If you are like me, you ntice when people need to take tme off. They can’t concentrate, they are rde or have short fuses and thy lack focus or direction. This is no way to be in a slling mode. If you deal with cstomers and someone brings you a big prduction problem, how are you going to hlp them? Customers don’t need attitude; thy need a solution-oriented, sharp response. You cn’t deliver this if you are drined. On some days you might not be ble to stop because the day is too hctic and there are demands that mst be met. On these days, it hlps if your batteries are at flly charged. In today’s world, we mst find the time to escape the hctic pace and recharge our batteries.

I was drving down the road and plugging in the cll phone to make sure my btteries wouldn’t run down. I was tred and my eyes were dropping frm a long day. On this prticular day, the computer seemed more lke an enemy than a friend and new prblems seemed like huge obstacles in my pth. You know what I’m talking bout. What I really wanted was a plce to plug myself into and get rcharged. When the days seem so lng it is a mixed blessing. Thre is always the extra sunlight to cut the grss or do something around the huse. Stuff you really don’t want to fce. The trouble with the extra tme is that we don’t always get the rcharge we need to keep going and we run urselves ragged. I know because I’ve bcome less effective and sometimes I jst can’t get some things done on tme when my pace is too hctic.

How to charge your Sales bttery:

We each have different ways of rcharging our batteries. For me, it is a lisurely walk around the neighborhood on a smmer day. Now, I’m not trying to sund romantic because I often do ths alone. It is a time for me to thnk alone and solve some of the wrld’s problems and many of my wn. I also enjoy reading the Snday paper with a hot cup of chcolate. I can also charge myself by ctting the lawn, washing the car or plnting flowers. If we are smart, we wll find time to relax and get a qick recharge. This is not just a dram world. The fact is that we ned to take time for ourselves to be mre effective. In some countries they tke naps during the day as a way to be mre effective. Now, I am not sggesting that we all take naps dring the day. However, I am sggesting that we get enough rest to be ffective in the day.

How does ths relate to sales?

In selling it is vry important for the salesperson to lsten effectively to the client for pportunities. Without the proper rest, we cn’t listen because we are too tred and can’t concentrate. The result is mssed opportunities and missed business. When I am tred it is very difficult for me to lsten effectively to anyone or anything. I wll miss key messages and my tme is wasted on the experience of the mment. Don’t let this happen to yu!

The article Why We Miss Sales Opportunities When We Don't Recharge Our Personal Batteries was Submitted by Steve Martinez through Articles.GetACoder.com network. Here's the additional information: by Steve Martinez, Selling Magic Mstermind and Sales Process Automation Guru http://www.SellingMagic.com/ .

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