Stop caring


Stop caring too much for closing the deal.

When you approach your customers to try to close them, you get overinvested. You feel you have more at stake. The fear of missing out on this opportunity kicks in.

While, yes, they're qualifying you, you're also qualifying them.

The more you care, the less power in the negotiation you have.

Approach it and stop your convince-mode. Go, evaluate if it makes sense for both of you to work together, qualify.

If it works out, great. If it doesn't, great, too.

But it is in your power to decide so. :)

Rod Aparicio

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