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Sep. 18, 2007 - Interesting or Interested?

Being Interested Rather Than Interesting
Do you try to impress others rather than connecting? Be honest, now. Are your conversations with people about you or about them. The best sales people ask lots of questions. Just like a good coach, a salesperson who rally listens to the client will be the chosen one.
When you listen and are interested (think curious like a five year old):
  • You will discover what is really important to them (the money, the timeframe, the perfect house)
  • You will hear what their fears are
  • They will get themselves excited about their future and their dreams and not be so dug in about what they have to get out of their present house
  • People relax and trust you more easily
Many times, we ask questions with practiced responses or spend the whole time they are talking waiting to tell them why we are the answer to their problem. While, your ways of differentiating and getting the job done are important, you can only know the best solutions after you have heard what they are thinking. Our assumptions about what is important to them are often inaccurate. Be interested and learn and then you have the cards in your hand to play the game! Winners connect.
 
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Sep. 18, 2007 - Hi everyone,

Posted by Flemming
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