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The best advice I ever got was from my father. Growing up as a
kid, whenever I asked him, "What do you think I should do,"
he always responded with, "What do you think you should do?"

I guess the best advice wasn't really advice, more like a gift.
The gift of learning how to make my own decisions.

The following were excerpted from the May 12th issue of Fortune
Magazine.

Michael Bloomberg - Mayor of NYC. "The advice
was, first, always ask for the order, and second, when the customer
says yes, stop talking."

Mark Hurd - CEO Hewlett Packard. "An NCR
executive was giving a presentation. He had great slides and an
even better delivery. The CEO, Chuck Exley, listened to the entire
presentation. At the conclusion, he nodded and said something brief
but profound: "Good story, but it's hard to look smart with
bad numbers."

Indra Nooyi - CEO Pepsico. "My father was
an absolutely wonderful human being. From him I learned to always
assume positive intent. Whatever anybody says or does, assume positive
intent. You will be amazed at how your whole approach to a person
or problem becomes very different."

Sam Palmisano - CEO IBM. "Some of the best
advice I ever received was unspoken. Over the course of my IBM career
I've observed many CEO's, heads of state, and others in positions
of great authority. I've noticed that some of the most effective
leaders don't make themselves the center of attention."

Thomas Murphy - CEO Capital Cities/ABC. "Doing
the wrong thing is not worth the loss of one good night's sleep."

Nelson Peltz - CEO Train Fund Management. "Get
sales up, and keep expenses down." Now that's a sales secret
worth noting!

Charlene Begley - CEO GE Enterprise Solutions.
"Jeff Immelt, before he became CEO, gave me this advice: spend
a ton of time with your customers."

Here's one more sales secret for you. Most advice is easy to give
and hard to take. But as you can see from the above, good advice
has life-long staying power.

Here's a sales secret you can take to the bank if you're willing
to accept it. Read. Read a lot. You are what you read.

If you out-read your competitors you will surely out-smart them.

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Link to Sales Dilemma

Link to Reinventing Yourself article

Link to Selling-Scripts article

Link to Hooked On Selling

Start selling more today and everyday . . .

Jim Meisenheimer

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512 customers . . .

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The art of selling begins with the right attitude.

When you combine the right attitude with sharpened selling skills
you can achieve everything you want in sales.

There's a lesson from golf I'd like to share with you that may
impact your attitude - at least I hope it does.

If you know anything about golf, you know that the U.S. Open was
played this past weekend.

It came down to the last hole and the last putt. It was 12 feet
long. Sink the putt and you're going to the 18-hole playoff on Monday.

Tiger Woods sank the putt and would meet Rocco Mediate on Monday
18-hole playoff.

I was fortunate enough to play with Rocco 20 years ago in a Ronald
McDonald Charity event at the famed Oakmont Country Club.

Rocco has never won a major golf tournament. Tiger Woods has won
14.

So I'm cheering for both guys to win for different reasons.

It got me thinking about inspiration. It doesn't matter if you're
a professional golfer or a professional sales representative. We
all need to be inspired.

In 1969 Tony Jacklin won the British Open.

In 1970 Tony Jacklin won the U.S. Open.

Several weeks ago he was asked where he got his inspiration from
throughout his golfing career.

He said he was inspired by a poem. This poem that inspired Tony
Jacklin was written by his caddie John Elnor.

Here's the poem:

If you think you are beaten, you are.

If you think you dare not, you don't.

If you would like to win but think you can't, it's almost certain
you won't.

If you think you'll lose, you've lost.

For out in the world, you'll find, success begins in the fellow's
will. It's all in a state of mind.

Think big and your deeds will grow.

Think small and you'll fall behind.

Think that you can and you will.

It's all in a state of mind.

Life's battles won't always go to the strong or fast at hand, but
sooner or later, the man who wins is the man who thinks he can.

I think it's a terrific poem with a dynamic message for entrepreneurs
and salespeople.

Why not read this poem everyday before you make a first sales call.

One of the cornerstones to the art of selling is your attitude.

If you think you can you will. If you think you can't you won't.

Why would you ever imagine and think you can't when all it takes
is imagining and thinking you can?

Final Update - 57 Ways To Reinvent And Distinguish
Yourself From Your Competition

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=> The most powerful word in sales . . .

=> The second most powerful word in sales . . .

=> Christmas cards that work . . .

=> Hail to the chief . . .

=> Great big attention getters . . .

=> Say thank you with bread gifts . . .

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Reading List

Successful people have big libraries. Very successful people have
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Use this link to see which books I'm reading and recommending.

How To Sell During Tough Times

When the economy is down is no time to cut back on sales training.
In fact street smart sales executives know the best time to invest
in sales training is when your competitors are not.

Your salespeople don't know what they don't know. Ignorance isn't
really bliss.

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Links To Previous Newsletters

Link to Sales Dilemma

Link to Reinventing Yourself article

Link to Selling-Scripts article

Link to Hooked On Selling

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A sales dilemma salespeople face sooner or later is taking risks.
This isn't theory - I know this firsthand.

You see, I spent 19 years working for other companies when I returned
from Vietnam.

13 of these 19 years were with American Hospital Supply Corp. which
was acquired by Baxter in 1985. I had all the jobs I ever dreamed
about including sales representative, regional sales manager, director
of marketing, vice president of sales, vice president of marketing,
and finally vice president of sales and marketing.

Back then I was never a big risk taker - I usually played it safe. My biggest sales dilemma was that I never took big risks when I
should have.

In 1985 I started thinking about going into business for myself. The emphasis was on the keyword thinking.

I talked myself out of it every six months for three years.

It was a scary thing I was thinking about doing.

• Giving up and risking a six-figure income.
• Giving up and risking stock options.
• Giving up and risking a company car.
• Giving up and risking a corner office.
• Giving up and risking a phenomenal benefits package.

I was so scared I became paralyzed in my thinking.

This was risky business and I wasn't sure if I was up to the challenge.

Finally, I stopped thinking.

I made a decision that would change my sales career forever.

I established a written goal with a specific date. Here's what
my written goal said on a sheet of paper from a yellow legal pad.

"On February 5, 1988 I will resign my position to start my
sales training company."

I then signed it because it was a contract with myself.

The whole idea of doing this was still scary up until February
5th - the day I resigned.

What was once scary now became exciting and exhilarating to me.

The fear and concerns were replaced with new ideas, specific action
steps, and incredible focus.

If you're sitting on a big risk today, add up the advantages and
disadvantages. If the advantages outweigh the disadvantages - go
for it. Take the chance.

Your life will be better for it.

It's one less regret you'll have during your lifetime.

Don't fill your life with regrets when you can become the person
you dream about becoming.

He These words are especially appropriate whenever you face a major sales dilemma: "If it is to be, it is up to me!"

Update - 57 Ways To Reinvent And Distinguish
Yourself From Your Competition

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=> The bowtie guy

=> Three-step follow-up

=> Focus on the "Odds"

=> It makes perfect "Cents"

=> "To Do" and "Not to do" lists

=> How to turn cold calling into warm calling

I just spent a couple days with my speaking and writing buddies.
Told them about my new Special Report, "57 Ways To
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They asked me about the pricing I told them I was offering (Still
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These are friends who call it the way they see it and they said
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I capitulated. When you think about it, it's 57 selling ideas you
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Selling Tips

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Links To Previous Newsletters

Link to Reinventing Yourself article

Link to Selling-Scripts article

Link to Hooked On Selling

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