Apu, The Ultimate Salesman

So, you have a product and you want to start selling it. Where do you start? How do you sell it to people? You don’t want to end up sounding like a second hand car salesman and you don’t want to pressure people into buying your product because you don’t want the rest of your life to be about that. So how do you go about selling your product?

In all the personal development seminars I’ve been to, with the biggest speakers, there have a been a few common elements, of which one important one is, cultivating the skill of selling. There has always been something about the selling principles that didn’t sit well with me. Coercing people that they would fail without my product or that my product would change their life just didn’t seem right to me. Who am I, afterall, to prejudge that my product will change someone’s life to that extent?

Compliment? Sure! Aide? Maybe, but change for good? I don’t believe I have the right to say that.

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Ass Kicking

In day to day life there are certain situations which will arise that will require you to be at your best. Things will come along to test your resolve and I believe preparation is the key to making it through these events; relatively unscathed. There will always be an element of surprise that you can never predict but you can still put yourself in the right frame of mind to cope appreciate the unexpected and take it in your stride.

I’ve devised a set of 7 kick-ass mini-meditations, if you will, which have helped steer me well in times of adversity or that have helped keep me balanced and in check.

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A Top 30 Chart Of The Most Uplifting Songs Of All Time

January 29, 2010 Empowerment
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On Sundays, before I host my chat show, my colleague Eve presents the Chart Show and does a run down of the 20 biggest hits of the week. Before we switch over, inbetween shows, we’ll try and out smart each other by sneaking into the studio to scare the other; have a wrestling match; [...]

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Honouring People And Cultures With Language Skills

January 26, 2010 Personal Growth
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I used to enjoy doing languages at school. I wasn’t very good at it but I did enjoy learning the new words as the evolution of language used to fascinate me. I used to study French and now, whenever I go over to France, I do make an effort to communicate as much [...]

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Don’t Let The Attitude Of Gratitude Turn You Into A Pushover

January 22, 2010 Empowerment
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The concept of gratitude is a powerful one and one I strongly believe in. I wish I could say I was a total avid practitioner but the truth is that it’s something I need to do a lot of work on. The philosophy of being grateful and having an attitude of gratitude is [...]

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How To Inspire The World In Under 160 Characters

January 19, 2010 Inspiration
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It only takes a few words to inspire the world and you can quote me on that. It’s the reason why I love quotes so much. In addition to that I believe that it is the reason why something like twitter has become so popular. It is because it has given humans [...]

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