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Lesson #2: A Good Rebound Can Come from a Bad Misstep
During Johnson’s early business ventures, he was self-admittedly an inexperienced entrepreneur who failed to look at the context within which he found himself. For instance, one of his very first deals was in opening up an NBA franchise store. He thought he had the intimate product knowledge and experience to make it successful. But he had made one crucial mistake.

When You Say The Wrong Thing
Recently I hosted a dinner with a great group of friends and people I wanted to meet. One of my guests was a particularly good friend, a guy I care about and respect deeply. Until recently, this guy was a high profile CEO. But due to politics, he was let go - despite the fact that everyone knows he's a total superstar, both in his performance at that company and in every position prior.
Needed - One More Friend
Somebody once said that a stranger is simply a friend you haven't met. The dictionary says that a friend is one who is attached to another by affection which leads him to desire his company, or one who has sufficient interest to serve another.
How I Learned To Dance And How You Can To
Why am I penning an article titled "How I Learned To Dance And How You Can To?" Furthermore, why should you care? Good questions. Do you remember when you were learning the latest dance steps as a teenager? You would get together with your friends and practice the latest steps. Remember the swaying of the hips, the popping of the fingers, clapping your hands, the fancy foot movements, singing along with the music and having so much fun and laughter making missteps. Oh, I intended to say mistakes and actually enjoying the mistakes because you knew they were a necessary process to learning the dance.
Sales Force Lessons from Gates, Crowley and Obama
This should happen a lot more often on the sales force. How often do customers become upset over the behavior of a salesperson, customer service rep, technician or even accounting? When controversy jeopardizes a good account, it's time for the president or CEO to reach out and mend fences between adversaries!
Startup Principles for Success
Behind most great entrepreneur success stories is a long list of mistakes! Unfortunately, for every success story you see, there is an even longer list of failure stories with mistakes that you don’t see. But rather than dwell on the failures, I’ve tried to extract a list of principles that embody the successes.
One of the Greatest Enemies to Leadership and Human Potential Is The Comfort Zone
Do you have a comfort zone that is preventing you from reaching that next level of success? Read what leadership and Charles Schultz have in common.
Whatever Happened to “You’re Welcome?”
I remember a time – in the not-so-distant past – when people actually said, “You’re welcome” when thanked for a gift, fulfilling a request or performing another activity. Now, it’s “Sure,” “No problem” or worse yet, “No prob,” or “You bet!”
Hit or miss does not work in selling
Many sales are lost because salespeople assume they know what the customer wants. Sales people like to made assumptions of knowledge about what the buyer wants and needs, or sometimes more important why the buyer might be motivated to buy. Using one’s instincts and sixth sense is fine in the equation of success, but it should be only part of your expertise.

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10 Reasons To Sell Your Product In Catalogs
For many small companies the marketing plan to launch a new product is a make-or-break strategy. A big misstep could result in the quick demise of the product and possibly the company. That’s why, for a lot of small businesses, a logical way to introduce a new product is by selling it through other companies’ mail order catalogs.

Writing PQQs the First Step to Winning a Tender
There is very little margin for error in the business world today. The business environment we operate in is highly competitive and you have to stay ahead of your competitors. This fact is particularly highlighted when it comes to writing tenders. A company needs to be especially careful while writing PQQs because a misstep here will mean that the game is lost even before it starts.
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