...You Might Be a Salesperson if...

Sales Humor by Lee Godden (with apologies to comedian Jeff Foxworthy)

(PRWEB) July 3, 2004 -- ...You Might Be a Salesperson if...

Sales Humor by Lee Godden (with apologies to comedian Jeff Foxworthy)

1) If you often yell out Woo-hoo!" after finishing a phone conversation, you might be a salesperson.

2) If you can instantly calculate in your head your commission on a $20,000 sale based on 3% of the first $5,000 and 4% of the remainder, you might be a salesperson.

3) If you usually reply, Thats nothing," when others tell you how much they drive or fly each year, you might be a salesperson.

4) If you pack more weight in business cards than in clothes when traveling, you might be a salesperson.

5) If youve memorized the IRS rules on deductible business expenses, you might be a salesperson.

6) If youre okay being a hero only until the end of the fiscal quarter, you might be a salesperson.

7) If hearing, No thanks, not interested," twenty times in a row doesnt dampen your enthusiasm, you might be a salesperson.

8) If you know more salesperson jokes than lawyer jokes, you might be a salesperson.

9) If you meet more new people in one week than most others do in one year, you might be a salesperson.

10) If your team meetings end with a group cheer, you might be a salesperson.

Lee Godden is the author of the award-winning new book "ZenWise Selling: Mindful Methods to Improve Your Sales...and Your Self" (Telsius Publishing, 2004, ISBN 0974007609, $16.95, 224 pages).

Godden is a keynote speaker and corporate sales trainer. He was a successful sales executive for twenty years with Compaq and other Fortune companies. Godden has been a Zen practitioner since 1979.

A frequent guest on television programs, Godden can be reached by calling 866-ZenWise (866-936-9473) or by emailing lee@zenwise.com. His website is http://www.zenwise.com.

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