Is enthusiasm important in selling?

Is enthusiasm important in selling? Yes, genuine, heartfelt enthusiasm is one of the most potent factors of success in almost any undertaking.
- Dale Carnegie

A cloudy day is no match for a sunny disposition.
-William Arthur Ward

For success, attitude is equally as important as ability.
-Harry F. Banks

It's not just...

It's not just the emotional, intellectual, and physical gaps between you and money. The real gap is always between what you think you want and what you actually want, deep down.
-Stuart Wilde

I'm a firm believer that to really understand a business takes years, not months. As an investment analyst you think you understand a business from the outside, but the reality is that, once you are inside, you can go on learning for five or ten years.
-Chris Corrigan

Checking the results of a decision against its expectations shows executives what their strengths are, where they need to improve, and where they lack knowledge or information.
-Peter Drucker

Don't limit yourself...

Don't limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as your mind lets you. What you believe, remember, you can achieve.
-Mary Kay Ash

If I had to list all the reasons I've been successful, the No. 1 reason would be the Dale Carnegie influence. In fact, reasons number two and three would be Dale Carnegie Training, too.
-Harvey Mackay

In the realm of ideas everything depends on enthusiasm.. in the real world all rests on perseverance.
-Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

A business has to be involving...

What I know is, is that if you do work that you love, and the work fulfills you, the rest will come.
-Oprah Winfrey

A business has to be involving, it has to be fun, and it has to exercise your creative instincts.
-Richard Branson

I think that our fundamental belief is that for us growth is a way of life and we have to grow at all times.
-Mukesh Ambani, Chairman and Managing Director of Reliance Industries

I made a resolve...

It is neither the smartest nor the hardest working CEOs who succeed in business. It is the ones who best communicate their firm's vision to customers, vendors, and employees.
-Tom Stemberg, CEO of Staples

Sometimes the situation is only a problem because it is looked at in a certain way. Looked at in another way, the right course of action may be so obvious that the problem no longer exists.
-Edward de Bono

I made a resolve then that I was going to amount to something if I could. And no hours, nor amount of labor, nor amount of money would deter me from giving the best that there was in me. And I have done that ever since, and I win by it. I know.
-Colonel Sanders, Kentucky Fried Chicken Founder

I discovered...

I discovered I always have choices and sometimes it's only a choice of attitude.
- Judith M. Knowlton

Human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes.
- Norman Vincent Peale

Flaming enthusiasm, backed up by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success.
- Dale Carnegie

There is always one moment...

Jumping at several small opportunities may get us there more quickly than waiting for one big one to come along.
- Hugh Allen

There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in.
- Deepak Chopra

As you begin to take action toward the fulfillment of your goals and dreams, you must realize that not every action will be perfect. Not every action will produce the desired result. Not every action will work. Making mistakes, getting it almost right, and experimenting to see what happens are all part of the process of eventually getting it right.
- Jack Canfield

When fate hands us a lemon...

A great leader's courage to fulfill his vision comes from passion, not position.
- John Maxwell

Everything depends upon execution; having just a vision is no solution.
- Stephen Sondheim

When fate hands us a lemon, let's try to make lemonade.
- Dale Carnegie

Opportunities are usually disguised...

The moment you commit and quit holding back, all sorts of unforseen incidents, meetings and material assistance will rise up to help you. The simple act of commitment is a powerful magnet for help.
- Napoleon Hill

Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them.
- Ann Landers

Decide what your priorities are and how much time you'll spend on them. If you don't, someone else will.
-Harvey MacKay

We can do anything...

We can do anything we want as long as we stick to it long enough.
- Helen Keller

There is no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing is habitual but indecision.
- William James

The difference between Managers and Leaders: Managers base their goals on what they think is possible = Incremental Growth. Leaders first define what they want in their business, and then they engage a willing team to make the impossible happen = Breakthrough Growth. What do you want? Who do you choose to be?
- Kevin Robert Crone, Partner & Dale Carnegie Business Coach

When you face a problem...

At the end of each day, you should play back the tapes of your performance. The results should either applaud you or prod you.
- Jim Rohn

Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around us in awareness.
- Leland Val Vandewall

When you face a problem, solve it then and there if you have the facts necessary to make a decision. Don't keep putting off decisions.
- Dale Carnegie

Do not wait for life...

Courage is not the lack of fear. It is acting in spite of it.
-Mark Twain

Do not wait for life. Do not long for it. Be aware, always and at every moment, that the miracle is in the here and now.
- Marcel Proust

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you imagined.
-Henry David Thoreau

You can and should shape your own future...

The gods cannot help those who don't seize opportunities.
-Confucius 500 BC

When I accept that the universe is always ready to work in my favour, I can then relax and let go of outcomes. This is where I find true peace of mind and happiness.
-Mark Yerbury, Dale Carnegie Business Group, Quebec

You can and should shape your own future; because if you don't someone else surely will.
-Joel Arthur Barker

Business is not just doing deals...

Take the attitude of a student; never be too big to ask questions, never know too much to learn something new.
-Og Mandino

Start where you are. Distant fields always look greener, but opportunity lies right where you are. Take advantage of every opportunity of service.
-Robert Collier

Business is not just doing deals; business is having great products, doing great engineering, and providing tremendous service to customers. Finally, business is a cobweb of human relationships.
-H. Ross Perot

You will never find time for anything...

Everyone has all the time there is - no more, no less than anyone else.
-Dave Mather, Dale Carnegie Business Coach

I keep my ideals, because in spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.
-Ann Frank

You will never find time for anything. If you want time, you must make it.
-Charles Bixton

They may forget what you said...

Give me the gift of a listening heart.
-King Solomon

They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel.
-Carl W. Buechner

Jumping at several small opportunities may get us there more quickly than waiting for one big one to come along.
-Hugh Allen

One kind word...

One kind word can warm three winter months.
-Japanese Proverb

Do not say a little in many words but a great deal in a few.
-Pythagoras

If you want to win friends, make it a point to remember them. If you remember my name, you pay me a subtle compliment; you indicate that I have made an impression on you. Remember my name and you add to my feeling of importance.
-Dale Carnegie

Courage is...

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.
-Winston Churchill

First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.
-Epictetus

You have it easily in your power to increase the sum total of this world's happiness now. How? By giving a few words of sincere appreciation to someone who is lonely or discouraged. Perhaps you will forget tomorrow the kind words you say today, but the recipient may cherish them over a lifetime.
-Dale Carnegie