The Role You
Katie Rose Emmons In class, we discussed a topic called the Real You versus the Role You. The real you is the person that you truly are, unhindered, not made up any certain…
Being a Social Introvert
All my life, people have told me that I’m a crazy extrovert. I love people, I love functions, and I especially love strangers. I’m not afraid of meeting people; in…
Learned Helplessness
The idea of learned helplessness describes how different people explain their personal experiences. Persons with an optimistic style would explain difficult things, like rejection, in a temporary, passing kind of…
Believing In Your Product: Elon Musk
Owen North When it comes to being a good salesperson, I believe that one of the best things we can do is “believe in our product.” Demonstrating belief in the product or…
Sales in Entrepreneurship
Zachary Allen So, you’re a new entrepreneur with tons of great ideas but you find that no one will listen to them. What’s the problem, why are you being ignored? The problem…
Want To Sell Yourself? Be Unique.
One problem with our modern culture is the over saturation of information and ideas. This saturation makes differentiating yourself from the rest of the crowd extremely difficult. In order to…
Paper Clip to House
By now most of us have heard the story of Kyle MacDonald: the masterful tradesman who was able to trade a paperclip up to a house. But how does one…
How NOT to Sell Yourself
Luke Mantzell Everybody knows the movie Stepbrothers, whether you have seen it or not it is a hilarious movie about two step brothers that are trying to figure out their new life…
Dealing With Failure
Reese Corley Dealing with failure is necessary for success. In class, we discussed the importance of interrogative self-talk. I think a great example of interrogative self-talk can be found in Jim Carrey’s…
Sales and Dating
Dating and sales have more in common than I thought they did. Both in the hypothetical and theoretical way, people approach sales and romantic dating quite similarly. Many people go…