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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!

Two Tall Guys Talking Sales Podcast – Scoring Big in Sales: Lessons from March Madness – E79

In this sports-oriented episode of “Two Tall Guys Talking Sales,” hosts Kevin Lawson and Sean O’Shaughnessey dive into the fascinating parallels between March Madness NCAA basketball tournaments and sales strategies. Kevin and Sean take this opportunity to explore how the tournament’s structure and the season leading up to it offer valuable lessons for developing winning sales strategies. Key Topics Discussed: Key Quotes: Additional Resources: MEDDPICCC for sales strategy and the importance of opportunity qualification –… Two Tall Guys Talking Sales Podcast – Scoring Big in Sales: Lessons from March Madness – E79

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year! Posts Subscribe Happy New Year! Published: Tue, 01/03/23 I hope that you enjoy my latest newsletter View the online version of this email. HAPPY NEW YEAR! I sincerely hope 2023 is better for you and your family than 2022. I will often say or write a variation of the above line yearly. It is not uncommon for me to get a reaction implying I know how bad the previous 12 months have… Happy New Year!