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Thought Tweet #421

by Rick Baker
On Feb 27, 2012

Thought Tweet #421 "Sales is an outcome, not a goal." Jill Konrath

 

The Thinking Behind The Tweet

This quote is from Jill Konrath's 2010 book, 'SNAP Selling - Speed Up Sales and Win More Business with Today's Frazzled Clients'. Jill goes on to add, "It's a function of doing numerous things right, starting from the moment you target potential prospect until you finalize the deal." This thinking aligns with Spirited Leaders' philosophies and education tools. For example, it aligns with our Clients' Clients Concept.

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Sales | Thought Tweets

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Thought Tweet #420

by Rick Baker
On Feb 24, 2012

Thought Tweet #420  "Man was born into fear in that he was born into a world of which most of the energies were set against him."

 

The Thinking Behind The Tweet

An interesting quote from [Canadian-born] Basil King's 'The Conquest of Fear', (1921) Yes - most of the energies we experience are set against us…but, fortunately, (1) not the most-important one & (2) we have managed to partially-harness some of those set-against-us energies and put them to good use [as examples: fire & heat, electricity & magnetism, wind and solar energy].

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Attitude: Creating Positive Attitude | Emotions & Feelings @ Work | Thought Tweets

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Thought Tweet #419

by Rick Baker
On Feb 23, 2012

Thought Tweet #419  "Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it." #ReneDescartes 

 

The Thinking Behind The Tweet

Descartes: what an interesting man! He started a philosophical revolution when he said, "I think; therefore I am." He also said, "I am accustomed to sleep and in my dreams to imagine the same things that lunatics imagine when awake." [And, from what I've read, he might not have felt dogs are 'Man's Best Friend'.]

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Delegation & Decisions | Hero Worship | Thought Tweets | Wisdom: Surviving the Test of Time

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Thought Tweet #418

by Rick Baker
On Feb 22, 2012

Thought Tweet #418 "You wouldn't look for good scores from a ball team whose pitcher was at odds with the catcher."

 

The Thinking Behind The Tweet

Robert Collier wrote this in his classic work, 'The Secret of the Ages - Book 1', (1926). While I do not like the saying "There is no I in teamwork." I do like this one!

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Thought Tweets | Wisdom: Surviving the Test of Time

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Thought Tweet #417

by Rick Baker
On Feb 21, 2012

Thought Tweet #417 "The average American worker has fifty interruptions a day, of which seventy percent have nothing to do with work."

 

The Thinking Behind The Tweet

W. Edwards Deming said this. He is the fellow who revolutionized the auto industry. Here's a link to more about Deming.

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I'm too busy! - I don't have time! | Thought Tweets

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Thought Tweet #416

by Rick Baker
On Feb 20, 2012

Thought Tweet #416 “He has a right to criticize who has a heart to help.” #AbrahamLincoln 

 

The Thinking Behind The Tweet

Abraham Lincoln is one of my heroes. So is Winston Churchill, who, on the same topic, said, “Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfills the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things.”

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Criticism: Constructive Criticism is an Oxymoron | Hero Worship | Thought Tweets

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