sales: Unlocking the Secret to Customer Satisfaction - 09/16/10 05:58 AM
 
Motivational Power Quote
 
Unlocking the Secret to Customer Satisfaction    
"There's no great mystery to satisfying your customers.
Build them a quality product
and treat them with respect.
it's that simple."
Lee Iacocca, auto executive    
  
As I see it. . . . . . . .
Unlocking the secret to customer satisfaction    
A key to satisfying customers is to understand your customer, their motivation, their needs and their expectations. Creating customers satisfaction is not created in a vacuum, it's a joint venture between the customer, our company and us.   
Our product has to meet the customer's needs and … (5 comments)

sales: Breakdown the Resistance - 09/15/10 01:16 PM
 
Motivational Power Quote
 
Breakdown the Resistance
"Resistance and obstacles crumble under
the relentless pressure of
constant determined effort."
Tracy Brinkman, writer and speaker  
   
As I see it. . . . . . . .
Breakdown the resistance   
We have been sailing along with everything going just fine and out of the blue - BANG - we hit a wall. We don't create it, we didn't anticipate it, but there it is right in front us.  
When we first look at the wall it can look to be overwhelming with no hope of resolving it. … (4 comments)

sales: Turn a Disadvantage Into an Advantage - 09/15/10 02:53 AM
      
Motivational Power Quote
 
Turn a Disadvantage Into an Advantage
"There is an advantage in every disadvantage
and a gift in every problem."
John Johnson, American Businessman and Publisher   
  
As I see it. . . . . . . .
Turn a disadvantage into an advantage
A disadvantage is an opportunity waiting to be discovered. 
How we look at a disadvantage will determine what we'll see and how we'll respond to the disadvantage. When we look at a disadvantage and see an advantage we are seeing the disadvantage through a positive prospective of our glass being … (8 comments)

sales: Change Your Direction - 09/14/10 01:30 PM
  
Motivational Power Quote
 
Change Your Direction  
"If you do not change direction,
you may end up where you are heading."
Lao Lzu, Chinese philosopher    
  
As I see it. . . . . . . .
Change your direction   
Did you ever have that feeling in the pit of your stomach that you're working as hard as you can and not getting anywhere? 
You may have reached a point in your career or in your life that you need a change of direction.  
We can reach a point in our life that if we continue on our present … (4 comments)

sales: Keep Moving Forward - 09/14/10 01:59 AM
   
Motivational Power Quote
 
Keep Moving Forward  
"There are many ways of going forward,
but one way of standing still."
Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd President of the United States  
   
As I see it. . . . . . . .
Keep moving forward   
A person that plants their feet in concrete and waits for success will find the world passing them by.  
Success is there to be achieved, but it's not in the waiting. Success is there for the person who is willing to step forward and to continually move in the direction of their goals and success.  
(5 comments)

sales: Expect It and Achieve It - 09/13/10 01:43 PM
  
Motivational Power Quote
 
Expect It and Achieve It  
"It is the nature of man to rise to greatness
if greatness is expected of him."
John Steinbeck, American Writer   
As I see it. . . . . . . .
Expect it and achieve it    
We will go as high as we expect to go. The person who believes that they will achieve greatness will find a way to make it happen. 
There are no limits to the height of success that one can achieve. Success is there for the person that sets their sights on their goals and is … (15 comments)

sales: If You Don’t Like It -Find a Way To Change It - 09/13/10 02:31 AM
 
Motivational Power Quote
 
If You Don't Like It -Find a Way To Change It  
"If there are things you don't like
in the world you grew up in,
make your our life different."
Dave Thomas, Wendy's Founder   
   
As I see it. . . . . . . .
If you don't like it - find a way to change it   
When we encounter things in our life we can either accept them as they are or we can find a way to change them.  
If we accept things the way they are, we are accepting the conditions … (7 comments)

sales: Preparation Pays - 09/12/10 02:46 PM
  
Motivational Power Quote
 
Preparation Pays  
"Fools worry: The wise prepare."
Duane Alan Hahn, writer   
   
As I see it. . . . . . . .
Preparation pays    
Preparation creates confidence in a person and the lack of preparation creates doubt.  
The person that prepared operates within their confidence zone and will move forward with a sense of self-assurance. They will have the self confidence to make the tough decisions.  
A person that prepares themselves is prepared to respond to the varied conditions that life brings them and will stay in control of their decisions and not … (8 comments)

sales: Lead By Example - 09/12/10 06:07 AM
 
Motivational Power Quote
 
Lead By Example  
"I don't know any other way to lead
but by example."
Don Shula, HOF football coach  
   
As I see it. . . . . . . .
Lead by example    
We can talk the talk but if we don't walk the walk people will not follow us.  
People will follow a leader that leads by example and sets a positive direction for others to follow.
An effective leader can lead a business to greater heights of success and we can effective lead our customers to better decisions. 
We lead others … (5 comments)

sales: Realize Your Full Potential - 09/11/10 04:50 PM
  
Motivational Power Quote
 
Realize Your Full Potential  
"Only by coming to grips with difficulty
can you realize your full potential."
Charles de Gaulle, President of France  
   
