Tuesday, July 13, 2010

WHAT KIND OF AN IMPRESSION DO YOU MAKE ON BUYERS ?

Be serious and introspective for few moments. When is the last time you set down with a few minutes and an open mind to evaluate how you are perceived by existing and potential customers ? Or push the envelope and assess how you are viewed by peers and support team members ? What words would be utilized by any other person(s) to describe you ? This can be a very rewarding exercise in many different ways.

But let's stay with the direction of what words would be expressed by others to define how you come across to THEM - whatever their station in your business life. Think about it ! Would you hear words like gracious, kind, attentive, industrious, disciplined, generous, understanding, well-mannered, neat, organized, respectful, professional, responsive, very aware, knowledgeable and other complimentary perspectives ?

Or, would you hear words like selfish, egotistical, arrogant, stuffy, full of themselves, unprofessional, disorganized, not well prepared (gunslinger), disrespectful, lazy, poor listener, sloppy, rude, habitually late, poor communicator, procrastinator and possibly other undesirable words ?

You may be chuckling to yourself but this can be very helpful to your future success ! It is extremely difficult to see yourself as others see you. But nothing could be more important than to take a hard look at how you are viewed by others along your career path. Assuming you want to surpass any previous levels of success and assuming that you are openminded enough to look at changing some personal habits, quirks or whatever can be contributing to any unflattering words used by others to describe you; then you can improve your success greatly ! AND THERE IS NOT A ONE OF US IN THE WORLD OF PROFESSIONAL SALES THAT COULD SAY WITH UTTER CONFIDENCE THAT NO UNFLATTERING TERMS WOULD BE USED BY ANYONE TO DESCRIBE ME !

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