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Did you meet your sales goals through June?

Guest post by: Manny Nowak

Article Overview: Why not? What are you doing right now to make sure you will make your sales goal in the second half of the year? What is your plan? Today, our mission is very simple - answer these three simple questions. That is it.

Did you meet your sales goals through June?

Why not?

What are you doing right now to make sure

you will make your sales goal in the second

half of the year?

What is your plan?

Today, our mission is very simple - answer

these three simple questions. That is it.

1. Why not?

Why didn't you meet your sales goals?

Do you know why?

Do you have a way to measure what was

going on? Not just the number, but the number

and all the other things that create success in sales.

Leads.

Appointments.

Face to face meetings.

Networking.

Follow up.

Closing the deal.

Etc, etc, etc.

If you can't figure out why you didn't make

it, then how are you ever going to correct it? How

is then second half of 2011 going to be any different

from the first half. Have you ask yourself that

question and given an honest answer? Do it.

No, you cannot blame the economy.

No, you cannot blame anyone else.

No, you cannot blame anything but yourself.

If you didn't make the goals, take it on yourself,

suck it up and make it happen in the second half

of the year. Plain and simple.

Remember:

You set the goal.

You knew the playing field.

Now, determine what went wrong and fix it.

Was it you didn't follow the plan? Most times it is.

You spend time, effort and energy on a

plan, and then you didn't follow it. Now you are

wondering what went wrong. Da?

Today, not tomorrow or another day, today,

determine why you didn't make it.

2. What are you doing right now to make sure

you will make them the second half of the year?

Well, if you didn't make it and you know

why, what are you going to do about it?

How are you going to make sure than in the

second half of the year you do make it.

Doesn't matter if you like me or what I am saying.

Stop worrying about that and get to the meat.

What are you doing, starting today, to make

your numbers in the second half.

Do you really want to answer this same

question this same way at the end of the year?

Will you still have a business?

Will you still have a job?

The plan, if you didn't follow it in the first

half, do it now.

Today, not tomorrow or another day, today,

determine what you are going to do in the second

half of the year.

3. What is your plan?

Look over what you have created.

Make the changes you need to make.

Commit. Commit. Commit.

Each and every month, each and every week,

each and every day.

Follow the plan

Do what you said you would do.

Look, if you are not going to do it, then change

it now to something you will do.

It is that simple.

Great success comes from following the plan.

Do it.

Commit. Commit. Commit.

It is really that simple.

You might argue with me.

You might not like what I say.

But simple put, create a good plan, and follow it.

Simple fact is, even if the plan is not that good,

consistency in following it still usually works.

Now do it.

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