Sales Secrets from Hollywood, Broadway, and Television

It’s a fact that your success, not just in sales but in life, will be based largely on your ability to communicate with others — those above you and those below you, those on your team, and those you wish to attract, those you serve, and those who serve you. Master the skill of communication and the doors of opportunity will be flung open to you.

Ignore this fact at your peril.

Contrary to popular belief, not all great salespeople, speakers, or leaders start with strong communication skills. Winston Churchill, perhaps the greatest orator of the twentieth century, stuttered badly as a child and took speech therapy even as an adult. During one of his early performances at the podium, he was so afraid that he actually passed out!

Great movies, no matter how good the performances of actors and actresses, are always based on great scripts!

Likewise, great actors can’t save a bad script like Sean Connery as Zardoz. I preferred him better as Bond.

Great comedians always have great gag writers!