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SECRETS OF SUCCESS BY SILVIJA POPOVIC


           obligations are due, that is precisely the pit in which   you would want to ask what is positive about that
           most sellers fail.                                  experience. Even if I did not want to, and decided to
                                                               block bad thoughts about the geese, I would not see
           2. When the obligations are due and the             the positive facts about the geese. Why? Because my
           pressure is rising – remember the geese             mind would not be ready to move to a new level of
             Our mental skeleton, made up of many sentences    knowledge. If you really want to improve your sales,
           we tell ourselves is actually designed to retreat from any   you decide what you want, focus on the sentences like:
           past experience, especially embarrassing ones if repeat   ‘I’m great at selling, selling is a way to show people that
           the same actions.                                   I care about them. Sales are easy and spontaneous.”
             Here’s an example. As a child                                        Suppose that one goose was
           I was very afraid of geese. They                                    wounded, she was sacrificing with
           snorted at me like snakes and                                       two others who care about her. Have
           attacked me. And every time I saw a                                 you been in an unusual sale, when
           goose, I remembered being attacked     When confronting             you were wounded and when you
           by one in my childhood. Since I       your greatest fears           had a hard time, landed and shared
           realized that this event is a coming   and blocks, especially       your experience with two more fired
           from the subconscious that prevented                                flyers in your team? Someone with
           my growth, I went about the task of    with the help of a           a result? Or, did you just leave your
           overcoming it.                      mentor, you will also           flock and fly as you cannot fly? Do
             After more than 20 years, I found   be able to see every          you care about your resignation?
           a fact that helped me overcome this   opportunity for each             Do you have a mentor, do you
           block, which was much more than I     new sale - there is           have a powerful team that will
           expected.                           one guiding star that           nurture you and encourage you to
             In one business book I found that                                 heal as soon as possible?
           geese fly so that the front masses of   you can consider               Have you swung wings far enough
           the wings and air circulation help   from several angles.           for other sellers while you were
           those in the flock to fly. I learned                                flying, what does it mean?
           that the last ones in the flock were in                                Are your good and strong
           such a formation so that they could                                 connections to your competition
           stimulate the bodies of those in front                              such so that you can then talk about
           to fly farther. If a goose is injured,                              and ask for your service for the
           two land with it on the ground until it recovers and   amount of work you do not want to do?
           when it is ready to fly it then joins another flock. Not   Psychology of selling a wide area, but for beginning
           necessarily be flocks of geese, but other birds. So, they   , ask yourself what the fear most and decide to find a
           fly, help and stimulate one another.                star that will create a whole Universe. The Universe in
             These seemingly remarkable facts about the geese,   which you rule. And not fear yourself. Stretch is hiding
           I observed were the stars that guided me to have    in small things, childhood, animal, word, experience.
           a positive impression of geese. When I see them, I     Do not let this rule with you. You rule them because
           remember their teamwork, concern for each other and   you are made to be a real, not to allow fear to steal all
           organization.                                       the experiences you want to experience.
             Now, you may be wondering: “But Silvija, how will    Write your own story about the goose, in a new and
           geese help me sell better?”                         positive way. Whatever your goose represents. n
             When confronting your greatest fears and blocks,
           especially with the help of a mentor, you will also be   Silvija Popovic
           able to see every opportunity for each new sale - there   Mindset & Business Strategist
           is one guiding star that you can consider from several   International Speaker
           angles.                                                Blockchain Advisor
             If the sale process is related to negative experiences,   www.silvijapopovic.com


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