If you learn from defeat, you haven't really lost.
Zig ZiglarRead
Selling is something we do for our clients - not to our clients.
Interpretation
Selling should prioritize the client's needs over making a sale.
This quote emphasizes that the true essence of selling lies in serving and understanding the needs of clients rather than merely pushing products or services onto them. It highlights the importance of building relationships and providing value, suggesting that successful sales stem from a genuine desire to help clients achieve their goals.
In practice
During a sales training workshop to emphasize client-centered selling.
If you learn from defeat, you haven't really lost.
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Mindfulness is attentiveness, moment to moment. What's happening right now and what's coming up in me in response to what's happening right now. Importantly, this is in the service of being able to choose wisely so that I avoid complicating my own life and the lives of others.
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