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Chris Dankowski
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Strategist at Salesloft by day, career coach to sales reps by night. Former AE at Evernote, Outreach, and HubSpot
Why don't all of these efficiency gains ever equate to more time?
December 18, 2024 at 7:25 AM
BDRs and AEs should never ever have to touch Clay or any other solution like it. It's not their job, and is a gross misallocation of resources.
December 12, 2024 at 12:23 PM
Enablement and leadership are always preaching at reps to sell in a certain way that's usually in direct opposition to what reps need to do to hit the number that leadership gave them.
December 12, 2024 at 7:25 AM
If you drive a truck but never use it for truck stuff, then you're just doing big boy cosplay.
December 11, 2024 at 3:08 PM
LFG!
December 11, 2024 at 2:22 PM
Listening to an audiobook isn't reading a book. Don't tell me you're reading a book if you're just listening to someone read it to you.
December 11, 2024 at 12:23 PM
Most sales reps will never go to Presidents Club, and that's OK.
December 11, 2024 at 7:25 AM
Don't model yourself after the top rep at your company. They're usually a freak and you won't be able to get the same outcomes as them when you copy their methods. Copy the process of the top 2-3 most consistent reps instead.
December 10, 2024 at 3:08 PM
99% of the time equity is worthless. Negotiate higher base, commission, severance or signing bonus instead.
December 10, 2024 at 12:23 PM
If you want more interviews, approach your job search like you would prospecting into a key account.

Identify your decision makers.

Warm them up on linkedin.

Then reach out to them via phone and email with your resume and 2-3 compelling reasons for them to talk to you.
December 10, 2024 at 7:25 AM
Slow down to speed up.

#mindset
December 9, 2024 at 3:08 PM
POV: Being over 100% attainment heading into the last week of the month.

#techsales
December 9, 2024 at 12:23 PM
OK, but how much shareholder value did they create?

Losers!

Enjoy your socialized healthcare, chemical free foods, robust paternal leave, and lack of gun violence.

Y'all still haven't won a single Super Bowl.

USA! USA! USA!
December 9, 2024 at 7:25 AM
❌ “Will you be able to move forward by the end of the month?”

✅ “Level with me, am I safe to put that deposit down with the pool contractor?”
December 8, 2024 at 3:08 PM
Derive outcomes by winning the inner game.

#mindset
December 8, 2024 at 12:23 PM
Chances are that whatever it is that's stressing you out probably won't be important next week/month/year.

Pause to ask yourself if you should care.

#mindset
December 8, 2024 at 7:25 AM
POV: You remember that you're an eternal spirit that has existed before time who's driving a skeleton covered in meat on a tiny particle of dust flying through a barely microscopic universe, and that quotas don't matter.

#techsales
December 7, 2024 at 3:08 PM
❌ “Will you be able to move forward by the end of the month?”

✅ “We only have capacity for one new client this month. Should I hold the slot for you or are you not really that serious about your business?”
December 7, 2024 at 12:23 PM
❌ "I hope this email finds you well"

✅ "I hope this email reminds you that we're all spiritual entities having a human experience, and that we have no beginning and no end and are all made from the same invisible energy and molecules and that time is a flat circle”
December 7, 2024 at 7:25 AM
One of my first sales mentors was really big into mindset.
He'd tell me things like...
- Even when you're doing great at this job, you're still failing 99% of the time
- It's all mental. You can't let yourself get too high with the highs, or too low with the lows. You've got to stay in the middle
December 6, 2024 at 3:08 PM
Do what you can with what you have.

#mindset
December 6, 2024 at 12:23 PM
Quitting and restarting or changing direction are not the same thing.

Sometimes taking a step back allows for two steps forward.

#mindset
December 6, 2024 at 7:25 AM
Do you know exactly what you need to do to hit your quota?

I bet you don't 😁

This episode talks about a simple framework you can use to create a clear and predictable path to quota for yourself
Know your numbers
PIPs & Pivots · Episode
buff.ly
December 5, 2024 at 3:08 PM
Right now, a sales rep just hit 'send' on an email that took them 30 minutes to write, that their prospect will never see.
December 5, 2024 at 12:23 PM
Take it easy today.

#mindset
December 5, 2024 at 7:25 AM