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Stoic selling: The philosopher’s guide to closing business like a sales legend

Embracing the Stoic principles established by Greek philosophers will not magically make you a sales legend, but they will help instill the values that build incredibly powerful habits that turn into sales success slowly over time.

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A career in sales is not for the weak-willed

It’s usually hard, sometimes tedious, and occasionally heartbreaking. It takes the resolve of a Stoic to weather the ups and downs and stay focused on the journey when times are tough.

Greek philosophers developed Stoicism as a way to view the world where everything that happens is irrational and outside of human control. Sounds a lot like our everyday sales world, right?

Stoic philosophers believed that humans could learn to master reacting appropriately to their environment by pursuing self-improvement through these four traits they called “virtues”:

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  • Justice

  • Temperance

  • Virtue

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