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Monday, June 30th, 2008
Many salespeople could be so much more successful than they are. All that is needed is a willingness to stop behaviors that hurt their success and replace them with actions and attitudes that will ensure success. What are some of the factors that limit salespeoples success? See if you can see yourself in any of the following:
1. Believing that success in selling will be easy and fast.
2. The inability to keep yourself motivated regardless of the circumstances.
3. Living in the past or the future.
4. A lack of consistent effort.
5. Letting yourself off the hook when you fail to reach your goals.
6. A lack of clear focus, direction and goals.
7. Inadequate planning time.
8. Not investing enough time and cash in yourself and your skills and attitude development.
9. Low aim.
10. A failure to positively manage rejection and failure.
11. Turning the responsibility for your success over to someone else: your company, the economy, your boss, etc.
12. An out-of-control ego.
Theres more, but that should give most of you some food for thought. What can we do to prevent these self-sabotaging attitudes or behaviors?
1. Get up an hour earlier every day and spend the time planning your day, year, career or life.
2. Start investing 10% of your income and time in your self-development.
3. Start a personal goal setting journal and live it every day.
4. Develop a greater degree of patience, faith and trust in yourself and the world.
5. Give yourself away a little every day: your time, ideas, energy, etc.
6. Count your blessings and live with gratitude for what you have.
7. Take full responsibility for your life, yourself, your career, your future, your past. Get it? Take full responsibility for everything in your life.
8. Kill your ego.
9. Accept the reality that not everyone you meet, try to sell to, etc. is going to like you. Its just not that kind of world.
10. Relax and enjoy the ride.
11. Embrace change and let go of attachments to the past.
12. Start a good-stuff jar.
13. Work as if you will live forever, and live as if you will die today.
Tim Connor, CSP is an internationally renowned sales, management and leadership speaker, trainer and best selling author. Since 1981 he has given over 3500 presentations in 21 countries on a variety of sales, management, leadership and relationship topics. He is the best selling author of over 60 books including; Soft Sell, Thats Life, Peace Of Mind, 81 Challenges Managers Face and Your First Year In Sales. He is also the CEO of Sales Clubs Of America. He can be reached at tim@timconnor.com, 704-895-1230 or visit his websites at http://www.timconnor.com or http://www.SalesClubsOfAmerica.com
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Monday, June 30th, 2008
Home security is a relevant issue in todays society with an increase in thefts and violent break-ins and disturbances. To be secure in the home means to protect ones self from any unwanted outside influence that maybe harmful or unwanted, even door-to-door sales. Home security measures offer several choices that allow for the person to protect their property in several ways. The first is in implementing quality security locks on all doors around the property and making sure that the doors are quality made doors that also are produces with strong re-enforcement. The doors must be strong enough to withstand an object hitting them and must offer sufficient space for high quality security deadlocks. T
he next step is to make sure that the windows around the property are protected with quality home security screens that are very strong and 99 percent resistant to external break in. The security screens of a window are of primary importance because with home security the thief will look for to gain access through a window if all the doors are locked. Next, home security is simple to enforce if you adhere to the basic key points that must be put in place to allow prevention of a break in. Keeping your property tidy and free from overgrown trees and shrubs can help reduce the chance of a break in. Also keeping the grass cut indicated that there is someone at home and that the person hasnt gone on holidays because the grass looks freshly cut. This is a major deterrent to any would be thief or passers by. Keep your mail box clear of mail and dont let it get full of mail and junk mail less a would be thief see this and think you are gone away on holidays. This is a key point to remember because it fits in with keeping the grass cut and outside tidy in appearance.
Next, home security measures can take another step up and involve implementing things like having a dog, driveway security light, outside garden lights with motion sensor, front door motion sensor light, front door security alarm and camera. These are just a few next level third party items that make a difference to a property particularly if the property is concealed behind bushes and trees. A home with a dog is a really good deterrent from any thief, because a dog is easily sensitive to outside noises and movement. Home security implementation is most effective when a dog is introduced because when the dog starts barking it alerts neighbors also making them aware of any unwanted activity near their place and therefore they would be more likely to watch out for you place too! As well it also triggers other dogs in the area to bark and it is in effect a natural anti-theft alarm system that is low cost bust most effective.
Home security without a dog requires an electronic means of protection that is integrated with both alarm and lights. But the most important thing to remember is prevention is better than cure therefore to prevent someone breaking in it is good to use a light sensor to ward them off.
If possible have a large fence surrounding the place with be a distraction and a beware of dogs sign on the fence too! After a home security measure like this has been put in place then there is less likely going to be a break in by anyone passing by unless they know your property and you well.
Home security is simple in implementing in prevention and also is simple in protection; by using technology a home security plan can keep your chances of theft very low.
