How An Introvert Turned Himself Into A Selling Machine – with Todd Smith
Even though he was an introvert, Todd Smith HAD to learn to sell. “My wife got pregnant before we got married,” he said in this interview. “We were living in a 600 square foot apartment. Every time we’d pay bills, we’d get in a fight because the pressure was so great.”
In this interview, you’ll hear how turned it all around.
You’ll see how he learned to sell by forcing himself to sit down and keep doing it, long after most people would have allowed distractions to give them reason to procrastinate. But what’s even more interesting is the evaluation process he went through after each call. If you want to learn to sell — or to excel at anything — listen to how Todd did it.
Bio via his blog, Little Things Matter: As a dynamic entrepreneur for 29 years, Todd Smith has enjoyed extraordinary personal and professional success. He owned his first business at 18, became one of the youngest Realtors ever inducted in to RE/MAX’s Hall of Fame at 28, and for the past 20 years Todd has owned his own sales and marketing business. His business has generated more than one billion dollars in sales and has paid him more than 23 million dollars in commissions.
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