“I had thought comics could only be one thing, and that was what mainstream comics were selling us. And the undergrounders proved anything you had in your head, as long as you had the skill to put it down on paper, was fair game. And I started filling sketchbooks with my own comics.” LongGamesMy OwnOne ThingSkillsPaperFairsSellingMainstreamFillingFair GameSketchbooks Author:Stephen R. Bissette
“An industry begins with the customer and his or her needs, not with a patent, a raw material, or a selling skill” NeedsMaterialsIndustrySkillsCustomersSellingPatentsRaw Materials Book:Marketing Myopia Source: Marketing Myopia
“Most people assume that a record shop's success lies in selling records. In fact, Virgin's success both in mail order and the record shops lay in skill at buying records.” PeopleFactsLyingOrderRecordsSkillsLaysAssumingSellingBuyingShopsMailVirgins Author:Richard Branson
“Skill in any performance whether it be in sports in playing the piano in conversation or in selling merchandise consists not in painfully and consciously thinking out each action as it is performed but in relaxing and letting the job do itself through you. Creative performance is spontaneous and ‘natural’ as opposed to self-conscious and studied.” ThinkingSelfActionJobsSportsNaturalCreativeSkillsConversationConsciousPerformancesSellingPianoSpontaneousSelf ConsciousMerchandiseCyberneticsPsycho Cybernetics Book:Psycho-Cybernetics: Updated and Expanded Source: Psycho-Cybernetics: Updated and Expanded
“Obstacles are necessary for success because in selling, as in all careers of importance, victory comes only after many struggles and countless defeats. Yet each struggle, each defeat, sharpens your skills and strengths, your courage and your endurance, your ability and your confidence and thus each obstacle is a comrade-in-arms forcing you to become better... or quit. Each rebuff is an opportunity to move forward; turn away from them, avoid them, and you throw away your future.” InspirationalMotivationalMovingTurnsOpportunityAbilityCareersStruggleArmsVictorySkillsImportanceDefeatObstaclesQuittingSellingMoving ForwardEnduranceYour FutureComradeRebuff Book:The Greatest Salesman in the World Source: The Greatest Salesman in the World