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    What Can You Control?

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    As leaders, we can often place ourselves under immense pressure to get things right, and when that doesn’t happen, we can react in highly emotional ways, sometimes losing it! I used to be the poster child for this strategy, reacting to situations in a highly emotional and highly dysfunctional manner, until I realised, thanks to some great mentors, that this approach was not helpful. We must realise that stuff is going to happen, and often this stuff will be beyond our control. We must learn to put things into perspective and begin to focus on the things we do have control over.

    What Can You Control? was last modified: October 14th, 2022 by Darren Mitchell
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    Selling With Love – Jason Marc Campbell

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    The Accidental Sales Leader – John Foong

    October 12, 2022

    In today’s episode, I had the privilege of speaking with John Foong, a phenomenal sales leader, who is making a big impact. John has worked for some of the world’s…

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    Be The Peaceful Warrior

    October 12, 2022

    One of the greatest joys I have in what I do is facilitation – working with teams and helping them to think through challenges and problems to arrive at an…

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    You Are An Original – You Are Not An Imposter

    October 10, 2022

    One of the greatest things about sales and sales leadership is that there is no specific required background that guarantees success. I’ve seen very technical people become great sales people.…

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    No One Is Interested Unless You Ask

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    I love sales and I often say it is the ultimate form of service. Being able to identify a problem that someone has, or an organisation has, and then provide…

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    This Is a Servant Leader

    September 29, 2022

    I had no intention of continuing a football theme today, however, events of the last 24 hours have changed that. On the back of Geelong winning the 2022 AFL Premiership,…

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    Humble In Victory & Defeat

    September 28, 2022

    It has been a few days since the 2022 AFL Grand Final and I have been reflecting on the game and some of the lessons to come out of it.…

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    Finding Confidence In Unexpected Places

    September 27, 2022

    If you asked most people what their greatest fear is, odds on many of them would select presenting or public speaking – in fact, there are people out there who…

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    Alex Schlinsky – The Iron Man of Marketing & Ethical Selling

    September 25, 2022

    When it comes to the sales profession, it is quite unusual for someone to utilise the word sales and ethics in the same sentence. Despite sales being one of the…

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