Monthly Archives: January 2013

Selling Warm Fuzzies – Slam’s Sales Tips 1300-1400

     Dear GutsIsTheKey reader. This is an unusual topical heading for a BEAM. But then again, I am known for being unusual. So the introduction to this series of my sales tips is about “Selling Warm Fuzzies.”     … Continue reading

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18 Life Lessons from Monopoly

      Dear GutsIsTheKey Reader. It is interesting how writing topics come to me. Some topics I stew on for a long time. Some are the result of great inspiration and divine leadership. Some are themes that I am … Continue reading

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Look In the Mirror – Slam’s Sales Tips 1200-1300

     Look in the mirror to sell better. This is so obvious, you say. Don’t be so quick.      Of course the obvious parts of what I mean here deserve re-emphasis themselves. Make sure your dress is appropriate, … Continue reading

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A deeper dimension with God

     It has been a popular and known theme among my writings that I am “rough around the edges.” I really am. I am a karate fighter, an outdoors-man, and a little brutish in my conversational style. I drive … Continue reading

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2012 in review

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 600 people reached the top of Mt. Everest in 2012. This blog got about 3,900 views in 2012. If every person who reached the … Continue reading

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Treat every customer like a Secret Shopper

     Sales as in life rewards the champions who excel in the fundamentals. Lombardi proved in football, a lesson that should help us in the whole of life. When we return to strengthening the foundation; the whole performance improves. … Continue reading

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