Inspirational Quotes!
Photo by Chris Curry on Unsplash "The happiest people don't have the best of everything, they just make the best of everything." - Anonymous."Don’t grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form."…
How not to write emails!
Can you believe this? I just received an email from someone. [Fortunately, it was identified as SPAM and was in the spam folder.] It read something like this: " Hi…
How to make friends with storytelling!
That was a wonderful evening. I hosted a dinner for a friend who also happened to be an associate at that time. When I asked for a time, my friend…
What is cold calling in Sales?
How many times have we seen 'just out of college' kids carrying some books, stopping you on the pathway or door-knocking and saying: "This is not for Sale. This is…
Using Images & Metaphors in Sales!
What you stand to lose by not using metaphors in your communication? Before I get to that, let me talk about what happens in a typical sales process. We generate…
Steve Jobs’ Pirates Metaphor!
Pirate skull emblem illustration with crossed sabers. In Jan 1983, Steve Jobs along with Apple employees were at an off-site retreat in Carmel, California. Jobs, to motivate the developers, offered…
You know sort of…
"You know sort of" A colleague was drawing lines in the scribbling pad given by the resort while the sales conference was on. He was drawing four lines and a…
True Stories!
Two true stories, today: Customer Care team at a food products company received a call. Customer: I recently bought a pack of your Parota. This is not the first time…
Two University dropouts…
Two university dropouts had a dream. They dreamed of making computers that the average person could use. One of them had a family garage. Both of them started working in…
What makes a content, good?
I understand the difficulties involved in creating good content. Here are some tips for creating good content - be it a blog post / a podcast / a video: Be…