ARCHIVES: October 2007

6 Falsehoods about being in sales

I was talking to JD about blogging, and he suggested that it would be a good idea to blog about falsehoods working in sales. He suggested that “most geeks don’t like sales folk.” So in the interest of better sales/delivery relationships everywhere here are a few of my thoughts.
All sales do is drink wine and […]

How do you accept criticism?

I just read a great article on “how to accept criticism with grace“. The article made a number of good points including stopping your first reaction, thinking before you jump into defend yourself.
I encourage everyone to read this article, I think that the lessons are good to review, we can all get better at receiving […]

Don’t be Distracted - day one

Day one is now over and I am pausing to “reflect” on how it went (that’s one crossed off the list already!)
Control distractions - relatively successful I would say - 5/10. Room for improvement but still started something and it was surprisingly liberating letting people know in a polite way that I was concentrating on […]