{"id":966,"date":"2007-05-31T07:13:15","date_gmt":"2007-05-31T12:13:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/05\/sales-traits-series-self-discipline\/"},"modified":"2007-05-31T07:13:17","modified_gmt":"2007-05-31T12:13:17","slug":"sales-traits-series-self-discipline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/05\/sales-traits-series-self-discipline\/","title":{"rendered":"Sales Traits Series &#8211; Self-Discipline"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Remote offices are the rage amongst a geographically dispersed sales force.&nbsp; Yet, this distributed structure requires salespeople who have the self-discipline to work effectively on their own.&nbsp; The only method to measure this trait when hiring is to assess.<\/p>\n<p><strong><font color=\"#ff8000\">Self Discipline And Sense of Duty<\/font><\/strong><br \/>This is a measure of the strength one has in the norms with which they rule their own conduct. They feel a need to be consistent and true to themselves in their actions. It is the compulsion that one feels to be true to the ideals they have set for themselves.<\/p>\n<p>A salesperson with&nbsp;strength in this trait will have an inner strength which enables them to weather the most difficult situations. This strength is internal \u20ac\u201c it does not come from an external force such as society or a supervisor. This ability provides a sense of strength which the person will be able to use to bolster their belief in a chosen direction or course of action.<\/p>\n<p>A salesperson with&nbsp;weakness in this area does not tend to focus on an internal belief structure. The lack of an innate guide can result in a tendency to lack commitment to a chosen path or course of action. In difficult situations, such a person may begin to question their own actions or be easily swayed off-course.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Remote offices are the rage amongst a geographically dispersed sales force.&nbsp; Yet, this distributed structure requires salespeople who have the self-discipline to work effectively on their own.&nbsp; The only method to measure this trait when hiring is to assess. Self Discipline And Sense of DutyThis is a measure of the strength one has in the norms with which they rule their own conduct. They feel a need to be consistent and true to themselves in their actions. It is the compulsion that one feels to be true to the ideals they have set for themselves. A salesperson with&nbsp;strength in this trait will have an inner strength which enables them to&hellip; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/05\/sales-traits-series-self-discipline\/\">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-fA","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/966"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=966"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/966\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=966"}],"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! -->