11 Things Great Leaders Do that Managers Only Think About

The biggest thing holding back organizations is the lack of leadership.I’m continually asked by companies large and small, “What are the traits that make a great leader?” Here is my list of what it takes to be a great leader: 1. Leaders realize their number one job is not to lead others but to create other leaders. How many times have we watched a terrific organization fall apart when the leader retires or exits their position? Unfortunately, it...

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10 Top Tips For Effective Selling

1. Find out all you can about your prospective customers, all their past contacts and transactions with your company and their probable needs, before you ever meet them. You can’t possibly know all that you will need to know about them in advance, but the prospects you meet will not be much impressed if you know nothing about them at all!2. Practise a powerful introduction. If you don’t believe passionately in your company, its products, and what you can offer, why should anyone else? But don’t present yourself ‘off the cuff’ each time....

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28 Ways to Save Money

No matter where you are on your financial journey, you need to know that it’s possible for anyone to turn their financial life around. Sometimes all it takes is that first step in the right direction to get things moving in your favor. But, as with most things, sometimes that very first step is the hardest part.That’s why we created this list of 100 ways to start saving money today. None of these tactics will be life-changing on their own, but...

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WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT COKE

Within 10 minutes of drinking one 330ml can  of regular coke, 10 teaspoons of sugar will rush into your internal system, which is more than the recommended allowance for one dayWe've all seen videos of what Coca Cola does to a penny, but now someone has reportedly worked out exactly what it does to our insides - and if right, it isn't pretty.The Renegade Pharmacist, a blog run by pharmacist Niraj Naik includes a seven-step breakdown of the drink's supposed effects.Within 10 minutes of drinking one 330ml can of regular coke, 10 teaspoons...

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12 Tips for “Psychological Selling”

Many copywriting and marketing gurus teach simplistic ideas about psychology. They insist that people can be fully understood and manipulated with a checklist of motivators or pyramid of needs. What nonsense! I can’t even figure out why the guy at the pet store puts 75 cat food cans in one bag and a tiny box of treats in another so that I lurch to my car leaning to one side. How can I possibly summarize human psychology in a few bullet points? People are highly complex and often mysterious, so we all struggle to understand our fellow humans....

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Selling Tips From the World's Best Salesperson -- the Engineer

David Hibbard Co-founder, Dialexis; Author, SOAR Selling Getty "If I were given one hour to save the planet, I would spend 59 minutes defining the problem and one minute resolving it," - Albert Einstein   A perspective.... Engineer: I don't think of myself as a salesperson, probably because my title says Engineer.  I don't meet with a prospective account with the mindset that I'm supposed to sell something; I meet because I'm there...

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Myths and Facts

Myth: Sexual Assault is caused by lust or uncontrollable sexual urges and the need for sexual gratification. Fact: Sexual Assault is an act of physical violence and domination that is not motivated by sexual gratification. Myth: Once a man gets sexually aroused, he can't just stop. Fact: Men do not physically need to have sex after becoming sexually excited. Moreover, they are still able to control themselves after becoming aroused. Myth: Women often lie about sexual assault or falsely accuse someone of sexual assault. Fact: Statistical studies...

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Myth: Sexual Assault is caused by lust or uncontrollable sexual urges and the need for sexual gratification. Fact: Sexual Assault is an act of physical violence and domination that is not motivated by sexual gratification. Myth: Once a man gets sexually aroused, he can't just stop. Fact: Men do not physically need to have sex after becoming sexually excited. Moreover, they are still able to control themselves after becoming aroused. Myth: Women often lie about sexual assault or falsely accuse someone of sexual assault. Fact: Statistical studies...

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