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sport & selling

A collection of 415 issues

Record-Breaking Teen Tennis Sensation Sales Tip

> Pure happiness under the lights in New York 🌃🗽❤️ pic.twitter.com/j5721WEEaL [https://t.co/j5721WEEaL] — Emma Raducanu (@EmmaRaducanu) September 10, 2021 [https://twitter.com/EmmaRaducanu/status/1436212416963096579?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] Wow. The first player ever to reach a Grand Slam Final – Men’s or Ladies – as a

When You Never Look At The Details, Ever

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBaIDV-WfyQ] > Under-prepared You don’t look at the details Never details Never look at the details Ever The volley delivered by Andy Murray to his support ‘team’. During his match at the 2021 tennis US Open. Tied at the end of the second

Mancini's Peroration

> Mancini’s team-talk before the #EURO2020 [https://twitter.com/hashtag/EURO2020?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] final: “I don’t have anything to say. You know what you are and we’re not here by coincidence. We are the owners of our own destiny and you know

Acknowledge Your Cultural Bedrock Required

Culture. Almost a dirty word in many a business since the construct first began to seep into b-schools around four decades back. I myself suffered the indignity of having my detailed attempts as a cubrep to build a sales office culture of success rebuffed. With the withering denigration, ‘that’s

Gareth's Lucky Tie Your Lucky Backdrop

Neckwear holds zero affection for me these days. I warmly applaud the dotcom boomers who got rid of such useless and stifling cloth of wrapped and dangling rag. Consigning it to the same history as the Croat presence who made it fashionable in the latter days of the French royal

Enemy Building Motivation Technique

I’ve blogged before on the value of picking an enemy. I first encountered its power when two decades ago, a prominent Sales leader told me how of his early road warrior repping days. He would drive by his rivals offices late at night, snarling. Park outside, even. See if

Replenishers

As a proud Englishman, there’s one culturally omnipresent institution of which I am decidedly unhappy to be associated with. The BBC. There are others too. Yet the demise of this particular taxpayer funded national broadcaster would in my view dramatically improve the daily life of my compatriots. It cannot

Missing Orchestra Pieces

[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-9607339/Jurgen-Klopp-says-Man-City-NOT-won-Premier-League-plagued-injury-crisis.html] > “So a football team is like an orchestra where plenty of people work together and if you lose one piece you might be able to still do it, but if you lose two then it becomes difficult.” The reported

Should You Keep Attacking?

Always enjoy seeing a presentation technique outside the confines of a meeting room. Who knew one could emerge from elite level football’s technical area? Danish side Brondby had a big game over the weekend. As the match neared its final whistle their manager felt he couldn’t be heard

Football New Product Disaster

> View this post on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/CN4UnT7BRLg/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading] A post shared by salespodder (@salespodder) [https://www.instagram.com/p/CN4UnT7BRLg/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading] > If you are looking to introduce a new, exciting,