As I see it. . . . . . . .
Realize your full potential  
To realize our full potential we have to handle the conditions that we encounter. We have to handle our success and we have to be able to handle the difficulties that we face.  Both have unique challenges and both will move us closer in achieving our goals.  
When we encounter difficulties we have a choice, … (3 comments)

sales: Real Success is Found in Enjoying What You Do - 09/11/10 02:50 PM
   
Motivational Power Quote
Real Success is Found in Enjoying What You Do  
"You never achieve real success unless
like what you doing."
Dale Carnegie author   
   
As I see it. . . . . . . .
Real success is found in enjoying what you do  
The person that finds what they enjoy and do it for a living will find happiness and true success.  
Many people wander through their life not enjoying what they do. As a result they will only apply a minimal effort and do just about enough to get by. They will never reach … (5 comments)

sales: See Yourself as a Winner - 09/11/10 11:41 AM
  
Motivational Power Quote
See Yourself as a Winner
"If you can accept losing, you can't win."
Vince Lombardi, professional football coach   
   
As I see it. . . . . . . .
See yourself as a winner  
In the game of life there will be times that we encounter obstacles, setbacks and failure. There will also be times that we have given our best and we have come up short of our goals.  
Failure is a stop on the success journey and most people will make that stop at one time or another. Winners understand that failure … (4 comments)

sales: The Wings of Imagination - 09/10/10 04:14 PM
   
Motivational Power Quote
 
The Wings of Imagination  
"The man who has no imagination has no wings."
Muhammad Ali, World Heavyweight Champion   
  
As I see it. . . . . . . .
The wings of imagination   
The person with imagination has the keys to the universe. That person can imagine walking on the moon and he did. Muhammad Ali imagined being the world heavyweight boxing championing of the world and he was.  
A person with imagination can see things that other people can't see. But they achieve things that other people could never imagine.  
Many people say … (8 comments)

sales: The Challenge With Communications - 09/10/10 02:43 PM
Motivational Power Quote 
The Challenge With Communications   
"The problem with communication
is the illusion that it has occurred."
George Bernard Shaw, play write  
   
As I see it. . . . . . . .
The challenge with communication . . . .   
Are we communicating or talking?   
Are we talking and not listening?   
Good communication is an interactive skill where information is exchanged between the parties to create a mutual understanding among the parties.   
The best communicators are the best listener because they are listening to understand and they focus on the other person and their needs. An effective … (5 comments)

sales: Genius Is . . . . - 09/10/10 08:33 AM
 
Motivational Power Quote
Genius Is . . . .  
"Genius is the ability to reduce
the complicated to the simple."
C.W. Ceram, author   
   
As I see it. . . . . . . .
Genius is . . . .  
Genius is the thin slice between ordinary and extraordinary.  
Genius is turning the ordinary into the extraordinary.  
Genius is finding a way to do the things that other people are not doing and to do them and to turn them into opportunities and success.   
Genius is focusing on the little details and doing them with excellences and turning … (1 comments)

sales: Come Out From Behind the Clouds and Shine - 09/09/10 01:58 PM
  
Motivational Power Quote
Come Out From Behind the Clouds and Shine  
"Meditate . . . .
Find purely, be quiet.
Do your work with mastery.
Like the moon comes out
from behind the clouds;
 and shine."
Buddha    
  
As I see it. . . . . . . .
Come out from behind the clouds and shine
There are days that we feel like we are standing in the clouds, and what we're doing seems to be obscured to the world. We continue to extent an effort and we feel no one is recognizing our efforts.  
When we … (5 comments)

sales: Love What You Do - 09/09/10 03:38 AM
  
Motivational Power Quote
 
Love What You Do    
"Find something you're passionate about
and keep tremendously interested in it."
Julia Child, chef   
  
As I see it. . . . . . . .
Love what you do  
We move through our life doing things that we dislike, but we do them because we find them in or comfort zone and we don't want to challenge the status quo.  
We labor our life away and we don't find fulfillment in our career because we don't enjoy what we are doing. When we dislike what we're doing it makes … (9 comments)

sales: The Top Priority In Successful Sales - 09/08/10 03:46 PM
 
Motivational Power Quote
 
The Top Priority In Successful Sales  
"Wise are those who learn that the bottom line
doesn't always have to be their top priority."
William Arthur Ward   
   
As I see it. . . . . . . .
The top priority in successful sales   
The top priority in successful sales is to create satisfied customers.   
Creating a high level of customer service leads to customer satisfaction and that satisfaction will contribute to the bottom line. Our bottom line doesn't create satisfied customers.  
Satisfied customers = the bottom line. 
When we put the customer interests first … (4 comments)

sales: We Can Do What We See and Believe - 09/08/10 08:33 AM
 
Motivational Power Quote
We Can Do What We See and Believe  
"I saw the angel in the marble
and carved until I set him free."
Michelangelo  
   
As I see it. . . . . . . .
We can do what we see and believe   
When we look at the marble of our life what do we see?  
Michelangelo could look into a slab of marble and see it's potential. When he looked at a slab of marble he had a vision what the marble could be. He could look into a slab of marble and see the … (3 comments)

sales: Why You Can - 09/07/10 02:10 PM
 
Motivational Power Quote
 
Why You Can
"Stop thinking of the all the reasons
why you cannot be successful
and instead,
think of all the reasons
why you can."
Dr. David Harold Fink,  
  
As I see it. . . . . . . .
Why you can   
You can do what you believe that you can do.  
You will become the person in you dominate thought, what ever you want to become or achieve in life first takes root in your thoughts. Form a crystal clear vision in your mind of what you want to achieve. See … (8 comments)

 
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