{"id":11488,"date":"2024-05-10T02:49:47","date_gmt":"2024-05-10T02:49:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/?p=11488"},"modified":"2024-05-10T02:49:47","modified_gmt":"2024-05-10T02:49:47","slug":"post-6-guest-speaker-dan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/post-6-guest-speaker-dan\/","title":{"rendered":"Post 6: Guest Speaker Dan"},"content":{"rendered":"

I really enjoyed listening to the lectures by our guest speaker, Dan. His lively personality made his talks very easy to listen to, and he covered some very interesting topics. The most striking thing from his two talks was his suggestion that handshakes should only be initiated by prospects. This notion runs very contrary to everything I had been taught by society. To me, handshakes are a sign of peace and a respectful gesture when meeting someone. As a result, I instinctively initiate handshakes often. I would even feel rude for not initiating and would think that I am behaving in an unwelcoming way. This is something that I will have to give more thought and consideration on whether I will implement the tactic of whether or not to implement a handshake. Another interesting point that Dan brings up is the importance of words. He mentioned that how you say something can matter as much or more than what you say. He explained that you can phrase two sentences to mean pretty much the same thing, but they can imply something else. An example of this is \u201cCan I have thirty minutes of your time\u201d versus \u201cI have thirty minutes, does that work?\u201d In the first scenario, it implies groveling or begging, possibly making you appear desperate or needy. In the second scenario, confidence is displayed to your prospect. I find this to be very helpful information for sales and everyday life. I plan on using this when asking women on dates.<\/p>\n

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I really enjoyed listening to the lectures by our guest speaker, Dan. His lively personality made his talks very easy to listen to, and he covered some very interesting topics. The most striking thing from his two talks was his suggestion that handshakes should only be initiated by prospects. This notion runs very contrary to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3151,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3151"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11488"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11488\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11489,"href":"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11488\/revisions\/11489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}