Key life advices
- Read the 2 books
- The History of Money: A Story of Humanity by David McWilliams
- The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey
- Use metaphors and stories, kick to the head
- Don’t be available, be responsive
- If you don’t turn up without pen & paper, what are you doing here?
- Make mistakes and move on
- Be the smartest in the room without anyone knowing it
- Having a plan is better than having no plan, the crappier it is
- The worst 3 words in a pro vocab is “It’s good enough”
- When possible enjoy what you do - figure out how to or stop doing it!
- Always add tension to your mission (put pressure to do it sooner, or to do more, add challenge)
Key sales advices
- Time kills deals
- If you don’t look after your customer, someone else will
- On every deal…begin with the end in mind
- Think WIN-WIN
- Not selling TO a customer, BUT get them to BUY from you (= Influence)
- Be a consultative seller
- Entertain and set anticipation (add hyperlinks and animations to your slides)
- Go off script if needed, shows thinking and adapting
- Use models, they make the situation easier to be consumed.