The university you cannot afford to ignore

[Richard White]

There is one university that does not charge tuition fees and guarantees high grades. You do not need any qualifications to enter. There are no boring lectures and no exams! The quality of the learning is second to none and for those engaged in finding new business, your income can increase quickly and dramatically just by attending your classes!

Seems too good to be true? Well, the university we are talking about is the University of Life! We
can all enroll at any time and then all we need to do is to show up for class. Lessons are going on all around us everywhere. When things go well, when things go wrong. When people react negatively towards us, when we lose a sale to the competition. The lessons are there to be learnt provided we are curious enough to ask the right questions.

Start to learn more from your day. At the end of the day, before you plan your next day, reflect on the day that has finished and how that compares with what you had intended.
When things have not gone to plan (either positively or negatively) ask yourself:

“What did I do really well?”

“What could I have done differently?”

“What will I do differently next time?”

If you seriously want to improve your results, you can also seek feedback from others. For example, If you lose a sale to seemingly inferior competition, often the prospect will tell you their reasons if you ask. You can then take this information to feed forward into future selling situations. This way there is no failure, only feedback. Positive feedback leads to better results and negative feedback leads to better results.

Good luck and please do not spend too long in the university bar!!

Best wishes

Richard

[Susan Kaer]

Well said Richard! When we look at each experience as a lesson rather than labelling it "success" or "failure" we save ourselves from becoming complacent or despondent... neither of which isa useful state to be in!