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More ancient sales advice: when not able to move ahead, kick self in behind.

by Rick Baker
On Jun 15, 2014

The Thinking Behind the Sales Tweet

If [like me] you have less-than-perfect knees then you may have to ask a friend to do the kicking for you…wouldn’t want you to self-injure while you are self-starting.

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Ancient sales advice: salesperson better to wear out soles of shoes than seat of pants.

by Rick Baker
On Jun 15, 2014

The Thinking Behind the Sales Tweet

This has been paraphrased. The original version, I believe translated from Greek around the time of Plato, was: “When a man desires to succeed at the noble profession of sales that man must wear out the soles of his sandals before he wears out the backside of his toga”.

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Go out on a limb. That’s a good way to find some fruit.

by Rick Baker
On Jun 15, 2014

The Thinking Behind the Tweet

The worst that can happen is you may be left out there hanging once in a while. If that happens…do some chin-ups. No point wasting a good opportunity!

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