I was talking to a recent high school graduate who wants to go into the military... but didn’t realize he had to prepare to take a test to get in... With no more classes, freedom, & earning an hourly wage, he said he hadn’t 🔥gotten around to studying for it…
What are you presenting? What are you presenting today? You may not be on a stage, but your world is your stage & every day you’re presenting... The question is what are you presenting? 🔥Are you presenting how bad things are for you right now...how bad your month is going...how…
NBA legend Kobe Bryant said everything he did-EVERYTHING, was to become a better basketball player. “Because I had that mindset, 🔥the world became my library..& because I knew what I wanted the world helped make that happen.” So many people drift in life... They don’t know what they want so…
Before recording “The Moment” podcast, Brian Koppleman met NBA player JJ Reddick for a shoot around... Koppleman remarked how chill Reddick was before they stepped foot on the court, but once he laced up, he became intense... “That’s because the court is my lab,” Reddick admitted. _______________ When you show…
I came across a clip from Dr. Jordan Peterson who said, 🔥”...overshoot continually...because as you overshoot-even if you don’t learn what you should’ve done, you’re going to continually learn what you shouldn’t keep doing...that’ll teach you at the same time what you should be doing...” It’s not enough to just…
If you want to sell 15 this month, you’d have to work with 1.5 customers per day. Sounds simple right? ...and this is where salespeople screw up... The number (1 1/2) is so small that you fool yourself by thinking you can double it & yield twice the results, right?…
When I'm pressed for time, I’ll run a quick 2 miles around the road that circles my house. (4 laps = 1 mile) Because I had to force myself to hit the road, I try to hurry & get it over with by cutting the corners instead of fully rounding…
Sounds like an alter call doesn’t it? “Would you give your life to selling?” You should... Not as a profession but as a life skill bc you need these skills your entire life-regardless of age, profession, or background. You’ve got to give your life to selling...not to the profession, but…
“I’m behind!” 👇👇👇 How many times have you said those words? Nothing productive comes from saying, “I’m behind,” bc those words put you in a panic, desperate mode... When you feel defeated, you start acting erratic & take shortcuts... 🔥The lead is only temporary as long as you make it…
Here’s a clip of this week’s episode...”You’ll never run a marathon nor make a million $ if you continue to see yourself the way you do today.” Full episode 👉 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sales-life-with-marsh-buice/id1292788623?i=1000448903849
Evan Carmichael said, “Reading doesn't have to be your top priority, but learning should be..." So maybe reading's not your bag, but just because you don't like to read doesn't mean that you shouldn't learn. You've just got to find the way that works better for you. I get it...…
When all is going to hell on you...the leads, customers, & opportunities are turning to shit...don’t freak out on “all”... Focus on 1... A market of 1... One opportunity will turn your whole situation around. (Full episode👉)
You know, you can measure a man up pretty quickly if you know the point where he'll quit... where when it gets hard, he quits & turns back. But what about the man who just keeps showing back up? Who keeps driving? Who keeps pulling himself back up? 🔥How do…
TSL #220: Layering in your “No’s” Your customer is stalling...& doesn’t want to make a decision... & you have an idea... ...actually you have 4-5 ideas to move your deal forward. You’re so excited that you dump every idea on your customer at once... And they say, “No.” Once... With…
“I love you...but”“I want hire you...but”“I want to buy from you...but”🔥The buts negate everything.& you only hear what comes after but.Your skin color, neighborhood, family, your past, present circumstances, nor the fact that you didn’t graduate high school nor go to college...They’re not holding you back...It’s your “buts.”“I want to…
Whatever is considered “Best in the World” today is going to be obsolete tomorrow. Technology is changing... & if technology is changing so are tendencies... & if tendencies are changing, so must your techniques. Oh I get the fact that you’re all that and a bag of hot Funyuns... You’ve…
I got started late w/ my 8 mile run today... Louisiana summer heat & damn near noon, my heart rate was way too high, so @ 4 miles, I had to walk... & I used to beat myself up for not being able to keep running. 🔥But I’ve learned on…
“Unbelievable” right? You see a salesperson who seems to create deals out of thin air... He revives what looks dead & creates magic. ...all you can say is “Unbelievable!” & you’re right... 🔥It’ll always be unbelievable until you test the believable for yourself. Boldness is disguised as “crazy...” You say,…
Are you going to work to sell today...or produce? I’ve worked w/ many sellers...but producers are a whole diff breed. ~Sellers “wait” for the market to push customers in. 🔥Producers are the market & focus on the market they produce. ____________ ~Sellers show up. 🔥Producers bring the show. Good or…
Think you’re not creative? Sike! You are creative... Think back to your most desperate times... Times where you had to pull out a month in days...come up with rent money...or pay up to send the repo man away... You had no choice but to creatively figure it out... 🔥Creativity is…
You’re NOT in control of the market. You have no control over what’s happening overseas, on Wall Street, or how the manufacturer decides to support your product this month. Zero... But you are in control of your momentum... Most salespeople let the market determine their momentum...so if it’s a bad…
After working for them for 37 years, the company called him in & said “We’re eliminating your position...” Just like that he’s out...so much for Loyalty, huh? “I believe in loyalty, Marsh...the company doesn’t owe me anything...but I took care of business & have been loyal to myself this whole…
I read an article where artist T-Pain confessed that he went from $40 million to being so broke that he didn’t have enough money to eat at Burger King. You hear riches to rags stories & think it couldn’t happen to you, but it would if you had no systems…
Everything starts at suck. I hate listening to my old podcasts & watching my old videos because they suck. But you have to suck now, so you can excel later...otherwise what would you have to compare yourself to in the future? Reps, Reps, Reps. The more you do the better…