{"id":40,"date":"2012-08-02T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-08-02T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sakanashiandassociates.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/02\/thoughtful-thursdays-dont-be-in-such-a-hurry\/"},"modified":"2019-04-03T07:51:07","modified_gmt":"2019-04-03T11:51:07","slug":"thoughtful-thursdays-dont-be-in-such-a-hurry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sakanashiandassociates.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/02\/thoughtful-thursdays-dont-be-in-such-a-hurry\/","title":{"rendered":"Thoughtful Thursdays &#8211; Don&#8217;t be in such a hurry&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230; and you will probably\u00a0arrive faster and happier.<\/p>\n<p>Usually associated with, but certainly not limited to rookie sales people is the quick draw reaction to an objection. This is where hard work can go down the drain in the blink of an eye. Ready, shoot, aim is another way describing it.<\/p>\n<p>The consequence\u00a0is getting little or nothing\u00a0in return for giving something up. That\u00a0something that is frequently price. It is often the fear of losing\u00a0an order that contributes to this reaction.<\/p>\n<p>Pre-call preparation is a good way to prevent this from happening. Specifically, anticipating objections and preparing responses. Confidence in your ability to move the sales process forward or close the sale develops naturally when you are prepared.<\/p>\n<p>Getting the order\u00a0may appear to\u00a0be more\u00a0fun than having to work to get it. The difference is that it is not nearly as rewarding or profitable.<\/p>\n<p>When you encounter an objection, take time to digest the information before responding. Respond, don&#8217;t react.<\/p>\n<p>Good selling,<br \/>\nRichard<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230; and you will probably\u00a0arrive faster and happier. Usually associated with, but certainly not limited to rookie sales people is the quick draw reaction to an objection. This is where hard work can go down&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/sakanashiandassociates.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/02\/thoughtful-thursdays-dont-be-in-such-a-hurry\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,5,8,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sales","category-sales-tips","category-selling-skills","category-thoughtful-thursdays"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sakanashiandassociates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sakanashiandassociates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sakanashiandassociates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sakanashiandassociates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sakanashiandassociates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sakanashiandassociates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3456,"href":"https:\/\/sakanashiandassociates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40\/revisions\/3456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sakanashiandassociates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sakanashiandassociates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sakanashiandassociates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}