Category Archives: Blog

It’s That “New Information” That Makes It Happen :-)

Blog, Endless Referrals, WWIBy Bob Burg October 5, 2011 10 Comments

A recent post discussed the difference in results between saying to someone, “If I could prove to you that…” as opposed to “If you could prove to yourself…” With that in mind, here’s another helpful tip. Again, this was learned from the great, Zig Ziglar (a few of you might be aware that he is…

Just A Really Happy Ending…Gotta’ Love Those!

Blog, GeneralBy Bob Burg October 3, 2011 21 Comments

About two weeks ago, Kathy Zader, who is moving from Carson City, Nevada to Tampa, FL to be closer to her family, noticed the familiar sound of a cat eating out of the catfood bowl. Nothing unusual about that, except that the cat eating was not her cat, Adobe. Instead, it was a stray cat…

“If You Could Prove to Yourself…”

Blog, Endless Referrals, WWIBy Bob Burg September 28, 2011 11 Comments

The smallest change in phraseology can make a big difference in how our ideas come across to another person. Has anyone ever said to you, either while attempting to prove a point or during the sales process, “If I can prove to you that (such and such) will save you money…”? And didn’t you sort…

Focus Only On What You Can Influence

Blog, GeneralBy Bob Burg September 26, 2011 18 Comments

“When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.” ~ Viktor Frankl, Concentration Camp Survivor and author of Man’s Search for Meaning There are situations we can control and those we cannot. But, one thing we can always control is ourselves and how we respond to situations. Having…

Can Yielding Really Give You More Power?

Blog, The Go-GiverBy Bob Burg September 20, 2011 4 Comments

Today is the launch of John David Mann’s and my new book, It’s Not About You. This story, set in the same fictional town as The Go-Giver, expands on the first book’s Third Law, The Law of Influence. We see what happens when an unexpectedly wise mentor by the name of Aunt Elle takes the…

Gotta’ Question That One :-)

Blog, GeneralBy Bob Burg September 19, 2011 16 Comments

An extremely popular blogger and thought-leader whose name will be withheld recently tweeted the following: “What do you call a man who professes a fondness for ‘the finer things in life’? Well, he’s certainly no free man, that’s for sure…” I don’t know the tweeter personally. I tweeted him and respectfully asked: Hi {Name}. Just…

Positive Persuasion And That All-Important 1/4-Inch Hole

Blog, Endless Referrals, WWIBy Bob Burg September 14, 2011 11 Comments

The saying is old. The saying is also true. Each and every year, millions of 1⁄4-inch drill bits are sold, yet nobody buying any one of these 1⁄4-inch drill bits actually wants a 1⁄4-inch drill bit. Then, why do they buy them? Because they want a 1⁄4-inch hole! What’s my point, and what does this…

A Subtle, Yet Effective Telephone Tip

Blog, Endless Referrals, WWIBy Bob Burg September 12, 2011 11 Comments

Here’s a simple telephone tip that will always work for you. I learned this many years ago from telephone sales authority, David Allan Yoho. Are you ready? Hang up last. Isn’t it a lousy feeling when just a nanosecond after saying good-bye to someone, you hear that impersonal click? And, even if you don’t find…

But What About That Competitor Of The Scammy Persuasion?

Blog, WWIBy Bob Burg September 9, 2011 22 Comments

On my Facebook page, I recently posted the following: “Speaking respectfully about your competitor to your prospect shows you are confident, you are successful, you are safe.” While most respondents agreed and provided some excellent examples, one young business person, Michael, wrote with a challenging question: “What if you know for a fact your competitor…

Less Usually IS More

Blog, GeneralBy Bob Burg September 7, 2011 16 Comments

A past post reminded me of a passage written by Thomas Cleary in his Translator’s Introduction of Sun Tzu’s, The Art of War. He wrote: According to an old story, a lord of ancient China once asked his physician, a member of a family of healers, which of them was the most skilled in the…

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