A Simple, But Powerful, Sales Lesson

I thought I would send you a quick story with a power lesson for managers and sales people.

 A POP AND A TEAR

During my teenage years I was a competitive gymnast. In my early twenties I was hired to be an acrobat and stunt performer at Walt Disney World in Florida. I have tried to stay active during the last 20 years and I consider myself to still be in “fairly” good shape. However, two weeks ago I was asked by a friend for some impromptu tumbling and flips for a group. 

I agreed and started warming up. I stretched out, did some light tumbling passes and then started doing some bigger flips to get ready. During my last warm up tumbling pass I felt a pop and a tear in my right ankle. I collapsed to the ground and quickly grabbed my ankle and immediately knew that I just tore my Achilles tendon. Bad day starts here…

Lucky it was not ruptured completely and no surgery was required. But, my-oh-my did it hurt (and still does!)! Needless to say, the impromptu acrobatic show for the group did not happen…

Click here to read the simple, but powerful, lesson managers and sales people can learn from this experience and why it matters.

I hope your day is going much better than mine was two weeks ago when this happened!

Chat with you soon!