Giving Back While Rekindling My Passion for Business Sales

Recently, I was asked to be interviewed by a group of college students that were in the process of doing their final project for a business class.  Their final project consisted of writing a Sales Training Manuel.

We spent about an hour and a half discussing what was in their project. The note taker took several pages of notes as we all had a very open dialogue. Everyone that came out was very grateful of the experience. The ironic thing is that I feel that I probably got at least the same amount of excitement, if not more, than the college students did.

Think for a moment what it was like when you first opened your business, or when you first started your career. Was the energy, excitement and anticipation for the day mediocre feelings or were you jumping out of bed eager for the day to start? It is very important that we keep this entrepreneur spirit alive in us — just as it was the first day we started.

What is a great way to keep this spark alive?  Surround yourself with it. Is there a local college that you could hire a student or an intern from? Is there a local mastermind group that you can attend? Do you have someone in your life that you can bounce ideas off of and brainstorm with?

Surround yourself with excited business and sales professionals and you will be amazed at the results that will happen in your organization.