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Wednesday, September 28, 2005
back to skule
I'll be attending startup school on October 15th, 2005 in Cambridge. If you're in the area and would like to connect for coffee/tea/BEvERages over the weekend, please get in touch.
Before she retired, my mother was a successful real estate broker/agent in Toronto. I learned a few things growing up in the high performance sales atmosphere:
I'm looking forward to attending class. I'm going to be listening hard. If I learn just one thing that helps me achieve my dream, it's worth the 428 miles I'll travel.
I'm especially looking forward to meeting my classmates. If I meet just one person with a wild idea and an infectious, motivated attitude it'll be worth the trip. And I'll try to be infectious and motivating (although I suspect my ideas aren't that wild).
The fine print: YMMV. Times have changed, maybe successful salespeople attend more events these days, maybe fewer. That's not the point. Oscar Wilde said it before I did, and he was right.
I'll be attending startup school on October 15th, 2005 in Cambridge. If you're in the area and would like to connect for coffee/tea/BEvERages over the weekend, please get in touch.
Before she retired, my mother was a successful real estate broker/agent in Toronto. I learned a few things growing up in the high performance sales atmosphere:
- Successful salespeople attend an average of twelve professional development events a year. Unsuccessful salespeople are too busy to take a day off selling to 'sharpen the saw.'
- Successful salespeople walk out of a day long sales training seminar talking about the one thing they learned that will help them make more money. Unsuccessful salespeople walk out of a day long sales training seminar talking about all of the things they already knew and the three or four things they think were wrong.
I'm looking forward to attending class. I'm going to be listening hard. If I learn just one thing that helps me achieve my dream, it's worth the 428 miles I'll travel.
I'm especially looking forward to meeting my classmates. If I meet just one person with a wild idea and an infectious, motivated attitude it'll be worth the trip. And I'll try to be infectious and motivating (although I suspect my ideas aren't that wild).
The fine print: YMMV. Times have changed, maybe successful salespeople attend more events these days, maybe fewer. That's not the point. Oscar Wilde said it before I did, and he was right.
