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Rumi on Getting Polished

“If you are irritated by every rub, how will your mirror be polished?”

–Rumi (1207–1273)
Persian poet and philosopher

You don’t know everything.

You do know that, don’t you?

Continual learning is a basic necessity to professional improvement and in many cases it’s other people who will help you get there.

But only if you’re coachable. Are you?

To be coachable means to be…

It means you must listen with the intent to learn rather than to show what you know – exactly the type of listening required in the sales process.

“Worry about being better; bigger will take care of itself.”

–Gary Comer (1929–2006)

American entrepreneur

founder of Lands’ End

You don’t know everything.

You do know that, don’t you?

Continual learning is a basic necessity to professional improvement and in many cases it’s other people who will help you get there.

But only if you’re coachable. Are you?

To be coachable means to be…

It means you must listen with the intent to learn rather than to show what you know – exactly the type of listening required in the sales process.

“He who ignores discipline despises himself, but whoever heeds correction gains understanding.”

–Proverbs 15:32

You don’t know everything.

You do know that, don’t you?

Continual learning is a basic necessity to professional improvement and in many cases it’s other people who will help you get there.

But only if you’re coachable. Are you?

To be coachable means to be…

It means you must listen with the intent to learn rather than to show what you know – exactly the type of listening required in the sales process.