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Being Intentional in What You Feed Your Mind

Anthony Iannarino

Because the algorithms are designed to keep you on a platform for as long as possible to maximize the revenue from ad sales, the content you see isn’t randomly shown to you, but instead intentionally placed in front of you. The intention of the content you consume is a large part of how you know whether or not it is useful to you.

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You Have No Idea if the Deal will Close, BUT You Can Know This

A Sales Guy

Man, is knowing if a deal will close important to the sales world. Knowing if a deal is going to close is at the center of every opportunity discussion of every sales organization in the world. I know we have close probabilities, but in end, it’s still thumb in the air. You have no idea if a deal will close.

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How to Turn Traditional Discovery into the Exploration of Change

Anthony Iannarino

In the past, the word discovery was used to describe both a stage in the sales process as well as an outcome. Both the stage and the outcome described the process of asking clients to share their dissatisfaction with their results, their supplier, and their challenges. No more pushy sales tactics.

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How to Avoid the Tyranny of Process by Becoming Agile

Anthony Iannarino

These and many other factors have made whatever might once have been a linear sales process more difficult to follow and maintain. Disclaimer : I would never suggest you go without a sales process. The tyranny of any process is when it becomes dogma. No more pushy sales tactics. Not Following Orders.

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10 Things You Are Forbidden from Negotiating Away

Anthony Iannarino

Assuming Good Intentions : Every day, you will have an opportunity to assume that people who are different from you are your enemies. You are supposed to assume their intentions are bad. You don’t have to trade away your willingness to assume good intentions , and by doing so, allow people to assume your good intentions.

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The Best Sales Book, That Isn’t a Sales Book

A Sales Guy

How is that a book on execution has become my favorite sales book? It doesn’t address topics like closing or overcoming objections or prospecting or email writing. S**t, when it was written in 2002, LinkedIn wasn’t a thing, there was no “social” selling, and your sales stack was the yellow-pages.

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5 Simple Ways To Quickly Eliminate Burnout

Anthony Iannarino

Instead, close your eyes and listen. Get my 2nd book: The Lost Art of Closing. "In In The Lost Art of Closing , Anthony proves that the final commitment can actually be one of the easiest parts of the sales process—if you’ve set it up properly with other commitments that have to happen long before the close.

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