My friend David Scott is one of the absolute best salespeople I know, and few work as hard as improving his sales skills as Dave does. He carries the biggest book of business of anyone I know, and works at the highest executive levels of companies whose names you would recognize, but I can’t say here.
Here are the mantras Dave uses to set his attitude for the big ones:
And when the pressure is really on, and fear has me in a stranglehold, I will say this:
Today I want to go where no man has gone before
I will be tactful
I am a sales genius
I have to call… for their sake
I will not allow irate prospects to spill into my “I”
Act happy when you are not
I am worth more
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I am emotionally powerful
I have no fear
I am a CEO
I have no customer empathy
I have control of my destiny
I will have fun
No one can make me their hostage
There are no victims in Sales