Tim Marvel's Blog – February 2014 Archive (15)

Culture versus Strategy

Have you ever given much thought to what a trainer actually does. Just think about it, is he trying to work a strategy or influence a culture? I've heard it said that "Culture eats Strategy for breakfast".  I will tell you that if you just try to train from the bottom up, you will have limited short term success. That is a strategy. However if you train from the top down you will develop a culture. As an example if you are the CEO/CFO GM or Manager of your company and you are willing to pick…

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Added by Tim Marvel on February 28, 2014 at 1:00am — No Comments

Your best teacher is your last mistake.

Your best teacher is your last mistake. That only works if you are paying attention. We need to ask if it is the DK or the DE that is the issue. We either Don't Know or Don't Execute. If your a sales consultant you get many opportunities to learn and master your skills. Let's look at some quick numbers, and old rule of thumb was the average Sales Person sells 8 cars, and closes at 20%. Simple math tells us that is 40 opportunities per…

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Added by Tim Marvel on February 27, 2014 at 12:30am — No Comments

Is your worst enemy looking at you in the mirror?

Make sure your worst enemy is not living between your ears.

Simple message.

Have a great attitude today!

Added by Tim Marvel on February 26, 2014 at 12:00pm — No Comments

Times they are a changin!

Today, 2 year olds can unlock and iphone, open and close their favorite apps all by themselves. When I was that age, I was eating dirt. Oh my, how has time changed. Now that puts a picture in your mind now, does it not?

Don't you find it funny that we still sell things the same way we have for many years. I understand that we now have Internet. And our first contact could…

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Added by Tim Marvel on February 25, 2014 at 12:00pm — No Comments

Choices

It all comes down to the decisions we make! Don't give up what you want most, for what you want now. How often do you think about long term consequences when making daily decisions? There are some studies that claim that most people have no clue of what their life will be like in five years. One of the studies discussed the fact that most young adults in their early 20's prefer to not participate in 401K's claiming to not know the…

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Added by Tim Marvel on February 24, 2014 at 12:00pm — No Comments

Where do inspired people come from?

   Have you ever noticed that some of the most inspired people that you ever meet are the ones that have been challenged the most. Sometimes they are born with something that sets them apart from the crowd, others have accidents that bring about a change. Some are born in war torn parts of the world. The stories are endless of the successes that they achieve.

   My story falls into the second category. Mine was a head injury on August 14 almost 16 years ago. It was just another bike…

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Added by Tim Marvel on February 23, 2014 at 8:00am — No Comments

Do you hear the whispers of others?

We are all managers! We manager our actions in our lives each day. Do you listen to the whispers of others? Is that wise? First, what does the thoughts of other mean in your life? We all have a path and a direction we want to follow. Some are more spiritual, some are ruled by your work. Whatever you listen to, don't let it be the nay sayers that loom largly in the background. You see they will make comments about your direction. Funny thing is most of these folks are not moving in any…

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Added by Tim Marvel on February 21, 2014 at 1:00pm — No Comments

A year from now

It is a great time to look back a few weeks. 7 weeks to be exact to January 1st. Did you make some New Years Resolutions? Have you reviewed them since you wrote them? 2/12th of the year is soon to be past. You can't get it back. Are you moving forward? I am excited for you because you still have time to meet all your goals for the year! So let's review a couple of important facts: first a written goal has a far greater chance of being met than an unwritten goal. So write it down!

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Added by Tim Marvel on February 19, 2014 at 1:00pm — No Comments

What goes in your mind..

If our natural state is joy why are there so many unhappy people out there? We can talk about state of mind all we want,  the bottom line is we are what goes into our mind. What the heck does that mean? It means if your watching the news what kind of information are you sending to your brain. What do you expect to hear on the news? Everytime I listen it seems to be negative. What goes in your mind comes out your mouth. First thing in the morning, last thing at night you take in the negative…

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Added by Tim Marvel on February 17, 2014 at 1:00am — No Comments

How do you eat an elephant?

What is your challenge this week? Is it working towards a long term goal?

I find it to be like writing a book.…

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Added by Tim Marvel on February 15, 2014 at 1:00am — No Comments

Are you really that happy?

Most days I walk around with a smile on my face. And most days I hear someone say something like why is he always smiling?Sometimes they ask me are you really that happy? Such a simple question has a simple answer "Yes" I am that happy. You see to me it is…

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Added by Tim Marvel on February 13, 2014 at 1:00am — No Comments

Determined or Destined

If your determined than you have a plan. Where do you want to be in 6 months, a year or 5 years from now?

You can be anything you are willing to work for such as a Doctor.  If you want to be a…

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Added by Tim Marvel on February 10, 2014 at 1:00am — No Comments

Right before a break through

I find it funny at times people work hard for a goal and when they are about to make a break through, they quit trying...

What if you had the mindset that when it is the very most difficult that you were on a…

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Added by Tim Marvel on February 8, 2014 at 12:30pm — No Comments

Invest in yourself.

Each week when I meet a new group of incoming Sales Consultants. During the introductions questions I always ask is what are your hobbies. Most everyone will admit to having a hobby. Then I follow that question with have you ever invested in your hobby with money or time? Generally, most attendees will agree that if they have a passion for something they will invest the time or money to make themselves better.

As I lead them through this conversation it always takes a strange, quiet…

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Added by Tim Marvel on February 5, 2014 at 9:10am — No Comments

Are you prepared

It is time to prepare for the warmer weather that is right around the corner. In the Auto-Industry we need little reminder that March will soon be here.  What should you do to be prepared?  Are you staffed properly?  Has your staff been properly trained?  How are your manager?  Are they the right ones to take you to the next level?  Are you prepared?  Do we have the right inventory? 

Lots of questions to answer. If you don't know now, you need to find out.

If you look up and it…

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Added by Tim Marvel on February 3, 2014 at 6:30am — No Comments

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