- The master salesman
is a master of others because he is a master... Of himself. Now, you have probably have
read Think and Grow Rich, or have heard of the book,
All the Laws of Success, but I think one book that
you may not know about is Napoleon Hill's How To
Sell Your Way Through Life. I believe in the book,
Think and Grow Rich, it is the best book on
mindset, on abundance mindset, abundance mentality, on
the mindset of wealth. But this book, that you may
or may have not heard of, this is the book that
talks about the mechanics of creating wealth. How do you sell? How do you become a great salesperson? What does it take to
be a great salesperson? You see, most salespeople,
they always believe in the conventional wisdom. In order to be a great salesperson,
what do you have to do? You have to have enthusiasm! You gotta be excited about your product. Hey, man, listen! This is my product, it's so good! Don't you know we are
the best in the world? This would help you! This will help your company! You should buy from me! Enthusiasm, because they are taught if you're not enthusiastic
about your product or service, then the prospect won't
be enthusiastic either. Or what I call pretentious bonding. Hey, how are your kids? Yeah, how's the weather? How's work? You don't give a shit. You know your prospect
doesn't give a shit. But it's pretentious bonding. Or oh, you gotta follow up, man! Either they buy or they die, right? You follow up five, ten, twenty times. You gotta be persistent! You gotta keep calling, keep
calling, keep chasing them. Or you gotta ask for the sale three times. Every sale prospect you
gotta ask them seven times before they buy. I don't like to ask for the sale. I want the prospect to give me the sale. It is better to receive than to beg. Or you gotta chase the prospect. You gotta keep pleasing them, chase them. I don't like to chase. I like to be the chase. So how do you become a great salesperson? Today, I'm gonna give you one
of the most important lessons that I have learned in order
to be a great salesperson, and that is, now this might
sound counterintuitive, that is in order to be
a great salesperson, you cannot be a salesperson. What? Dan, what are you talking about? I want you to think about in a society when I say the word... Sales, what comes to mind? When I say the word
salesperson what comes to mind? Comment below. (finger snaps) No filter, don't think about it. Just comment below. Sales or salesperson, what comes to mind? Snake oil, pushy, aggressive... Used car salesman, manipulation, right? Just do it for the money,
wants your commission, all that stuff, right? Imagine if you have kids. Imagine if you are a parent. Mom and dad, your kid goes home and walks up to you and
say, "Hey, Daddy, Mommy, "when I grow up, I want to be a doctor." And you're like, "Oh my God,
son, I'm so proud of you. "I raised you well! "It's good you'll be a doctor!" Right? Imagine a different scenario. Your kid comes home and says to you, "Mommy and Daddy, when I grow up, "I want to be a salesman." And you're like, "Oh
my God, what did I do? "This is how I raised you? (sighs) "I fail, I fail as a parent! "What did I do?" Right? Just think about that. So, it's perfectly okay
to get into student loan, to spend six, eight years
in medical school, right? To pick a highly stressful profession. Don't get me wrong. I have a lot of respect for doctors, but somehow, when your
kid comes home and say, "I wanna be a salesperson." It's oh! It's such a profession they're
being looked down upon. That is a profession that is like, "No, that is not a real job. "And it's not a real career." When in fact, some of
the highest paid people in our society, guess what? They're salespeople. Warren Buffett is a salesperson. Elon Musk is a salesperson. When Elon Musk is announcing
the new Tesla, guess what? He is closing. He's a closer. He's selling, right? When Warren Buffett at
the shareholder meeting talks about the vision, talk
about what they're gonna do, talk about the report, talk
about the earnings, guess what? He is selling so you invest in the stock. Remember Steve Jobs? When he was announcing the new iPhone, the new iPod, in front of
thousands and thousands of people live in worldwide,
the whole world was watching? Guess what? He is closing. That is a sales presentation. There's no product announcement. It's a sales presentation. They're all closers. They're all salespeople. So how do you become a great salesperson? Don't sound and act and talk
like a typical salesperson. If a typical salesperson is like, "Hey! "How are you, sir?" Don't do that. Be calm. Be neutral. Sound like a doctor. Imagine that you are a doctor. Do you imagine going to a
doctor, and the doctor says to you, "How are you? "So glad you could come in! "How do you feel? "Do you have a fever? "Hey, no worry, man. "You know what? "I can do a prescription. "In fact, this prescription you buy one "and get one free, man, it's so good! "You want me to follow up with you?" If you see a doctor and the
doctor sounds like that, what do you do? You fucking run. There is something wrong
with this guy, right? Be the doctor... Calm, neutral. Don't chase. Be the chase. Be a problem-solver. Ask questions. Discover their needs. Be a professional. "Hmm, tell me a little
bit about your situation. "Tell me about your business. "Let's bottom-line this. "Tell me how you and I
can do business today. "What were you hoping
to get from me today?" See, that's a professional. That's how you should behave and talk. Your tonality... You speak with conviction and authority, yet you're not attached to the sale. It's okay if you don't get the sale. See, when you're not desperate, now the prospects they open up to you. Now, they want to hear, "Okay,
this person wants to help me, "not just going after the
money, or the commission check, "or the quick buck." That this person is a professional. That you are a professional. That's how you sell your way through life. That's how you get what you want in life by first helping others
to get what they want. Then you get everything that you want. It is that simple. So, in order to be a great
salesperson, don't act. Don't even represent. You don't talk. You don't act. You don't walk like a typical salesperson. You don't dress like
a typical salesperson. And then you'll see how the market plays, how your prospects will
respond differently to you.
