{"id":3071,"date":"2020-05-30T04:30:32","date_gmt":"2020-05-30T09:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/top1.fm\/DailySalesTips\/?p=3071"},"modified":"2020-05-29T22:40:08","modified_gmt":"2020-05-30T03:40:08","slug":"sales-tip-497-know-what-youre-trying-to-accomplish-jeff-bajorek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/top1.fm\/DailySalesTips\/sales-tip-497-know-what-youre-trying-to-accomplish-jeff-bajorek\/","title":{"rendered":"Sales Tip 497: Know What You\u2019re Trying To Accomplish &#8211; Jeff Bajorek"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/top1.fm\/DailySalesTips\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/Jeff-Headphones.png?resize=150%2C150&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1526 size-thumbnail\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/top1.fm\/DailySalesTips\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/Jeff-Headphones.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/top1.fm\/DailySalesTips\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/Jeff-Headphones.png?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/top1.fm\/DailySalesTips\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/Jeff-Headphones.png?resize=100%2C100&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/top1.fm\/DailySalesTips\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/Jeff-Headphones.png?resize=250%2C250&amp;ssl=1 250w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/top1.fm\/DailySalesTips\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/Jeff-Headphones.png?resize=200%2C200&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/top1.fm\/DailySalesTips\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/Jeff-Headphones.png?w=350&amp;ssl=1 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Know what you&#8217;re trying to do before you go and do it and you&#8217;ll be a lot more successful.&#8221; &#8211; Jeff Bajorek in today&#8217;s Tip 497<\/p>\n<p><strong>Do you know what you\u2019re trying to accomplish?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dailysales.tips\/497\/#disqus_thread\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Join the conversation below<\/a> and check the link to get a free copy of Jeff\u2019s new book.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jeffbajorek.com\/sideways\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rethink The Way You Sell: When It Goes Sideways<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jeffbajorek.com\/rethink-community\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rethink The Way You Sell Community<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/jeffbajorek\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jeff\u2019Bajorek on LinkedIn<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/JeffBajorek\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jeff\u2019Bajorek on YouTube<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jeffbajorek\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewhyandthebuy.libsyn.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Why And The Buy Podcast<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/DailySales.Tips\/submit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>Have feedback? Want to share a sales tip? Call or text the Sales Success Hotline: <strong>512-777-1442<\/strong> or Email: <strong>scott@top1.fm<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7OM6dRVMibU\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Transcript<\/h3>\n<p>Scott Ingram: You\u2019re listening to the Daily Sales Tips podcast and I\u2019m your host, Scott Ingram. Here\u2019s Jeff Bajorek with his thought for you this week:<\/p>\n<p>Jeff Bajorek: It never ceases to amaze me how often salespeople can&#8217;t answer questions that they really should know the answers to. You know, questions like, what are you trying to accomplish on this next sales call? If you don&#8217;t have a plan, if you don&#8217;t know what the next step should be, then don&#8217;t execute the step that&#8217;s in front of you. Understand what needs to happen before you go into whatever it is you think you need to do. Stop being worried about looking busy and start thinking about what you&#8217;re trying to accomplish. When you know what you&#8217;re trying to accomplish, you&#8217;ll know what you need to ask for. If you know what you need to ask for it, you&#8217;ll know how to enter that step and when you know how to enter that step and you feel like you know how to enter that step, you&#8217;ll be a lot more confident. You&#8217;ll be a lot more poised, you&#8217;ll be a lot more effective. 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