Advice Quotes
As soon as I can find the courage to put my plans to action, I will turn from being a “maybe man” into someone whose future success lies completely in his own hands.
Falling has become far more terrifying to me than rising.
Could trying your hardest, but never being quite good enough ever be acceptable to anyone? Is that what your dreams are made of?
I’ll record what I’ve learnt on the subject of what I sell. What it actually is means little to anyone other than me, but what it does and how it helps, means everything to those who require it.
Moving continuously forward doesn’t necessarily get us to where we want to be, just somewhere other than where we started.
It’s your own personal statement of who you want to become, based on how you wish to be remembered.
You know, I have never met a young man who recognises the true value in this exercise, and yet I have met hundreds of old men who wished someone had shared it with them in their youth.
I must turn myself around so that I am viewing life as my prospects see it. Only then can I start addressing their issues, help to prevent their pain, and advise on solutions to their problems.
No one ever reached the top of a mountain by digging underneath it.
Can a farmer plants his seeds and then demand the crops to grow before harvest?
If you put in the effort and focus towards a goal, you will get there quicker than most.
You cannot become something new without putting in the appropriate effort, can you? Just as a seed cannot grow into an ear of corn without the appropriate time, sunlight, water, and care.
I have set my mind to make sure I am prepared to accept success, whatever the trials ahead, whatever the work required.
So open questions to understand. Closed questions to confirm and gain commitment.
So you can speak, can you? Well, that’s going to stand you out from the rest of the crowd, isn’t it? No. Sorry, my boy. The ability to speak does not a salesman make
No, I’m afraid your overconfidence, as with most young men who dream of becoming successful, can quite quickly become the Achilles’ heel of your continued mediocrity
Did you sell to them or did you simply facilitate their buying from you, hmm? Very different scenarios, my boy, very different indeed.
Customers do not want a lecture from you and they certainly don’t want some juvenile in a bad suit forcing his wares upon them
Now you learn about the greatest tool available to any salesman. I’m going to give you an introduction into something that will help customers recognise the value of your offer all by themselves.
For some reason salesmen spend most of their time asking questions they already know the answers to. They rarely ask to discover anything new.
I am aware that it can be easily missed, but once you have the ability to uncover and clarify real needs – the things that really matter - you can discuss in detail how you meet each and every one
That’s what marks out the successful from the nearly-rans. Focusing on what makes people itch rather than continuously presenting an entire catalogue of scratches.
It’s not how I view being a salesman. It’s how I live being a salesman.
Just because you don't know what you want yet, it doesn't mean that there's nothing to want.
Preparation time is necessary for your growth. Trust and believe everything you're going through is preparing you for some request you put out into the Universe.
Ever day you spend at work is a foundation for your future.
What we pass on moves forward to future generations. Never let anything important slip through the cracks.
You will need seed money, so begin saving for your book. Don’t give up. Also, write down the ideas that you have right away so you don’t lose them.
Two steps forward...one step back...I've always hated that old cliche too...I believe that we should all be able to dance through life and only change the tempo now and then.
If we are ever in doubt what to do, it is a good rule to ask ourselves what we shall wish on the morrow that we had done.
Your desire is not up to your decision, your decision is not up to your determination, your determination is not up to your destiny.
Look for patterns, and then ask why those patterns exist.
The more you believe, the more you'll be leaving you, when what you believed turns out to be just lies. Or unjust lies. Or any lies, anyway.
Don't judge people on their Religion, Family Or Country they live ... Judge People On Their Nature..!!
When asking for advice, search not for what is on the surface, Dig deeper, questioning what does this person believe in?
My dad had once told me a definition of faith and I had not forgotten it: 'Faith is to believe something you do not see. The result of that faith is to see what you believed'.
Real life often ends badly, like our marriage did, Pat. And literature tries to document this reality, while showing us it is still possible for people to endure nobly.
It’s easy to write a sentence, paragraph, or book. What’s difficult is writing the best sentence, paragraph, or book, you can write.
I Don't Write Because God Gives Me A Fresh Word Everyday, I write Because of The Words He Has Already Spoken Yesterday That Changed Today.
Begin to write, your heart will flow with sacred words.
The best advice anyone has ever given me, was to never take advice from anyone.
Words are cheap but they gain greater worth when they first minister to the speaker of the same.