Don’t Make This Rookie Mistake

admin | January 22, 2008

Most people new to the game of selling make one mistake that can undermine their performance and sabotage their carreers before they even get going. Well, actually it is two mistakes….Maybe three??? The fact is that sales people are not, in most cases, needed to sell commodities. If they were then these products, services, and ideas would [...]

The Onion Volcano

admin | January 17, 2008

The Onion Volcano

By: Mike D.

My favorite restaurant to enjoy a meal with the family is the local hibachi Japanese steak house. The food is good and plentiful and the way it’s served up is total entertainment for the family and I. Julia and Marissa especially get a laugh when the Chef flings the [...]

Attention is Reward

admin | January 16, 2008

Attention is a reward.
 
By: Mike Dolpies
 
Let precedent give way to principle in your life. Recognize that happiness, achievement and growth are normal, and look for ways to increase them, have more of them. Of course sorrow, mistakes, sickness, rut jobs and problems are also parts of life; but the more attention you give them, [...]

Small Minds, Medium Minds, BIG Minds

admin | January 11, 2008

Small Minds, Medium Minds and Big Minds.
 
I originally heard this brilliant concept of small, medium, and big minds from a great martial-arts instructor named Tom Callos. Your words and actions are a direct result of what’s going on in your mind.. So we know that our outside is a direct reflection of our inside!
 
When you [...]

Growing By Resistance

admin | January 9, 2008

Growing By Resistance
 
If you lift weights as part of your exercise program you know how important it is for your muscles to grow by using the proper amount of resistance. You also know that when you lighten up on resistance your muscles will shrink, if you stop all together you’ll experience atrophy. You can maintain [...]

Give ‘em time to decompress! How to say goodbye to “We need to think it over!

admin | January 7, 2008

You’ll want to begin using this secret right away! Before we reveal it though, let me ask you a question.
 
What objection do you most despise? If you’re like most sales people, you’ve answered, “I hate when they say, ‘we want to think it over!’” We all hate this one because it’s so hard to wrap [...]

Opening A Second Martial Arts School

admin | January 2, 2008

Ok, I can give you a short check list…
But first..
Are you ready?
Do you plan on working at one of the locations?
Or…
do you have the staff in place where you can run meetings,
do marketing, where your marketing and pr hat and generally
be the business person needed to operate your two schools
without having to “work” at one of the [...]