Make specific appointments with yourself to work on goals, and treat an appointment with yourself as you'd treat an appointment with anybody else.
Stephen CoveyRead
Is your sales call so valuable that your client would write a check for your visit?
Interpretation
The quote emphasizes the importance of delivering significant value in your sales interactions.
Neil Rackham's quote challenges sales professionals to evaluate their worth during client interactions. It suggests that a truly effective sales call should provide such substantial value to the client that they would be willing to pay for the time and expertise of the salesperson, highlighting the essence of creating meaningful and impactful relationships in sales.
In practice
During a sales training seminar to inspire new salespeople.
Make specific appointments with yourself to work on goals, and treat an appointment with yourself as you'd treat an appointment with anybody else.
There are times in life when, instead of complaining, you do something about your complaints.
You can make all the excuses you want, but if you're not mentally tough and you're not prepared to play every night, you're not going to win.
I'm too busy putting my energies into my performance to be a diva.
I believe you can speak things into existence.
Focus on the solution, not on the problem.
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