Here’s an interesting thought: Everything comes back to selling. Think about that for a second. The world revolves around sales…. every business regardless of what they do, have to sell. Every person sells. You sell your favorite movies, favorite books, favorite restaurants, favorite shoes. You even sell yourself on ideas and thoughts.
Here’s another interesting thought: Most people hate the very idea of the salesperson, yet we all fall under that category in one fashion or another.
The question is: How do I embrace my inner salesperson?
Acknowledge that you sell on a continuous basis in your day to day life.
Admit it. You do it. You just don’t think of it as selling. You would probably say “I’m just sharing my favorite_____________with so and so.
Hmmmm – Sharing. Replace the word selling with sharing. There. That feels better doesn’t it? Isn’t funny how changing a word can alter your perspective? When it was selling, you shuddered. Now that it’s sharing, you feel all warm and fuzzy. We all like to share – we like to share our things, our thoughts, our ideas, our favorites,...