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Gordon Tredghold posted "43 Thoughts On Sales" with some of the most famous pronouncements on the trade in Inc. Magazine....

1. To me, job titles don't matter. Everyone is in sales. It's the only way we stay in business. - Harvey Mackay
2. The top salesperson in the organization probably missed more sales than 90% of the sales people on the team, but they also made more calls than the others made. Zig Ziglar
3. There's no lotion or potion that will make sales faster and easier for you - unless your potion is hard work. - Jeffrey Gitomer
4. The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will. - Vince Lombardi
5. There is no prize in sales for second place. It's win or nothing. The masters know this and strive for - they fight for - that winning edge. Jeffrey Gitomer
6. Hire sales people who are really smart problem solvers, but lack courage, hunger and competitiveness, and your company will go out of business. Ben Horowitz
7. Every brand isn't for everybody, and everybody isn't for every brand. - Liz Lange
8. Profit or perish... There are only two ways to make money: increase sales and decrease costs. Fred DeLuca
9. Too often, sales reps simply regurgitate their presentations and expect to land the sale. It doesn't work. Harvey Mackay
10. If I invest in a CEO, I need him or her to have experience in sales. Daymond John
11. If you are not taking care of your customer, your competitor will. - Bob Hooey
12. We have a relationship with our customer, and that relationship translates into sales. - Richard Hayne
13. Sales are contingent upon the attitude of the salesman, not the attitude of the prospect. - William Clement Stone
14. I have never worked a day in my life without selling. If I believe in something, I sell it, and I sell it hard. - Estée Lauder
15. People don't ask for facts in making up their minds. They would rather have one good, soul-satisfying emotion than a dozen facts. - Robert Keith Leavit
16. "Our Greatest Weakness Lies In Giving Up. The Most Certain Way To Succeed Is To Try Just One More Time." - Thomas Edison
17. You don't close a sale, you open a relationship if you want to build a long-term, successful enterprise. - Patricia Fripp
18. Nobody counts the number of ads you run; they just remember the impression you make. - William Bernbach
19. "Keep Your Sales Pipeline Full By Prospecting Continuously. Always Have More People To See Than You Have Time To See Them." - Brian Tracy
20. Every sale has five basic obstacles: no need, no money, no hurry, no desire, no trust. - Zig Ziglar
21. "Sales Success Comes After You Stretch Yourself Past Your Limits On A Daily Basis." - Omar Periu
22. On any given Monday I am one sale closer and one idea away from being a Millionaire. - Larry D. Turner
23. It used to be that people needed products to survive. Now products need people to survive. - Nicholas Johnson
24. The sale most often goes to the most interested party. - Steve Chandler,
25. Pretend that every single person you meet has a sign around his or her neck that says, 'Make me feel important.' Not only will you succeed in sales, you will succeed in life. - Mary Kay Ash
26. I like to think of sales as the ability to gracefully persuade, not manipulate, a person or persons into a win-win situation. - Bo Bennett
27. A lot of my work is about sales. And it was about being independent from the art market. - Jeff Koons
28. In sales, a referral is the key to the door of resistance. - Bo Bennett
29. People don't buy for logical reasons. They buy for emotional reasons. - Zig Ziglar
30. In the South, we tell stories. We tell stories if you're in a sales position, if you're in a retail position, you lure your customer by telling a story. You just do. - Tate Taylor
31. One of the best predictors of ultimate success in either sales or non-sales selling isn't natural talent or even industry expertise, but how you explain your failures and rejections. - Daniel H. Pink
32. For every sale you miss because you're too enthusiastic, you will miss a hundred because you're not enthusiastic enough.
33. Stop selling. Start helping. - Zig Ziglar
34. Most people think "selling" is the same as "talking". But the most effective salespeople know that listening is the most important part of their job. - Roy Bartell
35. You don't close a sale; you open a relationship if you want to build a long-term, successful enterprise. - Patricia Fripp
36. Timid salesmen have skinny kids. - Zig Ziglar
37. The best sales questions have your expertise wrapped into them. - Jill Konrath
38. You Don't Need A Big Close As Many Sales Reps Believe. You Risk Losing Your Customer When You Save All The Good Stuff For The End. Keep The Customer Actively Involved Throughout Your Presentation, And Watch Your Results Improve. - Harvey Mackay
39. Make a customer, not a sale. - Katherine Barchetti
40. Your competition is EVERYTHING else your prospect could conceivably spend their money on. - Don Cooper
41. For small business people, less paperwork means higher profits, boosted sales and more time with the family. - Tony Abbott
42. A good ad which is not run never produces sales. - Leo Burnett
43. In sales, it's not what you say; it's how they perceive what you say. - Jeffrey Gitomer"