Turn Negative Comments into Gold
I hereby challenge you to collect negative comments from others. Create a seaprate folder and document all of the heart-wrenching, fool-hearty and head-scratching negative comments told to you. In fact, put a smiley face on top of the folder and here is why:
The reason these comments make our skin crawl or anger creeps into our mind, is because there is a teensy element of truth behind each. Your challenge, should you be up for the game, is to begin with the ones that upset you most. Examine them one by one from all angles. What can you do to turn the situation around to prove to the negative person that it can be done?!
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You may begin to find this exercise motivating! As you fix one situation and the next, you will be excited to go through the entire list. And now you have a brand new mindset of welcoming negative comments. The best part is, the very people who tried to put you down seem to fade away never to bother you again. So it’s a win-win – the definition of a good sale. You put doubt to rest and will have achieved more!
The next step is to recognize that being you are so motivated to fix negative comments, you can do the same for the hurdles that have you stopped in your tracks. Go through the same exercise as if someone told you, “You can’t because…”
Go out and get it done! This strategy applies to business, interviewing to get the desired job, as well as building sales. And it applies to almost anything you want in life. In the process, you will develop a well recognized and admired personal brand.
You will soon find yourself on the wave of the Smooth Sale!
Read Addtional Strategies and Techniques:
Nice Girls DO Get the Sale: Relationship Building That Gets Results, Sourcebooks
HIRED! How to Use Sales Techniques to Sell Yourself On Interviews, Career Press
