by Jonathan Brickman | Sep 23, 2010 | Real Stories to learn from, Winning Qualities
I wanted to be 6’3″ and play in the NBA but I stopped growing in 9th grade and I maxed out my career as a Division 3 walk on and ended up playing intramural basketball. But, I gave it my best, because I loved the game, and still do, and that drove me as...
by Jonathan Brickman | Sep 22, 2010 | Business Principles, Real Stories to learn from, Relationships, What Happened Today, Winning Qualities
Had a client today want to restructure a contract because of financial difficulties. What do you do in this case? My belief is to help because that will come back in spades. Think of it as an investment if you have to and I think there is always an ROI when you can...
by Jonathan Brickman | Sep 20, 2010 | Business Principles, Real Stories to learn from, Relationships, Want to be a great salesperson?, Winning Qualities
Shul, for those of you that don’t know, is Yiddish for a Jewish house of prayer. The sermon this Yom Kippur was about community and how religion fosters this and with this brings more human interaction and humanity. An interesting topic in an ever-increasing...
by Jonathan Brickman | Sep 20, 2010 | Real Stories to learn from, What Happened Today, Winning Qualities
I had an ouch today when I discovered that I offended someone last week – of course, I had no intention of doing so. Be careful with your words, because you can’t take them back once they leave the station…. Perception is reality and in order to be...
by Jonathan Brickman | Sep 14, 2010 | Leadership, Real Stories to learn from, Sales Management
I was a decent, not great, basketball player with big dreams! I didn’t need much external motivation because I loved the game and was driven for other reasons so I played 6 hours a day to perfect my game. I dribbled a basketball everywhere…got thrown out...
by Jonathan Brickman | Sep 7, 2010 | Real Stories to learn from, What Happened Today
Interesting story today… I have been fairly active with all of this social media stuff and waiting for a real payoff, besides all the intrinsic value of course…So, I got pulled into a LinkedIn discussion last week and lo and behold, someone picked up on an...
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