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How to perform – reliably

Authenticity, Goals, Irreverence, Performance, Winning, Wisdom

Kill Bill

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Over the weekend, I watched Kill Bill vol 1 and vol 2:

Here’s what I noticed…..

Quentin Tarantino’s perfect amplification of his childhood love is PRESENT! He studied! I’m talking about Kung Fu (btw).

Are you willing to be an EXPERT? With that level of EXCELLENCE? Do you have ANY idea what that will take?

The second thing I noticed was …. “If you Live by the sword, you die by the sword” ….and if you don’t die by it, you have to deal with that you are a killer.

Choose your weapons and your mentors well.

The final thing I noticed is the PERFECTION OF THE CRAFT!!! Who do you follow? Are they worthy of your craft? Are you willing to be worthy of your craft?

BE worthy of the work of your life.

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Love your craft up! Be worthy of sales and make your sales worthy of your life.

The Irreverent Sales Girl

Customer Service, Dignity, Goals, Performance, Welcome

The Power of Your Word

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Years ago, I met a fabulously successful, wealthy, compassionate, and accomplished man. His name is Peter Burwash. Peter is known throughout the world as many things – an ex-tennis circuit player, an advisor to top resorts and hotels throughout the world – and the last word on creating extraordinary customer experiences.

When I asked him if he could point to one thing that he would attribute his success to…he said, “There is not one person in the world who could point to a time that I did not do what I said I would do!”

WOW!

Either there are a lot of dead bodies in his wake 😉 or this guy is COMMITTED to his word having power.

This week, I challenge you to watch what you say and take a “whatever it takes” attitude to do what you said you would do. If your word has power, then what you say will happen does. And you can manifest anything in the world that you want.

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The devil is in the details!

Love your word up!

The Irreverent Sales Girl

Authenticity, Goals, Performance, Winning

Eating the Elephant

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When you’re going for something BIG in your life, you are in trouble.

Let’s say it straight. You see OTHERS who have done it. But, you can’t see how you’re LIKE THAT PERSON.

Then, you decide if THEY did it, it could be possible for someone else.

Then, you see…..MAYBE, just MAYBE that person could be me.

Then, you think…..HOLY COW, not me!

Then, you get jealous.

Then, you get discouraged.

And, then you DECLARE…YES! If that person can do it, then so can I!

And then (if you’re extraordinary) you do an extraordinary thing.

You start eating the elephant ONE BITE AT A TIME.

(That IS how you eat an elephant, after all).

Bite, Chew, Swallow, Repeat.

BUT, don’t kid yourself. If you want to eat the elephant (and I mean the business you never thought you could have, the income you never thought you could earn, the people you never thought you could meet)…. it’s ALSO going to TAKE remembering WHO YOU ARE.

Because, frankly, you forgot.

How I know this is true?  YOU WOULDN’T WANT TO EAT THE ELEPHANT if it wasn’t you who already are.

One bite at a time. Faith, beyond faith. Being willing to REMEMBER who you really are (the person you KNEW you were, but somehow got your heart broken).

AND FRANKLY, it’s going to take more than you thought you had. BUT, the good news is, PLAYING FULL OUT gives you MORE energy. Not less.

SO, what’s your elephant? The thing you don’t dare to dream? Where are you going to play FULL OUT to take just ONE bite today?

Don’t be boring. Surprise yourself.

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Love up the Elephant!

The Irreverent Sales Girl

Performance, Winning, Wisdom

Who will be your guide?

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I heard a GREAT story from someone this weekend. Someone who is WILDLY successful, a CEO and a multi-, multi-millionaire.

You should get on the edge of your seat for this one….

He was telling the story of how he used to get a call from a stock broker nearly every day – working to get his business.

He would take the calls, listen to the pitch, sometimes he would say “yes” and sometimes “no”, but his investments never seemed to go anywhere. They would go up and they would go down, but they wouldn’t make any appreciable returns – mostly, the broker was getting the commission, and his money wasn’t going anywhere!

