Be a hero. Always say, 'I have no fear. ' Tell this to everyone - 'Have no fear. '
A salesperson’s ethics and values contribute more to sales success than do techniques or strategies.
You have the power to change your thoughts and your thoughts have the power to change your life.
I have observed several hundred salespeople who were taught to use deceptive practices like 'bait and switch' and encouraged to play negotiation games with customers. They were so stressed by this behavior that they suffered from a high incidence of alcohol and substance abuse, divorce, job-jumping, and low productivity. In the same industry, I have observed countless people who had been taught to sell with high integrity. Ironically, their customer satisfaction, profit margins, and salesperson retention were significantly higher.
You get paid consistent with your ability to solve problems.
Everything seems impossible until you see success.
Impatient people, according to Bacon, are like the bees, and kill themselves in stinging others.
Rarely do I ever think of my music as inspired but I guess it must be. Perhaps I would use the word "crockpotted" or "pressure-cooked".
Why do so many of us not give ourselves permission to be alive until we are absolutely assured that we will die?. . . If we are not in [this present millisecond of life and conscious experience], we are not alive; we are merely thinking our lives. Yet we have seen so many die, looking back over their shoulders at their lives, shaking their heads and muttering in bewilderment, "What was that all about?"
Philosophers are often actively disinterested in what happens between the cup and the lips (after all, that's "non-ideal theory").