Selling is a bad idea, and everybody is selling. It’s hard to avoid. The business about being in it for others is at best equivocal and at worst a lie.

Here are four basic sales steps for the sales person in all of us, and they apply whether you’re concerned with “internal, informal” sales or “external, professional” selling.

In a recent conversation a colleague discussed doing motivational speaking. Then she said, “or maybe it’s inspirational.” That got me thinking about a common dilemma that managers and leaders face, “is it my role to motivate or to inspire?” To me, the two terms are very related but have a definite distinction. Motivation is something that comes from within. As …

The following article was contributed by: http://sealthedealsuccesskit.com/ Use this checklist to align your mindsets for ultimate success in business development. It’s not just about the actions you’re taking…you can be taking all the right actions for growing your business, but if you have limiting beliefs or counter-productive mindsets, your results will be less than optimal. Excerpted from Seal the Deal. …