stoic discipline that most people never develop. It means swimming against the tide when everyone else is going with the flow. It means planning when others are winging it. It means standing firm when society tells you to be someone else.” The foremost formidable challenge selling faces

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A salesperson’s job never ends: thrive beyond the order

In selling, practice doesn’t make perfect, it makes better. The sales ecosystem being imperfect is something to think about, not dwell upon Dear salesperson, constantly complaining that the system—process or product— is imperfect will only get you sounding like a dripping tap. Repeatedly lumping your entire dismal performance on “the inadequate system” may be what

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