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Where Can You Drive Yourself Just A Little Further?

You probably do not know this about me but I used to be really into athletics as a schoolboy and was a pretty good 400m and 800m runner. I trained pretty much 7 days a week and admired the likes of Seb Coe, Steve Ovett, Alan Wells and Daley Thompson. I remember reading a quote from the first man to break the 4 minute mile, Roger Bannister, and he said, “The man who can drive … [Read More...]

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The Sales Apprentice: Sales Training & Business Development Tips From The Hit TV Show, 2012, Week 9

Week 9 of the Apprentice and only 8 remain. Tonight’s task was to raise awareness of English sparkling wine by creating a new image, website and online campaign and then making a pitch to a group of industry big-wigs. An interesting task but not one with many sales lessons so most of tonight’s learning was of the common sense variety! Team leaders for the task were Ricky … [Read More...]

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The Sales Apprentice: Sales Training & Business Development Tips From The Hit TV Show, 2012, Week 8

So we’ve reached week 8 of the Sales Apprentice and we’re getting to the point where there are few people for our Apprentii to hide behind. With the teams now reduced to 4 against 5 and with 3 required to enter the boardroom from the losing team, everyone has to make sure that they perform well. Tonight’s task was to select two urban artists per team and then sell … [Read More...]

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The Sales Apprentice: Sales Training & Business Development Tips From The Hit TV Show, Week 7

This week on the Apprentice we were back to the age old task of buying and selling. You know the one, Lord Alan give them a small amount of money, asks them to buy products and sell them on the street. The teams need to “smell what is selling” and restock  to make more sales and more profits. At the end of the task, the team with the most assets (cash + stock) would be the … [Read More...]

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The Power Of Taking Responsibility…

How important is taking responsibility? I mean responsibility for your own success. Responsibility for your own failure. Responsibility for the impact that you and your actions have on others. Responsibility for not being a jerk. Responsibility for not taking all of the accolades when they are there and dumping the doodoos on others when they are not. It is an important … [Read More...]

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