Cameras, motions sensors, door codes systems and outside lighting can be effective and worthwhile investing in if you need lots of protection.
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Monday, June 30th, 2008
Discovering control is easier when you practice guided meditation for self-development. When you lose control, you lose vision of your goals. We often lose control because of negative behavior or thinking patterns. When you lose control, the negative thoughts rear up again and sprout subconsciously taking the remaining positive feelings and causing you to lose site of your goals. These feelings often lead to depression, and failure. Particularly when you fail to take back your control, thus the only way out in most instances is guided meditation.
Take back your control by meditating to develop your self-fulfilling skills. Learn to reflect on positive thoughts. Control is a matter of discovering. Once you discover your innate powers, you often find it easier to meditate, and develop new skills.
Thought transference is a great solution to start guided meditation. When you embark to meditate, you need quietness, so find an area far away from distractions. Exploiting your imagination and telepathic transmission about this place will enable you to stop work and meditate.
Guided meditation teaches your mind how to gain control. When you have that control, you find it easier to manage your life and recover you inner strength-developing skills. Meditation occurs in many ways.
You can start meditating by focusing on some object in your room. Focus until that spot starts to mean something to you. Once you start to see meaning carry on with your meditation process to discover new ideas. Now you may think that some object in your room has nothing to do with conjuring up new ideas, but the fact is your mind will start to probe into something that associates with that object.
That object can be anything you choose. You can decide to focus on your blank television screen and ,in a short while, your mind will start to contemplate. As ideas start to turn over in your mind, you will begin to mull over other reflections that you recall from your past.
You bring about good feelings when you practice guided meditation. To discover your power however, you must meditate by digging seriously inside your mind and requesting acceptance of the questions you find.
Come across your inner positive self-image by meditating to draw from your inner self. Whenever you fall short, you may feel stressed. Let the tension go by accepting. You may come upon depressive areas, and physiological symptoms may materialize. You may feel fuzziness or drowsy at times. It depends on your situation.
When the pressure begins to make you feel uneasy, start making splendid persistence on taking back your power by continuing to meditate.
Start to probe deep inside your mind, exploring the hidden information. At what time you discover new prints then take notes. You want to use this information to help you develop new skills.
Through guided mediation, you learn to rework how you feel by reassuring stress and hurt. Relaxation begins with mediating. Relaxation helps you to maintain and evict the stress that is affecting your life. Relaxing often will help you to restore your healthy sleeping patterns. Through meditating, you can rework your circle by making positive changes. Such as, at what time you are feeling uncomfortable or worried, you will learn to slow down your vitals and change the way you think to break these hunches or feelings.
There are other ways to meditate. So take time to explore your options. Searching the HTML documents is a great solution, since you can read and learn Online you can discover free program downloads that can train and guide you to enjoyment.
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Monday, June 30th, 2008
Since there are different home security systems are competing with each other for gaining the superiority in the market, but mostly become confused about the selection of the best home security system. Because many competitors are investing millions of dollars for promoting their item, however many home review security system wireless journals and reviews are published by many manufacturers monthly, this helps greatly in choosing for the best home security system. More over home security has different meaning for different people. There can be a different approach for lowbrow as compared to the selection of a high brow. So for this home review security system wireless review is really guidance as far as decision of getting a best security system is questioned. These reviews offer a comparative study for different home security systems by different manufacturers so that the customer could select a better alert security system according to his suitable needs.
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There are a lot of websites where a user can get a professional approach as far as home review security system wireless information are concerned. Moreover, time to time updated information catalogs are also there to brows through the relevant information that one may need. Also the professionals who are adept in and able to home review security system wireless can also be consulted. Franchises are also there to approach.
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Monday, June 30th, 2008
There are only two aspects to moving product. One is generating interest, the other is making the sale. Both of these action steps require that a decision be made, by somebody, to do something. There is a quality of the human mind which doubts and resists such a commitment decision.
Understanding this process can lead to assistance from the sales professional to the customer in making the desired response, whether it be the initial decision to participate in the product demonstration, or the ultimate decision to buy. Offers are known as effective tools to assist the decision-making process. However, offers must be of value. While value is a relative issue, the professional sales person must find out which kinds of offers generate the desired responses.
Example: “Send for our brochure and get free tips on how to cook better desserts,” or, “Cal/ by Saturday and get a free .,” or, “Buy from this ad and receive a free public relations planning manual.”
In addition, “time frames” that force a decision (creating urgency) in order to “get the goods” are necessary, or the entire intention of encouraging a commitment is lost.
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Monday, June 30th, 2008
There is an old saying, If it aint broke dont fix it, many people subscribe to this philosophy with their computers. If they can turn their computer on and access their email or play a game, then preparing for an eventual disaster is usually the last thing on their minds.
