Success is in the details

Reading a lot has become one of my most treasured habits.  Whereas it was once only books and newspapers, today I read books, magazines, blogs, online news, whitepapers, emails, etc.  There is an unbelievable amount of valuable content published today – and a...
Handling rapid growth

Handling rapid growth

Nearly every time I write the word “rapid”, I spell it “rabid” first.  Not sure whether that’s a subconscious slip or just muscle memory, but I paused for a minute writing the title because “rabid” might be a better word in...
Sales strength: the role of conviction

Sales strength: the role of conviction

In the last post on sales strength, I asserted that strong salespeople project a confidence supported by expertise.  There isn’t anything unusual in that claim.  Who doesn’t believe that expertise breeds sales confidence? But there’s a second...

Sales strength: confidence needed

When you walk into a room full of salespeople, what do you smell?  (Besides the level of cleanliness, which is roughly proportional to the sales ticket size.) Fear. Along with being loquacious, assertive, and energetic, a surprising number of salespeople are afraid....
Trade-offs are everywhere

Trade-offs are everywhere

Most of the time, we think of the world and our lives as a linear path.  I was born and then all this stuff happened to me in sequence until I arrived at typing this blog post.  For example, this is what my life would look like if that were reality: But that’s a...