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[I69]I Thank My God

by Jim, Jim

1. Set your alarm clock for 30 minutes earlier every Monday morning. It's a great way to start a week of selling.

2. Back your car into your garage every Sunday night. You'll begin every Monday morning headed in the right direction.

3. Begin the new week with a written priority to do list (Your six-pack). Focus on getting the most important things done first - like prospecting for new business.

4. Set (in writing) defined objectives for every sales call - every sales call. Your customers can tell when your winging it.

5. Attempt to obtain at least one customer commitment for every sales call. You're more likely to do this on Tuesday if you begin doing it on Monday.

6. Make two proactive telephone sales calls to prospects. Make it a personal priority to prospect everyday starting Monday mornings.

7. Send a handwritten or e-mail follow-up to every key sales contact you see on Monday. Set a personal standard to write a minimum of five handwritten notes everyday. The tough part is getting started. Once you form the habit, it's a no-brainer to maintain.

8. Take a quick refresher break. Fifteen minutes at lunch will suffice. Use the break to discharge any stress and tension and to recharge your focus and effort. Read, pray, or take deep breaths - do something to restore your energy.

9. At the end of the day add up your results for the day. Quantifiable sales results are the measurement, not how hard you worked. Specifically, what did you accomplish? How many sales did you close? Ask yourself what could you have done better. Obviously you should then do it better on Tuesday.

10. Make someone laugh and help someone out during the day. They will feel better and so will you.

11. Assume you're on death's doorstep. The only way off is 30 minutes of (any type) exercise. It will reduce your stress and may even delay your demise.

Perfect sales days aren't born they're made. Use these ideas to make every selling day a masterpiece.

Forget T.G.I.F. - think T.G.I.M.

Please tell me that you know better than to believe what the media tells you about what the opposite gender is attracted to. I mean, you don't believe all that drivel you are fed on a constant basis'do you?

Oh, I know. It's easy to get brainwashed by the exhortations to lose the weight, gain the bust size, re-grow the hair, get rid of the hair, etc., etc., etc. Somewhere along the line, some of us even started believing that women should have six-pack abs and tight biceps (as if men are attracted to masculine features). Taller, blonder, darker, leaner, lighter, darker, curvier, straighter, bigger, faster, more, more, more.

Last weekend Emily and I were in California, and decided to check out Beverly Hills. Well, 90210 lives up to its hype in every way. So much money, and so much frustration wrapped up in one (expensive) package. We saw one woman who literally had undergone so much plastic surgery that she was a shadow of who she was supposed to be. And her insecurity was written all over her face. Here was a woman who had every resource in the world available to her, made use of them all, and was still categorically miserable.

The sad irony of all of this is that the vast majority of us don't even find the media's representation of ?beauty? attractive'at least not when it comes to finding a mate. In fact, despite the steady message of perceived inadequacy we are all fed, I've happened upon an amazing realization: A surprising number of us (and maybe even you) tend to be particularly attracted to someone who is the opposite-gender version of who we are.

And here's a news flash: I'm not a Ken doll.

And guess what? I don't find ?Barbie? sexually attractive in the least.

Let me tell you what I mean. Forget those ?Miss America? types. Give me a petite little brunette drenched in ?cuteness?. I want cheeks I can pinch. Forget the long flowing ?goldilocks? and give me that spunky, wispy short hair. Drop the plans for a ?boob job? and keep it proportional. And for heaven's sake, EAT something. I want someone I can hug. OK?pierce the belly button and I have to admit that rounds out a perfect female package. That and the manicure / pedicure combo. Bright pink, please. Oh yeah.

And in return, I will be the best man I know how to be, and will take care of myself in a manner that demonstrates self-respect. By doing so, I will deserve what I want.

Make now mistake--what I want isn't necessarily what the media is telling me I should want. But what an amazing feeling of freedom to be able to have the courage to find a mate who meets my own exacting specifications, rather than someone else's.

So guess what? The woman I described above had posters of Sean Astin on her wall when she was younger instead of Matt Dillon. Now she hosts podcasts with me. Go figure.

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Jim has sinced written about articles on various topics from Customer Service, Time Management Skills and Sales and Negotiation. Start strong on Monday if you want better sales results at the end of the week on Friday. Here are 11 practical sales tips:1. Set your alarm clock for 30 minutes earlier every Monday morning. It's a great way to start a week of selling.2. Back your car. Jim's top article generates over 110000 views. to your Favourites.

Scot Mckay has sinced written about articles on various topics from Marriage, Accounting Guide and Flirting Tips. Want to hear more? Scot McKay is a dating coach in San Antonio, TX and founder of X & Y Communications, a one-stop-shop for dating resources. He is the author of the new book ?Deserve What You Want?, and hosts the popular podcast series ?X & Y On The Fl. Scot Mckay's top article generates over 74000 views. to your Favourites.