We just wrapped up the checkout season at The Southwestern Company. After a summer of hard work, hundreds of excited, tired, relieved college students have flooded our corporate headquarters. During one of our debriefing meetings, I was talking about victories, defeats, and why a second summer of selling would be better than the first. One young lady [...]
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Life is complicated. There are always so many things going on, so many priorities to balance, and so many people to stay connected with. That’s part of why I like the Southwestern Advantage summer program so much—for twelve weeks, all I need to focus on is one thing: connecting with families about education. But even [...]
Music is powerful. It can recall a distant memory. It can change your mental state in just a few seconds. Music can pump you up or calm you down. I recall setting best times during a swim meet with Beethoven’s Ninth banging around in my head! If you’re selling with the Southwestern Company, music can be [...]
The grass is green. Birds are chirping. The weather is warming up (no, I’m not talking about climate change) and I can leave the windows open at night. It’s time again for Southwestern Company’s annual Sales School! This year we’re slated to have nearly 2,800 students in for sales training from all over the world. [...]
“Any act often repeated forms a habit; and habit allowed, steadily gains in strength. At first it may be but as a spider’s web, easily broken through, but if not resisted it soon binds us with chains of steel.” –Tryon Edwards “I’m getting ready to commence to begin to start to recruit.” This isn’t [...]
Recently I was meeting with one of our students who had sold books with The Southwestern Company for the summer. We chatted about his experiences and I congratulated him on what had been a challenging and rewarding time in our summer program. Then he asked for some advice on how to become a Great Presenter. [...]
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