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The Brutal Truth about Sales and Selling - We interview the world's best B2B Enterprise salespeople.

THIS REP'S SECRET TO WINNING IN B2B SALES AND SELLING

The Brutal Truth about Sales and Selling - We interview the world's best B2B Enterprise salespeople.

Brian Burns

Careers, Business

4.8 β€’ 1.2K Ratings

πŸ—“οΈ 22 April 2022

⏱️ 39 minutes

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0:00.0

Early in sales, people make the same classic mistake over and over again.

0:06.1

And some of us never get out of this routine.

0:09.0

We look for the little hacks, the little shortcuts, the little tips and tricks.

0:15.9

And then we think we can cobble them together into a sales process.

0:21.1

But that's not a sales process.

0:23.8

The smartest thing I ever did in my sales career was I modeled myself and I studied the best

0:32.3

sales people.

0:33.6

I started with the books like everybody does, but the books are in this ideal world where

0:40.4

they control the sale.

0:42.4

They control the problem.

0:44.3

They control all the variables and the politics.

0:48.2

But that's not the real world.

0:49.8

The real world is this random thing where there's all these crazy behaviors that are

0:56.6

happening.

0:58.3

And the default is to not change, not buy stuff, stay the course.

1:05.5

The key that you have to learn is to play the whole game of sales.

1:10.8

And to play the whole game of sales, you got to understand the whole game.

1:16.0

Now it doesn't mean you have to study and learn every possible variant of the game, but

1:20.3

you have to understand the core principles.

1:23.6

And then be able to guide the client through it, not react and service them.

1:29.8

Anyone can service a client.

1:32.8

You're like a proposal, can I get you three?

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