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Most people wait for the phone to ring.

Clive Griffiths
Clive Griffiths

Most people wait for the phone to ring.

I once did the same.
Crafted my killer proposition value.
Perfected my positioning.

Then … silence.

⇥ No leads.
⇥ No pipeline.
⇥ No deals.

Just me hoping to be found ...

And although I lost that first business 🙁 I learnt from the failure.

Sales performance isn’t luck. It’s a discipline. A proactive habit.

Follow-up isn’t sleazy → it’s necessary.
Referrals don’t
→ they're engineered.
Positioning isn’t a parachute → it’s the megaphone for your active outreach.

Tell me, are you still waiting to be found … or making sure you are?

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