No, even the best product ain’t gonna sell itself.

We each sell alittle piece of happiness. You are elevating someone’s spirit in some way, and to do that you have to understand the source of their angst and then you have to frame your...

I take a lot of flak from the counter-establishment for selling out.

No one ever reached the top of a mountain by digging underneath it.

If you wish to sell to anyone you must earn the right to do so.

A church service starts and ends with a prayer. A magazine starts and ends with an advert.

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

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...

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.

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...

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

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.

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

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...

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

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...

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 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.

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.

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...

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

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.