Selling does not require one to be a master of business administration. Training or no training, selling boils down to one thing – meeting people.

Well, at the risk of sounding a bit harsh…I think we can safely say that your recent successes could have just as easily been achieved by a mute monkey in a tiny business suit, holding...

I had a dream about you. The Thursdays were back, and with them they brought hope. They were selling, and everybody was buying. I tried telling the people they shouldn’t buy, because if they just...

Professionals never guess—they make it their business to know their business.

As long as you’re trying to be someone else, or putting on some act or behavior someone else taught you, you have no possibility of truly reaching people. The most valuable thing you have to...

Could trying your hardest, but never being quite good enough ever be acceptable to anyone? Is that what your dreams are made of?

Why do so many salespeople talk to customers about the product and not the result?

Sales is a solo endeavor, a cold and lonely venture. Or it can be viewed in that aloof manner. It can also be viewed as something warm and symbiotic, and I think that’s what all...

If you have enthusiasm, you should thank God for it. If you do not have it, you should get down on your knees and pray for it.

Selling something only to steal it back to sell again is not only dishonest, but highly profitable.

You have your whole life to become what you wish to become. As long as we know where we are going, we can prepare ourselves for the journey. That which is currently beyond your capabilities...

I shall not waste any of our brief time together flattering your ego, as others have done before, with all this nonsense about skills and talents that do not help, or worse, that you do...

All civilized wo/men are prostitutes: Some sell what’s between their legs; the rest sell what’s between their ears.

Selling to people who actually want to hear from you is more effective than interrupting strangers who don’t,

My love is divided into three parts. I’ll give you part one and two for free, but for the fourth installation, you’ll have to pay for it.

Did you sell to them or did you simply facilitate their buying from you, hmm? Very different scenarios, my boy, very different indeed.

I had a dream about you. I invented and sold shoes that left no footprints, and you were thinking about committing a murder in a muddy area. I said that committing a murder was a...

Not following up with your prospects is the same as filling up your bathtub without first putting the stopper in the drain.

The starting point to freedom is to begin questioning the cultural narrative you have been sold.

Simeon had to agree that his future plans, although quite grand, were like pictures painted in fog. Nothing he could put his finger on. No dream ever remained unchanged long enough to take on any...

I am aware that it can be easily missed, but once you have the ability to uncover and clarify real needs – the things that really matter – you can discuss in detail how you...

The problem: If you’ve an antique for sale, then, sad to relate, the world isn’t your oyster. It’s not that easy. Even if somebody gives you the National Gallery, your options are still very, very...

Our society is full of people with a mindset of mediocrity, so elevate your thinking to that of a superstar!

I enjoy selling my music. I don’t enjoy selling myself.

Can a farmer plants his seeds and then demand the crops to grow before harvest?

Remember this. We are always looking for problems to solve, and to solve problems we need to be ready for clues. And you will never be in the receiving frame of mind if you –...

If we were rational enough to judge what we are fed based on what we are fed, those in the business of selling us hope (i.e., public speakers, presidents, priests, etc.) wouldn’t wear suits.

I had to audition as an actor, and I got so tired of doing the same monologues over and over, so I started writing my own, and then I started selling them to other actors.

I sell yawns. So when you see me yawning, and you then yawn, just know that’s me giving you a free sample of my product.

Success would be a fairly boring and uninspiring dish if anybody could create it with a single ingredient, however difficult that ingredient was to find. No, success has several layers to its pallet. This is...

I had a dream about you. I was selling dreams and you were selling sleep. We decided to partner up, until I used some of your product and went for a sleepwalk and fell off...

When excitement and passion are evident, people want to be around you—including prospects. Prospects will want to do business with you because your joy is contagious.

Always set your goals higher than you could ever possibly reach. That way, when you barely fall short, you’re still better than everybody else.

Most people haven’t set themselves any course with regards to their life. They have no idea whether or not they are being blown in any useful direction whatsoever. They are just at the whim of...

That’s what marks out the successful from the nearly-rans. Focusing on what makes people itch rather than continuously presenting an entire catalogue of scratches.

Becoming well known (at least among your prospects & connections) is the most valuable element in the connection process.

Failing to set goals is like setting out on a road trip without a map.

The value you get does not depend on what you have, but how much of it you bring to the market place. You don’t get paid when you keep your gifts at home and go...

If you put in the effort and focus towards a goal, you will get there quicker than most.

You can’t know what you don’t know

I’m not good at selling laptops. I’m good at selling ideas.

As long as I’m not selling out the people that ride or die with me, I’m glad I’m not an MC. I’m a motivational speaker. I’m not that rapper dude.

Instead of burning the midnight oil, you should try selling it.

Allowing yourself to be a conduit for opportunity requires a brand new outlook on life. Lady fortune cannot enter a locked door, you know. And contrary to that well known saying, she has rarely been...

Google’s thing is not advertising because it’s not a romanticizing operation. It doesn’t involve expression. It’s a link. What they’re doing is selling access.

The process is about leadership and about taking people to places that they cannot get to on their own, while they are still feeling comfortably in control of a buying decision

I have no intention of selling any more of the historical Apollo 11 items in my possession for the remainder of my life. I intend to pass a portion of these items on to my...

Dreaming and becoming are completely separate parts of the process. However, they are both as important as each other. Never discount how powerful your dreams are. If you cannot visualise what it is you wish...

You – help – people. You are an expert in your field, who genuinely helps other human beings. Take pride in that, stop hawking your wares, and get a bit of respect for your profession,...

Don’t sell yourself short. No one will value you. Set a fair price for you, your book, your services, whatever it is that you have to offer. Most of us set way too low a...