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1.RING……… HOSPITAL…ULTRASOUND STORY…PREGNANT WIFE
(THE $1M QUESTION WAS IN OUR MINDS…MR TM, FELOW TM & GUESTS)
2. INTRODUCTION…What would be our LESSONS WITH GABE?
3. [...]
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Posted on May 7th, 2008 by Scott Hammond
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How Sales Parallels Parenting
Everything we do from our communication style, our dress, to our understanding of the customers wants and needs can affect our success or failure in closing sales. The way you close a sale depends as much on the product/service you’re selling as it does the [...]
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Posted on May 5th, 2008 by Scott Hammond
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Challenges Faced by Sales Management
Measurement & Reporting
1. Salespeople drop a prospect right after the forecast comes out, we don’t know about it until
the next forecast
2. Can’t tell if we will meet our sales goals during the period
3. Don’t know the true [...]
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Posted on May 4th, 2008 by Scott Hammond
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How to Get Customers, Keep Them and Get Enthusiastic Referrals
Arnold Sanow
The motto for business success now and for the foreseeable future is “You’re not just closing a sale, but opening a relationship” In fact, it is 6 times less expensive to upsell, resell or get referrals from satisfied [...]
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Posted on May 1st, 2008 by Scott Hammond
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Gabriel’s Story
This is a true story of our beloved son, Gabriel.
It all started with the ultrasound at Mad River Community Hospital. The ultrasound revealed the possibility of Down syndrome. Gabe had a 1 in 3 chance of having Down .
That question haunted us until Gabe’s birth.
My wife Joni was assigned a month’s bed [...]
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Posted on April 26th, 2008 by Scott Hammond
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“All we need is love”…Beatles wrote it because it’s true!
We all need love, and it must be demonstrated by us and to us.
The key question for me and you is can we be intentional about giving the appropriate type of love. To those we do love?
Here the five languages of love…
Words of affirmation… this [...]
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Posted on April 23rd, 2008 by Scott Hammond
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What will they say about you when you are gone?
Good? Bad? Nothing? Angry? Sad? Fun? In the moment? Disengaged?…What will it be?
How about you making that decision now and be intentional about how you are living/parenting?
YOU can decide how you will be, react, respond, live, speak think, and act.
This will certainly gage how others (esp. [...]
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Posted on April 12th, 2008 by Scott Hammond
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love, home, and family
personal integrity
financial security
career advancement
inner peace and harmony
freedom and independence
power and influence
physical health
sense of humor
adventure and having fun
material wealth
significant sense of purpose
“It is not hard to make decision when you know what your values are.”
-Walt Disney
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Posted on March 4th, 2008 by Scott Hammond
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Gabriel’s Story
This is a true story of our beloved son, Gabriel.
It all started with the ultrasound at Mad River Community Hospital. The ultrasound revealed the possibility of Down syndrome. Gabe had a 1 in 3 chance of having Down .
That question haunted us until Gabe’s birth.
My wife Joni was assigned a month’s bed [...]
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Posted on February 29th, 2008 by Scott Hammond
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What is it that we as parents want to leave with her kids afterward gone?
What will be our legacy and heritage?
Like Curly in the movie “City Slickers” asks: “What is that 1 Thing? “-That thing that defines and motivates your life…?
What will they say about you after you are gone?…and we all will be someday!
Why [...]
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Posted on February 2nd, 2008 by Scott Hammond
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