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Donald Kelly—The Sales Evangelist—Is Out to Create a Community of World-Class Sellers

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Kelly started his own podcast, The Sales Evangelist , and interviewed fellow sellers about what worked and what didn’t, essentially “evangelizing” about the topic. 1 reason salespeople underperform, Kelly says the second reason is typically because they don’t want to identify potential new customers, which is referred to as lead prospecting.

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The Secret to Happiness… Is Just Love

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Researchers from the Grant Study (now called the Harvard Study of Adult Development ) selected 268 white college sophomore men from six consecutive class years. Researchers interviewed participants for hours about everything from their political views to diet preferences. He refers to that time as a sort of spiritual awakening.

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Lifestyle Entrepreneur Lewis Howes on the Power of Vulnerability and Authenticity

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But one by one, every student in the class was called before him, leaving him the last one to be chosen. Discovering the power of vulnerability As a successful athlete, confidence came easy to Howes—until the wrist injury. The answer was immediately apparent: “I just want to interview great minds,” Howes recalls. That was 2013.

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Shaping Sara Blakely: Meet the Billionaire Founder of Spanx

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She even signed up for a fear-of-flying seminar to help calm her nerves, but she missed so many classes because of her schedule and constant traveling that her instructor told her, “I don’t know if I should be mad at you or proud of you, but you’re never here because you’re always on a plane.”

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How to Become a Certified Coach

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Career: A coach can help you advance in your organization, make peace with your boss, grow confidence, switch careers or get into your dream school. Ahh, the question on everyone’s mind, that everyone thinks is too simple to ask in front of the class. My rates increase with my confidence and reputation.

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How I Learned to Love Selling (and How You Can Too)

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Got hired after a job interview? Perhaps you published a blog post that a thousand people read, or 10 people came to your free yoga class. Customers for life, they refer their friends to you, and frequently. Your fear is not unique: according to one study, even 73% of professional salespeople do not feel confident with sales.

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The $1000 Job Interview

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

There was a point in my career when I spent $1000 on a job interview. I had been headhunted by a major company through a word of mouth referral and their interview process required taking a few different skills tests. Except the time when I got headhunted and when I had taken the classes was obviously many years apart.