Hammers Love Nails

by Mike Sigers

miranda-lambert“To a hammer, everything looks like a nail. ~ Miranda Lambert”

I’m amazed every, single time I hear Miranda Lambert sing a song that’s new to me.

For some strange reason, I hear a sales and marketing related phrase in her work, yet I’m quite sure she didn’t do it on purpose.

Quite, Dang. Sure.

For years and years and more years than I care to remember, I was a hammer, as it relates to the sales process. Work hard, sell hard and damn the torpedoes.

Now days, I’m a bit more subdued with my clients.

I still need work on it as it applies to my co-workers.

I still need TONS of work with my wife and daughters.

Tons. Of. Work.

Being a hammer and trying to nail everything is not especially successful in the world of sales in 2009.

Now days, you need to be more of a teacher, more of a trainer and more like these guys, the two guys behind the world’s best sales and marketing related podcast.

Follow that link and subscribe to their podcast on iTunes or catch their RSS feed on their blog.

They’ve made me a better salesman and they can do the same with you.

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