If you use your computer for business or store important files like family pictures or tax records, it is imperative that you formulate a plan to backup your computer on a regular basis. Even if your computer is brand new, or just a few months old, hard drives can fail, power surges and lightening strikes happen, and viruses or malware can wipe out your data at a moments notice.
Recently, the main hard drive failed in one of the computers I manage for a busy Real Estate office. They had a backup plan in place, but they failed to routinely follow it. The latest backup data on the external drive was over a year old. They lost hundreds of contacts and thousands of dollars in labor spent building data bases and specialized software files.
I restored all the old data I could and immediately instituted a regular backup schedule that they have been following religiously. They were not worried about a catastrophic data failure because they had installed new hard drives in their computers just over a year ago. But hard rives are very delicate and complex, and one never knows when there may be a failure.
So how do you go about setting up and following a proper computer backup plan? Here are my suggestions:
1. Get Some Form of External Storage Capability. Windows XP has a built in restore feature, but that is worthless if you have a catastrophic hard drive failure. To be truly effective, your computer backups must be stored outside of your computer. You can do this by writing the data to CDROMS or DVDs, but this is a rather slow and cumbersome method. There are online services which allow you to store your data on their secure servers, but the upload times can be really slow, even with broad band.
I recommend getting a large capacity external hard drive, preferably with USB 2 or FireWire capability. Buy the largest capacity drive you can afford, a minimum of 120 Gigabytes. Now if your main hard drive fails, you will have a current mirror image of the drive you can restore using a special boot disk created by your backup software.
2. Buy a Computer Backup Program and Use it. There are a lot of software solutions out there, Norton Ghost is probably the most well known. For various reasons I wont get into in this article, I dont recommend Ghost as your primary backup software. I have tried many different backup programs and the one I use most frequently is Arconis True Image. Regardless of what program you choose, learn to use it effectively, develop a computer backup plan and stick to it.
You may want to backup once a week, every other day or even daily if you are constantly adding new and important data. I perform an incremental backup of each computer every five days. This gives us recent enough data files to work off of should we experience another failure. Whatever schedule you choose, stick to it, no excuses.
3. Create a boot disk and know how to use it. The most recent backup in the world is useless if you are unable to restore it. If your hard drive fails, you must be able to restore your backup data to your new drive or computer. To do this you will need a bootable CD or a set of bootable floppy disks to restore your backup image. Each program does this a bit differently, be sure to read the manual and fully understand the process.
By following the Best Practices I listed above, your data will be safe from eventual loss. Hard drive failure will no longer be a major catastrophe, if you have a proper backup plan in place you can be up and running in a matter of hours.
Article by Mr. Shannon Baker, over 20 years persuading computers to do his bidding. http://www.fix-my-slow-computer.com
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Monday, June 30th, 2008
The Anglesey Coastal Path after Amwlch becomes very rugged and it rises and falls dramatically, passing through more highly photogenic industrial ruins. The landscape photographer walking this section of the Anglesey coastal path is spoilt for choice.
The first major opportunity for the photographer along this section of the coastal path is Bull Bay, a nice enough place and a popular tourist destination, but perhaps lacking any substantial opportunities for photography - its still worth a visit just to be sure. From Bull Bay the path starts to climb dramatically and its from here onwards that the landscape provides a great deal of inspiration for the photographer. Near the end of the long climb you arrive at the stunning Porth Wen, a large bay surrounded by rocky cliffs with, on one side, the remains of disused Victorian brickworks. Although abandoned the main structures remain, the kilns, chimneys and a small harbour wall, it is actually quite impressive, its location enhancing its appeal. Porth Wen is an excellent location for the landscape photographer, particularly anyone interested in industrial landscapes.
Leaving Porth Wen the Anglesey Coastal Path climbs further and the drama of the landscape increases, becoming even more rugged and visually stunning. The photographer really is spoilt for choice, the industrial ruins continue with a series of kilns and buildings located where the path falls suddenly back to sea level in a series of valleys. It really is difficult to overemphasis the photogenic nature of this section of the Anglesey Coastal Path. This continues as the path heads towards Cameas, passing along the way the Llandabrig Church. It is perched high on the clifftop overlooking the sea and has a unique character. The church is an excellent photography subject, a wide-angle lens is being essential to make the most of the opportunity.
A short distance down the cliffs from the church is another section of coastline not to be missed. A large, rock-strewn beach appears, the main appeal the landscape photographer being a large section of the mainland that has broken away. It now stands in the centre of the beach resembling a rugged monument. It makes an excellent subject for the landscape photographer, foreground interest is abundant too.
