How Many Relationships Are You Building?

relationship to the sale

“When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but creatures of emotion.” – Dale Carnegie. When you close a deal, what’s your next step? When you sign the contract, shake the hand and file the paperwork – what comes next? Is there a next? Or simply a next customer? Businesses [...]


The Great Friends and Relationships Myth

Friends in business

There’s a lot of talk about relationships in business, and how to make business more human. There’s also a lot of talk about how businesses need to be more like friends, and treat people the way you would your friends if you want to succeed. Add in the view that businesses and their clients should [...]


Enchanted Disillusionment

Enchantment and illusions

We get easily distracted by shiny new things. We see something that gives us the “Oooh” ripple of excitement, and we buy into the premise. For a while, everything is good. We see only positives, and ignore the (in hindsight) questionable. But then the cracks appear. Faults that had always been present start to become [...]