Every day, in hundreds of sales offices around the globe, salespeople anticipate – and managers prepare for – “The Sales Meeting.” For some teams, the sales meeting is something to be endured and suffered through before they can finally get to work. Others, however, have terrific meetings that are positive, energetic, upbeat and truly motivational.
When I was in grade school, the excitement and pleasure of knowing The Wizard of Oz would be airing within the month was overwhelming. Neighborhood children delighted in invitations to friends’ houses, where together they would eat Jiffy Pop popcorn and watch The Wicked Witch swoop down on her broom into Munchkin Land.
The last decade has been a gold rush of searching and gathering information on the Internet. Videos, news, personal information, and opinions are so prolific that the next decade will likely be more about filtering information than acquiring it. Consider Google Alerts, Facebook, Twitter, Linked In, Pinterest, Instagram and You Tube. These tools are all methods of consolidating massive amounts of information into tiny bites that can hold our attention. Suddenly what we don’t pay attention to has become more important than what we do pay attention to.