If you are reading this, congrats, you obviously made it through the most depressing day of the year without doing anything drastic.
Yes, January 18 was the most depressing day, according to Dr. Cliff Arnall, a British researcher from Cardiff University.
Dr. Arnall, who studies such things (and does that make HIM feel better or worse about himself personally, just wondering)
takes into account factors like post-holiday blahs and debt, failed New Year’s resolutions and, this year, the abnormal bone-chilling temperatures all over and snow.
Most of us in sales–inside sales and prospecting in particular–look at this and snicker. Not only do we experience much more possible negativity than the average non-sales type, we PROACTIVELY put ourselves in positions to get it.
In fact, if we are NOT regularly getting what most people view as distasteful–no’s–we are not doing our job.
That doesn’t mean we are totally insulated from being pulled down. No, it means we have become skilled at taking what happens to us and view it in a different light. (I speak specifically about how to do this in "How To Sell More, in Less Time, With NO Rejection, Using Common Sense Telephone Techniques http://www.businessbyphone.com/HSM.htm )
Every wildly successful salesperson I’ve ever had the privilege of knowing possesses a positive attitude. But it isn’t always
easy. We must work on it. And certain times are indeed harder than others.
It’s rare that I find a super sales pro who does not enjoy and devour motivational quotes to help keep the motivational fires
roaring. I realized I could contribute to that need and desire a couple of years ago. I compiled a book of the Quotes of the Week from several years worth of these weekly Tips. We sold lots of them at $29. But then, I decided to do something drastic: I started giving it away for free. And you can have a free copy too, if you don’t already.
That’s right. You can download a copy of "Motivational Quotes For Salespeople- 250 Inspirational Quotes And Posters To
Keep Your ATTITUDE HIGH, And Your $ales UP!"
Each quote also has a corresponding color poster that people print and post on their walls.
To download it, simply go to http://www.businessbyphone.com/motivational-quotes.htm
The catch? There is none. Free is good sometimes. (Read the book, "Free: The Future of a Radical Price," by Chris Anderson.) I do ask that if you like it, you pass the link around to others. Not the ebook, the link, OK?
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Art- Thank you for the free eBook… I’ve managed around a couple of hundred sales reps in my career… One thing I always liked doing and seemed to start the day off on a positive note was to give a motivational quote for the day after our morning meetings…
If nothing else… I enjoyed it…
Thank you for the sharing 🙂
Just a little off of the beaten track possibly, yet, we are frequently asked why should anybody want to use life quotes. What I’m saying is, just how essential can such quotes be? All things considered, insprational quotes are just phrases.
Well typically, you could utilize life quotes for a number of reasons. Utilizing a collection of influential quotes in almost any media content will portray you as being an very well informed, clever, intelligent plus respected personality. Dropping a few life quotes causes you to seem like some kind of super wizard. Life quotes gives any kind of prepared document a solid atmosphere of trustworthiness as well as recognition. Regardless of whether within a college dissertation, a school dissertation, any fascinating post, or even a company statement, very carefully chosen lifes quotes will definitely bring that bit of class.
And then, should you be asked to present a talk, or even a good oration of any sort, starting by using uplifting quotes may get interest, or even entertain, or else astound any listeners like nearly nothing similar could. Everybody from high school debating groups up to nation presidents make use of life quotes. Therefore, if you happen to fail to use quotations, you miss out big-time. The very best of British luck to you. Thank you for allowing me to share with you this rave.
Appreciate the representation of your blog, incidentally. In the infamous words of our own beloved Arnold S, “I’ll be back” (if you’ll have me) 🙂