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When “Do Nothing” is Precisely What We Do

We have a couple of situations where management asked us to try to pull from next year into this month.

This week's edition of Win More, Make More focuses on those deals that are surprises.

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Human Nature

Enterprise technology sales is really hard.

We have to have the discipline to do those things we need to do when we don’t want to and not to do those we aren’t supposed to do even when we want to.

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“No, Not Leon” - A Thanksgiving Memory

Apparently, at or around 5:15p someone from the kitchen announces that dinner is ready. With the noise level in the kitchen now at a low roar, neither of us hear that and continue watching the football game.

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The Year of Optimization

In the cloud computing industry, consumption is also misunderstood as it relates to the expectations and management of the CSP salesperson.

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Seventeen

This week’s edition covers sales frameworks and offers tips to help us compete like the best.

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The Best Day

Throughout the day, I learned things I never knew or had misunderstood as a boy.

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What Do You Say?

We cringe at the sight of the self-promotion and virtue-signaling that routinely occurs in the workplace and on social media.

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Sales and the SI Cover Jinx

It’s a misconception, a bias, that can affect scientific research, how we evaluate salespeople, and even how we interpret the performance of our favorite athletes.

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Wanna Save the World?

The U.S. military has been testing new weapons with remarkable capabilities using cutting-edge digital technology, including artificial intelligence.

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22 Years Ago

It was a gorgeous Tuesday morning in September, and I was on an early flight headed to Dulles.

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Blind Spot

This week I share another edition in the Master Useless Information series.

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How’s the Water?

This week I share an example of the mental toughness required to compete like the best.

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