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Seven Signs That Its Time For Change

Written by: Will Turner

Article Overview: Are your sales habits getting you the results you want? Here are seven signs that you need to change what you're doing and how you're doing it.

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Seven Signs That Its Time For Change

Seven Signs That It’s Time For Change

Are you up for changing the way you sell? Do you really embrace change or do you just hold on and try to endure it? The hard part for most people is that we want to change others but the only one we can change is ourselves. Mahatma Gandhi said, “Let us become the change we seek in the world.”

If you’re not sure if you’re up to changing your sales habits, see if you can relate to any of these signs that change might be needed.

1. You’re still not making $150,000 per year (like your boss promised you could be when she hired you).
2. Your sales aren’t going up 20% or more per year.
3. You aren’t taking four or more weeks of vacation per year.
4. You haven’t fired any clients in the last six months, but some have fired you.
5. You’re still not getting your to-do list done every day.
6. Your existing clients aren’t hearing from you every two months like clockwork
7. You don’t know exactly what your income will be one month, three months or one years from now.

If any of these apply to you, is it time you changed some things you’re doing? Other salespeople are making things happen, and they’re probably not as smart or experienced as you. Is it your time?

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As President of Dancing Elephants Achievement Group, Will feels he has the best job in the galaxy. He loves working with salespeople and entrepreneurs to "unblock" themselves and "unlock" their potential. Will is the first to admit that he was a reluctant salesperson for many years. He thought most salespeople had to be pushy, and he just wasn't comfortable in that role. He later discovered that you don't have to act like a typical salesperson to be a great salesperson so he created a company to teach others what he had learned. Will transitioned a twenty year career in sales and sales management into his current position as President of Dancing Elephants. In addition to facilitating and presenting, Will is the author of Impact!, the company's monthly e-newsletter on sales performance. He is also the co-creator of the Sales Magnetism program and the co-author of Six Secrets of Sales Magnets.

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