From the category archives:
Life’s Been Good
Great song. Fits my story too, but mine ain’t finished yet. Or wasn’t as of the time of this post.
Picture this: It’s August of 1977. A 14 year-old boy who’d been listening to Wolfman Jack on an AM radio gets bussed to another town to finish his high school education.
The boy [...]
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Meat Loaf never just sang a song.
He held musical events. Each and every song seemed to be an over-the-top, way over-done extravaganza.
His fans loved it. Hint, hint..
He never short-changed his audience. Bigger hint …
The way he added what seemed to be a full fledged orchestra to his work differentiated him from the other rockers of [...]
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Me: Acting ?
Him: Acting.
The question asked before this astonished answer was:
What other profession does selling most closely resemble ?
Me: But a salesperson isn’t an actor.
Him: A good one is.
Me: How so ?
Him: They both control their emotions don’t they ?
This is getting tougher, so I’ll let the sales manager I was talking to tell you [...]
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Have you ever lost a bet and had to buy lunch for a coworker ?
Me too. Lotsa times.
I sometimes use it as a means of creating a bond between those who are in a support position for me.
They don’t get as many perks as I do, so I lose bets to them every now and [...]
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A while back I was able to get Steve Marx, author of Close Like The Pros, on the phone for a few minutes.
We talked about the fact that neither of us truly believe in sales contests, as they’re used in today’s sales climate.
I had also previously reprinted an article by Dan Kennedy that basically agreed [...]
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