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This reminds me of a true story I once read about the best car salesman in the country at the time. Single handedly he was selling more than some not-so-small e
by SeanDav 13y ago
This reminds me of a true story I once read about the best car salesman in the country at the time. Single handedly he was selling more than some not-so-small entire dealerships. The difference was his incredible focus and approach to even the tiniest detail that could help a sale and willingness to try new things.
One thing that stands out in my memory about this was the fact the he made sure he always had 3 (!) pens for the customer to sign the sales agreements. Just in case 1 pen stopped working and the backup pen malfunctioned. He brought this sort of laser focus to absolutely every aspect of the business.
How many salesmen would have a spare pen, already in place, let alone 2 spares. How many would even have thought about it and what the right number might be?
Focus, attention to detail and continuous innovation.
- Terr_ 13y agoUnfortunately, there's also a cargo-cult aspect to this kind of thing, when managers start saying: "Everyone is now required to have three pens at their station at all times." I'm in a company where the suit-wearing side says "we need innovation" to the tech side, but they don't actually want a discussion about what they see as opportunities or directions. They just want to invoke it by rote ritual, or order it as if we kept some on shelves.
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