by Alex Goldfayn | Oct 21, 2020 | Blog, Perseverance
When I was a child, my family came to America with $20 and nothing else. Today I run a $3 million per year solo consulting practice, but the journey here has not been easy. When I started doing this work, I was proposing (and getting rejected) for $7,500 projects....
by Alex Goldfayn | Oct 9, 2020 | Blog, Perseverance, Sales Coaching
Perseverance is twice as important to success as talent is. The great psychologist Martin Seligman found this in his research. It’s why less talented salespeople often out-perform more talented ones. – They don’t give up. – They keep trying....
by Alex Goldfayn | Sep 12, 2012 | Perseverance
If you’re taking action aggressively, creatively, consistently, and successfully, you are thinking big. If you’re analyzing, assessing, thinking, meeting, discussing, considering, and running it by legal, you are thinking defensively, which is the opposite...
by Alex Goldfayn | Sep 16, 2011 | Perseverance
The following is from my Monday Evangelist Marketing Minute email. I will be elaborating more on this in the coming days and weeks, but for now, here’s my take on perseverance. It’s a magic ability we all have, yet many of us choose not to use it:...
by Alex Goldfayn | Aug 3, 2011 | Perseverance
A large, potted tomato plant fell off my deck in a powerful thunderstorm last night. Several long branches broke off completely. They were laden with green tomatoes. Several other branches were partially broken, and I taped and splinted them up to the best of my...
by Alex Goldfayn | Jul 6, 2011 | Perseverance
Effort means putting in the work necessary to be successful. It’s concentration, focus, planning, organizing, and, most of all execution. (Don’t get stuck on the organizing though — I know a lot of people who actually procrastinate execution by...