From here the Anglesey Coastal Path falls gradually on its approach to Cemaes. This quaint coastal village has lots of potential for photography, with the small harbour and the large sweeping bay provide the main subjects. Unfortunately though, just around the bay from Cameas things get distinctly less photogenic in the form of a monstrous nuclear power station. This is actually seen occasionally on the approach from Porth Wen but fortunately not too often to detract from the otherwise stunning coastline. I cannot recommend this section of the Anglesey Coastal Path highly enough, in its relatively short distance it provides the landscape photographer with a wealth of opportunities.
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Monday, June 30th, 2008
The importance of Successful server recovery for business survival cannot be overemphasized because servers are important for business operations. Servers are continuously supporting operations by serving files, applications, transaction data and other kinds of support information and tools without which businesses and individuals would find it harder to survive.
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Monday, June 30th, 2008
Acquiring a novel and highly advanced mobile handset has become easier with the lucrative and innovative contract deals, currently available. The mobile phone deals help the users in getting a variety of benefits such as improved talk time, free messages, free gifts, cash back, free insurance, free roaming and many more. The offer of 12 months free line rentals often forms an integral part of these deals; as a matter of fact, the availability of the same is one of the reasons behind the gaining popularity of such offers among various people, residing in the UK, for instance.
In the offers involving 12 months free line rental, the users have to sign-up a contract with network providers for a specified period of 12 months. During this period of contract, the users would get the network services with free monthly line rentals. Under this plan, the users have to deposit the required amount as a security deposit to the specified network provider. However, it is in the interest of the customers to read the terms and conditions of these deals very carefully, before signing on the dotted line.
There are more than one reason for the popularity of these contracts. During the 12 months, the users are able to enjoy large talk time, free messages and many more advantages at a very affordable rate. And the best part is that such a plan helps the users to get rid of paying the mounting monthly telephone bills. They have to select the tariff plan from the network provider as well as the handset that they want to use and they are done. Some of the best models are a part of such offers.
Depending upon specific conditions, the users can pick and choose from a wide collection of the latest handsets from many well known brands such as LG, Nokia, Samsung, Sony Ericsson and Motorola. The handsets are backed with the an interesting combination of style and performance. With great multimedia capabilities, the users can shoot the funniest moments of life or capture the worthy impressions with the built-in camera options. The integrated music player or FM radio can be used for great music with the easy-and efficient music features. Apart from the multimedia capabilities, one can also experience the high-speed Internet access on the handsets. All these and more is possible at affordable costs - thanks to the options such as the 12 months free line rental plans.
Last but not the least, this 12 month contract allows the customers to avail the services of almost any provider. As a matter of fact, there are many network providers in the market that have come up with the innovative 12 months rental plans and the users can select any depending on their personal preferences.
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The critical ingredient in a successful sales outcome is the ability to get adequate and accurate information as early in the sales process as possible. Those of you who have read my books, previous tips, or have attended one of my sales seminars are well aware of the importance I place on the ability to ask good questions in the right way, at the right time. It is unfortunate that many salespeople are still selling by going into a feature DUMP too early in the sales process before they have learned:
the buyers dominant emotional buying motive.
the buyers critical needs, wants, issues or challenges.
the buyers personality style.
what is preventing their prospects from getting a good nights sleep.
where future potential sales resistance will come from.
Etc., etc., etc.
I came across the sentence completion method several years ago when I was reading a book on psychotherapy. (Now dont jump to any conclusions here, folks!) There are a number of techniques therapists use when counseling with a patient. One of the ones that I thought might be of value in the sales process is called the sentence completion method. I have used this technique with great success ever since. Here it is.
What the therapist (salesperson, manager, parent, etc.) does is say to the prospect: I would like to give you some sentence stems and I would like you to complete the sentences by putting some endings on. For example:
You would like your employees to_________________.
You wish your salespeople would__________________.
You would like your managers to stop______________.
You could achieve more if you would_______________.
Your relationship would be better if your partner would begin_______________.
You would feel better about yourself if others would stop__________________.
You could take control of your life if_________________________.
Your organization would be more profitable if every employee______________.
Why do you think this is an excellent way for you to discover your prospects concerns, needs, etc? Well, there are a few examples. Why not come up with some additional ones that would work with your products/services on your prospects/customers.
Tim Connor, CSP is an internationally renowned sales, management and leadership speaker, trainer and best selling author. Since 1981 he has given over 3500 presentations in 21 countries on a variety of sales, management, leadership and relationship topics. He is the best selling author of over 60 books including; Soft Sell, Thats Life, Peace Of Mind, 81 Challenges Managers Face and Your First Year In Sales. He is also the CEO of Sales Clubs Of America. He can be reached at tim@timconnor.com, 704-895-1230 or visit his websites at http://www.timconnor.com or http://www.SalesClubsOfAmerica.com
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