Then, one day, the light snapped on!!! That day when he got a call from the “Broker du Jour” (his words), he asked the question……”I’d like to hear more, but first……what’s your net worth?”

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What do you think he heard from the other end of the line?

Yep. Silence.

And then, the Broker du Jour said,  “I don’t see how that’s any of your business.”

HUH?

“Then”, he said, “we won’t be doing business together.”

How many times do we ask the professionals who we are paying to guide us to tell us about their own successes? Have they achieved success in this area themselves? Hmmmm….

No wonder my Business Degree left me wondering what I’d missed! My teachers were simply that, TEACHERS! They hadn’t run a business…….

The people who REALLY taught me…..were the ones who…..you guessed it…..had ALREADY done it themselves!

A fool and his money are soon parted. Hire professionals who know what they’re doing and can DEMONSTRATE that they have!

Love yourself up!

The Irreverent Sales Girl

Goals, Performance, Winning

Being certain…..

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Often times we count on things we *thought* we heard.   This is REALLY important for salespeople.

Did they say that they *might* make it for a demonstration….or did the reserve spots for people?

Did they say they *think your solution is perfect” or did they lay out the buying process for you?

Did they say they “are delighted with your presentation” or did they sign the contract?

It’s OK to let people decide when they do, just don’t fool yourself that something is handled.

Be in reality and you will RULE!!!!

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Love ‘em up!

 

The Irreverent Sales Girl

Goals, Performance, Winning, Wisdom

When you just don’t feel like it…..

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Do it anyway!

I just got finished reading a truly stellar book by T. Harv Eker – and in it he makes the case that if you do the easy things, life is hard. And if you do the hard things, life is easy!!!

Hmmmmm…….. a whole new look at the importance of keeping the laundry clean – ON TIME!! Or going to the gym, ON SCHEDULE!!!

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Start practicing the muscle of doing the hard stuff, saying the hard things. Give yourself a break if you’re not really great at it right away. But, DON’T STOP!!!

Love your life up!

The Irreverent Sales Girl

Goals, Performance

If you’re a true pro….you keep track!

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If you’ve never kept track, start. If you have kept track, go back and count.

How many first calls does it take you to get a qualified call? How many qualified calls does it take you to get a presentation/meeting/demo? How many demos does it take to get a signed contract?

Once you do this, you simply back out the numbers from your quota —- and Voila! you have your weekly activity plan. Keep the numbers, count the “no’s”, and keep on going.

Eventually, you’ll start getting better at turning the first meetings into more qualified meetings, but that will happen naturally. Just keep doing the activity plan, and you simply can’t lose!

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(This is a secret that VERY FEW salespeople actually know or use — that’s why you’ll be number ONE — If you can’t measure it you can’t manage it. If you can’t manage it, you can’t move it! — Or something like that!)

Count ’em up!

The Irreverent Sales Girl

Performance, Self Care

On being sick….

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Every now and then, your body says …..STOP!!!!!

Listen!

Here’s what I’ve learned…….it’s better to take days off and enjoy them (you will know when to do this – if you’re tuned in)

Consider that germs are always around you….

You are only vulnerable to them when you aren’t in your zone! It kinda makes sense when you think about it!

So, trust your days on the couch….and trust your days in the boardroom. You are designed for success.

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Love it up!

The Irreverent Sales Girl

Performance, Winning

Always be closing? Sure, but the key to that is …..Always Be Learning!

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What professional and personal development budget have you put aside for yourself this year? Brian Tracy recommends at least 3% of your income be spent on learning.

Learning about business, learning about sales, learning about personal development.

All of it gives you an edge!!!

So, what’s your plan for the year?

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Love YOURSELF up!

The Irreverent Sales Girl

Goals, Performance

If you really want to meet your sales goals…..

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You must have at least three times as much business as you need to close in your pipeline.

Keep a list of the three times as many customers in front of you at all times.

Make sure you are always taking out ‘no’s’ and putting in ‘yes’s’!

That’s how to do it in reality.

Pretty simple, ey?

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Love ‘em up!

The Irreverent Sales Girl