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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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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How Well Do You Understand Sales?
We think we understand things better than we do. Recent research sheds light on why.
Little Things Make a Difference
I receive an unplanned call on my cell phone approximately once every sixty minutes.
Wanna Save the World?
The U.S. military has been testing new weapons with remarkable capabilities using cutting-edge digital technology, including artificial intelligence.
22 Years Ago
It was a gorgeous Tuesday morning in September, and I was on an early flight headed to Dulles.
Swiss Cheese, a former POTUS, and Danger in our Skies
US passenger planes come dangerously close to crashing into each other far more frequently than the public knows.
Not Like a Silicon Valley “Pivot”
This week I share another edition in the Master Useless Information series.
How’s the Water?
This week I share an example of the mental toughness required to compete like the best.