This past week I spoke at a luncheon meeting and advised the
attendees to be positive as they went through their daily functions and to have
fun in whatever they do. When we work in a positive atmosphere, it is more
enjoyable for others to interface with us. This makes everyone’s day so much
better and so much more pleasant.
Every day we all should try to do something that will help
others be better than when we first meet them. We should support them, advise
them on ways that they can be more successful, give them helpful tips of how
their business may fulfill its potential, or introduce them to others who may
need whatever they offer or may also be partners as we are. We must be positive
and supportive instead of negative or demeaning.
We should stop being sales people. We must become advisors,
or partners, who learn what the other person needs, or wants, and helps them
obtain that object of their desire. We must stop trying to sell whatever it is
that we offer and help others obtain whatever they need or want. Then we can
become networking partners with others and build relationships that benefit us
all.
Actually this atmosphere makes us better to connect with,
better to relate to, and better to communicate with. It makes us more pleasant
to be around, in the same meeting or place, and be in a relationship. Knowing
us in this manner makes us more popular and enhances our reputation as someone
who others want to know, spend time with, and refer to others. We also are perceived
as more authentic in whatever we say.
If we are not having fun in our everyday lives, no matter
what we are doing, we must either change how we perform our daily functions or
change whatever it is that we do. I have learned how miserable I could be when
I was not having fun at work. I also learned how miserable the people who
worked with me were when I was not fun to work with. It was like a disease.
When we are not fun to work with, no one wants to spend time
with us, much less buy from us, or listen to our advice. In the past we have
discussed that we must make the customer buying experience enjoyable for
everyone involved. When our customer enjoys the buying process they will tell
everyone that they know about it and recommend us to others. If we make the
lives of others more fun, we will benefit.
Want to be known as the grump who only wants to sell someone
whatever you have to sell? Want to have others tell everyone that doing
business with you is no fun, that you don’t really care if what you offer is
best for them, and that you only want to make a sale for your benefit? If so,
you will realize that your success will suffer accordingly.
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