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Scott Ingram: You\u2019re listening to the Daily Sales Tips podcast and I\u2019m your host, Scott Ingram. Happy New Year! Today is January 1st and for most of us who are on a calendar fiscal year, it\u2019s the start of a brand new fresh selling year. Everything resets to zero. For some of you that might be frustrating, for others it might be a welcome relief, but it is what it is. I like to look at it as a positive. Sure it can be frustrating to have that \u201cwhat have you done for me lately\u201d pressure on us all of the time, but in what other role do you get such a fresh clean start? If you missed 2019, but get off to a great start in 2020 and put up a strong January and a solid Q1, most people will forget about what happened last year. And if you\u2019re like a lot of people who listen to this show who are perennial top performers. Now you\u2019ve got an opportunity to go back to the same starting line with everyone else on your team and prove once again that you\u2019re the best and show them how it\u2019s done. Though I really hope that you won\u2019t go this alone. Yes, sales is definitely a competitive sport and many of us love the game and the leaderboard and being on top, but don\u2019t forget that it\u2019s also a team sport. Winning by yourself isn\u2019t really winning. Very few deals are won solely through our efforts. We\u2019ve got a whole bunch of people throughout the organization supporting us and supporting our efforts. Remember them. Celebrate them. Thank them. And step up and be a real leader on your team as well by helping everyone get better. If you\u2019re doing well, then share what you\u2019re doing with the other sellers on your team. Make them better competitors. If you really want to step up this year and build your personal brand, I know a lot of you will be stepping up your game on LinkedIn and I hope to bring you some more tips in that area this year, but if you really want some great visibility. Share a tip here with me and the rest of the Sales Success community. You\u2019re listening, you\u2019re benefiting. Pay it forward. Make it one of your goals to share a sales tip this year.<\/p>\n
Enjoy that feeling of a fresh new year today. Remember that 2020 is a leap year and you\u2019ve got 366 days to work with. Not just 11 or 12 days, which is apparently how long the average new year\u2019s resolution lasts. Pace yourself, don\u2019t expect perfection, because it\u2019s not going to happen. Instead, focus on making consistent, incremental strides and get just a little bit better every, single day, and keep coming back here, because we\u2019ll also be here to support you, maybe not perfectly, but definitely consistently, every, single day.<\/p>\n
Thanks for listening, and come on back tomorrow and every day after that this year for another great sales tip!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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