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Be Good and Get Better (part 3)

Comfort Zone … What Comfort Zone? The last of my three keys to help you Be Good and Get Better (and succeed in 2013) is going to sound illogical and contradictory. I’m challenging you to get uncomfortable. Yes, get uncomfortable. Push yourself. Learn new things. Do...

Be Good and Get Better (Part 2)

Changing Attitudes The second of my three keys to success in 2013 starts with you. You must challenge yourself to Be Good and Get Better. Furthermore, if you really want to do what you do better, you’ll start right now. To achieve authentic success in 2013 in all...

Be Good & Get Better

St. Augustine said, “Dear Lord, I want to be good … but later on, not just yet.” I think that’s how most of us feel a lot of the time. We want to be better, thinner, smarter, healthier, wealthier, etc. But often, the changes we need to make in order to achieve these...

Collaboration is Key

We’ll conclude the explanation of our Authentic Selling model with the ninth, and final,characteristic of the AUTHENTIC acronym. C stands for Collaboration. To quickly recap the first eight:  We started with the game-changing idea of being an Advisor to your clients....

Integrity is Everything

The I in our AUTHENTIC acronym stands for Integrity, and this is the eighth characteristic of our Authentic Selling model. Again, it’s all connected. Especially Undisputed Results and Integrity. One simply doesn’t happen without the other! So let’s focus on the...

A Thanksgiving Meal I’ll Never Forget

Like so many of you, my desire each day is to live my life in a thankful frame of mind. I’m thankful for my family and friends and my health and my faith. I’m also thankful for all of you who have helped our business grow this year and in years past. This week—this...

Become a Thought Leader

For the seventh characteristic of our Authentic Selling model, again following the AUTHENTIC acronym, we’ll look at the second T, which stands for Thought Leader. Buyers today want a lot from their business relationships. They value specialists—people who are experts...

Being Natural has Real Benefits

Now for the sixth characteristic of our Authentic Selling model:  In the AUTHENTIC acronym, N is for Natural. This one should be easy. If you are a real Advisor to your client, your Trustworthiness, Helpfulness and Empathy will come Naturally. That’s because it’s...

Employ an Empathetic Approach

The fifth characteristic of our Authentic Selling model is all about being Empathetic. That is the E in our AUTHENTIC acronym. When I think of empathy, I think of something that goes beyond simply understanding another person and their situation. It’s more what you do...