Friend-of-the-list and daily emailer Kevin Freidberg sent this message "Teach the game in reverse". And I read "Teach the game in verse", which also makes absolute sense, since his writing sounds like that to me (do go check him out). You can think of how you share your thinking in a sense of poetry —verse. Trying (to see) that will push you into some boundaries: space, time, ideas. This will get to be more on point on what you wanna say. And without the need to fill in the things with tons of pretty words, but the important ones with that element of surprise that will make it matter. And if poetry doesn't sound so cool, you can try music. :) Lin Manuel Miranda - Hamilton |
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Next time you're on a sales conversation with a prospect, ask them this: "It's a year from now. We're having coffee together and you're happy. What has happened in your business in that year for you to be happy?" [Now you don't say a word. Embrace silence. Bite your tongue if you need to. :)] This question will push them to think. And you need to give them space to do that. If you talk, you take it away from them. When they talk, they'll give you A TON of valuable information to start seeing...
It's a year from now. We're having coffee together and you're happy. What has happened in your business in that year for you to be happy? I'd love to know. :)