Today, we have a guest blog post from Lauren Taylor who is interning with Sauers Consulting Strategies. She references (in this blog) the 5 Why's Communications Model that she read in my Everyone Is in Sales book and gives her view on it. Lauren is an incredibly talented senior at a great high school and serves among many other things as the Student body President.By Lauren Taylor:When children are young they have the habit of asking “Why?” Often as parents it is easy to become annoyed with the nonstop stream of questions. “Daddy, Why is the sky blue?” “Why do I…
If you you want something badly enough, you will find a way. And if you don’t, you will find an excuse. It is amazing how many organizations are “stuck.” They are stuck in old patterns of thinking. They are stuck in the new training in which they’ve invested. They are stuck in the past. They are stuck with all kinds of new social media and marketing tools. They are stuck with a new salesperson they have hired. Why settle for being stuck? Remember, if you want something bad enough you will find a way, and if you don’t you will…
I can't help about blogging on this topic-- What's In a A Name?As this blog exists to make us ponder both the complicated and most basic in human behavior-- I felt compelled to cover this. Why? Who knows-- DUDE! You will laugh more later. :-)For the sake of this blog post- lets assume that we are talking about two guys that are trying to converse with each other yet do not OR cannot remember the other person's name. So, here goes... my TOP 9 List of expressions you might hear them say... instead of the other person's name:Hey BuddyHey ChiefHey BrotherHey DudeHey Big ManHey PartnerHey ManHey Big GuyHey BroOk, well I hope this…