{"id":665,"date":"2007-02-15T08:43:49","date_gmt":"2007-02-15T14:43:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/02\/sales-traits-series-practical-thinking\/"},"modified":"2007-02-15T08:43:59","modified_gmt":"2007-02-15T14:43:59","slug":"sales-traits-series-practical-thinking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/02\/sales-traits-series-practical-thinking\/","title":{"rendered":"Sales Traits Series &#8211; Practical Thinking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sales requires the ability to balance time and quality in a practical manner. Sales also requires a person who knows how to get things done. This week we focus on a specific trait that measures this ability in a real-world manner.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#ff8000\"><strong>Practical Thinking<\/strong><\/font><br \/>\nThe ability to make practical, common sense decisions; to see and understand what is happening in a common sense way. This trait realistically identifies problems and solutions in practical terms rather than in theoretical or conceptual terms.<\/p>\n<p>A salesperson with <em>strength<\/em> in this trait will be able to properly balance getting things done in a timely manner with getting things done in a quality manner.<\/p>\n<p>A <em>weakness<\/em> in this area might indicate an inability to balance the two needs thus overfocusing on either time (results at any cost) or quality (perfection regardless of time or expense).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sales requires the ability to balance time and quality in a practical manner. Sales also requires a person who knows how to get things done. This week we focus on a specific trait that measures this ability in a real-world manner. Practical Thinking The ability to make practical, common sense decisions; to see and understand what is happening in a common sense way. This trait realistically identifies problems and solutions in practical terms rather than in theoretical or conceptual terms. A salesperson with strength in this trait will be able to properly balance getting things done in a timely manner with getting things done in a quality manner. A weakness&hellip; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/02\/sales-traits-series-practical-thinking\/\">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_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_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","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[21,6,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aptitudes","category-assessing","category-hiring-salespeople"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5Oho-aJ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2455,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2010\/11\/uncommon-sense\/","url_meta":{"origin":665,"position":0},"title":"Uncommon Sense","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"November 10, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"I\u2019ve been swamped of late with sales candidate assessments for different customers and have encountered an important trait \u2013 common sense.\u00a0 This is a broad topic, but we use it in a fairly defined manner \u2013 using common sense.\u00a0 We actually measure this aptitude in one of our assessments which\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Aptitudes&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Aptitudes","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/hiring\/assessing\/aptitudes\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":567,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/01\/sales-traits-series-using-common-sense\/","url_meta":{"origin":665,"position":1},"title":"Sales Traits Series &#8211; Using Common Sense","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"January 11, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Today we tackle a tough trait that is in short supply according to Mark Twain. 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