{"id":567,"date":"2007-01-11T13:22:45","date_gmt":"2007-01-11T19:22:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/01\/sales-traits-series-using-common-sense\/"},"modified":"2007-01-11T13:22:21","modified_gmt":"2007-01-11T19:22:21","slug":"sales-traits-series-using-common-sense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/01\/sales-traits-series-using-common-sense\/","title":{"rendered":"Sales Traits Series &#8211; Using Common Sense"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today we tackle a tough trait that is in short supply according to Mark Twain. The Using Common Sense trait provides for us some insight into a salesperson&#8217;s ability to think on their feet. This trait is most important for effectively dealing with a prospect&#8217;s objections.<\/p>\n<p><strong><font color=\"#ff8000\">Using Common Sense<\/font><\/strong><br \/>\nThis capacity is determined by the persons focus on practical thinking, their ability to see the world clearly and their general intelligence.<\/p>\n<p>A salesperson with <em>strength<\/em> in this capacity will have use of everyday, informal knowledge that has not been formally evaluated and placed in the decision-making process. The utilization of common sense in the decision-making process appears to be more of a natural reflex than a logical-thinking process.<\/p>\n<p>A salesperson with <em>weakness<\/em> in this capacity might be encouraged to use solid record keeping, organizational skills and other tools to aid them in obtaining a better, more objective decision.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today we tackle a tough trait that is in short supply according to Mark Twain. The Using Common Sense trait provides for us some insight into a salesperson&#8217;s ability to think on their feet. This trait is most important for effectively dealing with a prospect&#8217;s objections. Using Common Sense This capacity is determined by the persons focus on practical thinking, their ability to see the world clearly and their general intelligence. A salesperson with strength in this capacity will have use of everyday, informal knowledge that has not been formally evaluated and placed in the decision-making process. The utilization of common sense in the decision-making process appears to be more&hellip; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/01\/sales-traits-series-using-common-sense\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"bgseo_title":"","bgseo_description":"","bgseo_robots_index":"","bgseo_robots_follow":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[21,6,16],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5Oho-99","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/567"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=567"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/567\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. The path to wp-cache-phase1.php in wp-content/advanced-cache.php must be fixed! -->