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Comment on Let Down Your Hair! How to release The Rapunzel Complex and increase self-esteem in sales and marketing by 11 sales mistakes that are sabotaging your success | Selling With Spirit

11 sales mistakes that are sabotaging your success | Selling With Spirit — Fri, 18 May 2012 02:17:39 +0000

[...] have low self-esteem. If this is your challenge, you’re not alone. Check out my article on The Rapunzel Complex that drives the behavior of many business owners and sales [...]

Comment on Being short-sighted can cost you a client and your reputation by Why you need to always consider the life-time value of your clients | Selling With Spirit

Sat, 21 Apr 2012 02:04:00 +0000

[...] the flip side, I’ve spoken about on this blog how being short-sighted can cost both a client and your reputation, as disgruntled customers spread the word of their dissatisfaction far and [...]

Comment on Why you might be having trouble feeling grateful by tshombe

tshombe — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 15:44:19 +0000

Hi Robin!

Isn’t that a great line? Glad you liked it, too

Yes, habitual patterns of thought and feelings can be challenging to untangle. One teacher of mine used to say that many of us are “addicted to feeling bad.”

The thing is, now you have awareness of what’s going on with gratitude that makes it not really work for many of us. But remember, the “stuckness” is in the resisting. Or, it might be better said that the stuckness is in the judging.

We do not want to judge feeling guilty. It’s just a neutral feeling like any other feeling after all. And then after we notice and acknowledge it, we can simply turn our attention to something we feel grateful for.

No mixing things up, no trying to fix and change anything.

Just allowing whatever is and then consciously choosing what we what to feel next.

Comment on Why you might be having trouble feeling grateful by Robin

Robin — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 22:48:55 +0000

Thanks so much for this article. It has a lot of interesting info that I can’t wait to ponder some more. The trick will be to use it… and not feel guilty, as that seems to be what is ingrained in my brain!!

My favorite line (though I must admit, I like a few) is… “Sometimes, we “spiritual folk” complicate things for ourselves!” That is great!!!!

Comment on Stand out in a crowded market by improving your listening skills by The one thing you need to do to uncover your prospects real needs and desires | Selling With Spirit

Fri, 06 Apr 2012 17:10:38 +0000

[...] On a previous blog, I wrote an article about how we can stand out in the marketplace by cultivating better listening skills. [...]

Comment on Why you might be having trouble feeling grateful by tshombe

tshombe — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 20:35:18 +0000

Brilliant, David! I’m so glad this article resonated with you, and that you are making it a practice to listen to your intuition.

Our teachers, friends, and colleagues all mean well, but it really isn’t possible to hold gratitude and guilt at the same time.

Thanks so much for your contribution to the article.

Comment on Why you might be having trouble feeling grateful by David

David — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 07:57:18 +0000

This really hit the spot.

I’ve always felt like I was being made to feel guilty whenever someone taught me how to feel grateful, and now I can understand why.

Feels so good to have my intuition validated

Thank you!

Comment on Being Magnetic Means Selling What the Customer Wants, not What You Want. by Why you might be repelling clients rather than attracting them | Selling With Spirit

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 09:59:29 +0000

[...] Well, there can be many reasons why the magnetic poles between you and your ideal clients are all askew, but a foundational piece may be a focus solely on what YOU want, rather than what your (potential) clients want. [...]

Comment on Why your prospects want you to talk about their pain by tshombe

tshombe — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:56:38 +0000

Thanks so much for the great comment, Karen. Yes, you get it: when we show empathy, the prospect says “Wow! This person DOES understand where I’m coming from.” Articulating the challenges of our prospects isn’t “negative.” It shows we care about them enough to learn deeply about what concerns them.

The interesting (and valuable) thing about articulating the “pain” so well is that there is an automatic trust that is built up at the same time. The prospect then assumes we also have the solution to what ails them.

Then, of course, we have to deliver the solution!

Comment on Why your prospects want you to talk about their pain by Karen Creighton

Karen Creighton — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 02:03:44 +0000

Great point. So often with Law of Attraction, we want people to focus on what’s right but often we have to show empathy and let them describe what’s wrong (briefly) before we can actually help them.