
26. Todd Twete ~ Sales Xceleration
“If the right number isn't coming out on the bottom, it's a function of what's happening upstream.”
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“If the right number isn't coming out on the bottom, it's a function of what's happening upstream.”

“Of all the people in the world, you're the only person on the planet who could have received that particular message.”

“You are paid to do one thing. Navigate their truth.”

“Do the activities and the success will follow.”

“There are very few jobs that aren't sales in some way or another.”

“You no longer can just sit here and write an email and get a response.”

“Let's not think of that as 95% rejection rate. Let's think about it as 5% yield.”

“In a world of AI, people are always going to mean more.”

“Prospecting can be its own reward.”

“Sandler is a permission-based system.”

“No does not equal never. It just means not now.”

“Don't fool yourself into thinking that nobody's going to pick up the phone.”

“It's unethical to sell something to somebody that they don't need, but it's equally unethical to not sell something to somebody that they do need.”

“Technology has helped us, but it won't form the habit.”

“No is a good thing.”

“You don't have to prospect, your competitors will.”

“You know you won your day when you do the behavior.”

“Every unsuccessful prospecting call earns compound interest.”

“Sales is a conversation between adults to get to the truth.”

“The cookbook only works if you follow the recipe.”

“Salespeople that use AI to make themselves more effective are going to be the winners in this.”

“You got to meet them where they are.”

“It is not how you feel that determines how you act. It is how you act that determines how you feel.”

“At the end of the day, Austin, I am looking for clarity.”

“Would you rather be comfortable or make money? Meet your prospects where they are comfortable.”

“You get 100% of the value in things you ask for versus things you think about but do not ask for.”
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