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What An MBA Didn’t Teach You About Sales

The sales profession is challenging. You need to work hard at it to succeed. You need to learn from the best. You need to improve your skills continuously. If you think you can sell since you are a hit at parties and have a lot of friends, you may soon find that you are a failure as a salesperson. Blunt truth:

because the sales profession is so hard, you have to focus on doing everything in sales very well, or you will be considered a failure.

I call this blog, Skinned Knees because I try to relate all of the learning that I have done over the past 4+ decades (while skinning my knees in the learning process).

I hope that you learn from my mistakes so that your business will grow!


APIs Explained for Sales Leaders: Drive Growth Without Extra Headcount

A sales manager recently told me, “I have to copy the same prospect data into five different tools. There has to be a better way.” That frustration is more common than most sales leaders realize, and fortunately, there is a better way. The reality is that sales teams are hemorrhaging productivity due to disconnected systems. Top performers spend hours manually entering data, bouncing between platforms, and correcting inevitable errors. This administrative overhead steals time from… APIs Explained for Sales Leaders: Drive Growth Without Extra Headcount