Mar 24, 2007
Learning Everyday For Real
It’s a cliché for sure, how many times have I heard someone in sales say “I learn something everyday”. And then I wonder, ‘yeah? what did you learn yesterday?’
I got a spam-type mail from an English outfit called Sales Sense written by a bloke called Clive Miller. They seem like trainers, although I can’t remember subscribing to their ‘ezine’! Anyway, I did read down for the 11 tips on personal development.
They mainly tried to jolt you into action with things like half of what you know in your chosen field will be obsolete inside two years, China & India are pumping out grads that’ll take food from your table, that kind of thing.
But then one point did strike me as a winner. It was point 11:
“Keep a learning record. Write down headings to represent the things you learn and re-visit your log regularly. Doing so will freshen your memory. After a while you will own the learning.”
Hi, nice of you to comment on my March performance tip. It’s subscription only. You must have subscribed at some point. I can send you proof if you let me know the email address you received the message on. I must sound a bit sensitive. I am very anti-spam.
Clive
hello Clive, I guess as I get loads of regularly sent mails I can’t remember always which I want and which I don’t, and you never get around to ‘unsubscribe’ them into cyber-space, do you?! Thankfully, yours are quite good to get. Ever become part of the salesforce.com buying process? They must pass your details onto soooo many people :-0 I hope your endeavours are helping bring in business and good luck with your tips’ reception. There’s a fella in England you might want to look up and subscribe to called Chris Cardell. I can’t vouch for him personally, yet he does seem to spend an awful lot of time mailing people with small biz-cum-marketing tips, and I reckon there’s a lot of plus-points from his approach (and understand the distinction between ‘approach’ and ‘material’ here) that you can get ideas from.