Category Archives: Monday Motivational Minute

Overwhelm in business and sales can be disastrous if not treated immediately

By Gregory Ferrett Welcome to Monday Christmas and New Year have just gone and a new week is just around the corner. I survived all the parties and family gatherings & my list of things I have to achieve this … Continue reading

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Why Scars Make Life So Much More Interesting

By Gregory Ferrett Welcome to Monday Last week I had a few cancerous skin spots removed – one of them on my face. The doctor, when explaining the procedure, told me how much skin they needed to cut outside the … Continue reading

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How Can Changing Two Simple Words Change Your Day?

By Gregory Ferrett Welcome to Monday I ran out of moves on Candy Crush and was about to press the “try again?” button when I noticed the message had changed to “give up?” Being a person who never “Gives up” … Continue reading

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Are you prospecting or just making noise?

By Gregory Ferrett Welcome to Monday Last week, as I started writing this article, the telephone rang. It was a sales rep from a fabric manufacturing and dyeing company. ‘I was on your website and wondered if you  use fabric … Continue reading

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The Word a person uses is usually not what they mean … but can you decipher the real message?

By Gregory Ferrett Welcome to Monday On September 13th 2013 Voyager I became the first man-made object to leave the solar system.  Attached to the spaceship, on a gold disc, is greetings to other inhabitants of the universe in 55 … Continue reading

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Is there a link from happiness to success?

By Gregory Ferrett Welcome to Monday My father in law has the well earned nickname of ‘Lazarus’. Last Friday we were clearly told by his doctor he was unlikely to survive the night. Last night (Sunday) he was sitting up … Continue reading

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What are you missing by heading through life on cruise control?

By Gregory Ferrett Welcome to Monday My wife and I were celebrating our 34th wedding anniversary and decided to visit one of our favourite gardens in the Melbourne hills. The garden was familiar and the path we were following well … Continue reading

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Can you fake a genuine smile or warm personality?

By Gregory Ferrett Welcome to Monday Quite by accident my wife started to listen to Brian Tracy’s ‘Psychology of Selling’ CD set I left in the car. She became intrigued by the idea of talking yourself into a positive emotional … Continue reading

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What unseen signs are holding you back from your true potential?

By Gregory Ferrett Welcome to Monday I came home from work and opened my front door. The first thing I noticed as I came in the front door was a trail of bright pink post-it note arrows on the floor … Continue reading

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The X Factor in selling … is this the most brilliant strategy ever?

Welcome to Monday Look at these two young girls and ask yourself…What do you see? Do you see a sharing of common interests? Do you see shared secrets? Do you see an absence of guile? Do you see a sense … Continue reading

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