{"id":622,"date":"2007-02-01T09:23:31","date_gmt":"2007-02-01T15:23:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/02\/sales-traits-series-self-direction\/"},"modified":"2007-02-01T09:23:09","modified_gmt":"2007-02-01T15:23:09","slug":"sales-traits-series-self-direction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/02\/sales-traits-series-self-direction\/","title":{"rendered":"Sales Traits Series &#8211; Self-Direction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week we look at a trait that is growing in importance with the number of home-based sales position. We are working with multiple customers to find strong salespeople who are located in the territory and based out of their house. Truly this is a strong trend for the future. One trait that needs to be measured is this week&#8217;s offering.<\/p>\n<p><strong><font color=\"#ff8000\">Self-Direction<\/font><\/strong><br \/>\nBalanced self-direction originates with an internal drive to excel in a chosen career path. It requires one to have a strong desire to be better than they currently are today. This trait includes having a clear vision of one&#8217;s future objectives and the self-discipline and organization necessary to achieve them.<\/p>\n<p>A salesperson with <em>strength<\/em> in this capacity will tend to set personal goals, be open to change, operate with a passion in their endeavors and have a strong sense of duty to their own ideals and goals.<\/p>\n<p>A salesperson with <em>weakness<\/em> in this area may be lacking a sense of mission and willingness to do more than is asked of him or her. They can be averse to change and may not work up to their full potential.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week we look at a trait that is growing in importance with the number of home-based sales position. We are working with multiple customers to find strong salespeople who are located in the territory and based out of their house. Truly this is a strong trend for the future. One trait that needs to be measured is this week&#8217;s offering. Self-Direction Balanced self-direction originates with an internal drive to excel in a chosen career path. It requires one to have a strong desire to be better than they currently are today. This trait includes having a clear vision of one&#8217;s future objectives and the self-discipline and organization necessary to&hellip; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/02\/sales-traits-series-self-direction\/\">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-a2","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622"}],"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=622"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2252,"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622\/revisions\/2252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=622"}],"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! -->