Business and Money Tips

In our training classes (listing at here ), people often ask me permission to do things like asking questions, sharing of experiences and even going to the toilets. I often told them, "You can do anything you like in my classes, including scolding me, as long as you pay your fees".  That inevitably draws chuckles from them.  We are unlike the Americans, who have never asked permission for anything.  They just go ahead and to it.  That's why Nike's slogan is "Just Do It".  If this is Asia, it would be "Ask Permission First".  Psychologists said that people feel the need to ask for permission because they don't want to be seen as aggressive or outshining others.  Some people go one step lower: fearing that their permission will not be granted, they dare not even ask for permission.  Such behaviour explains why many people are living below their potential.  You can see it everywhere like: Subordinates dare not do better than their boss ...

For years multi-national companies have been paying tens of thousands of dollars every year to engage the best trainers to train their sales team so that they can out-sell the competition.   Google under 'Sales Training in Singapore' and you'll find dozens of sales courses, with some promising guaranteed improvements in your sales results or your money back.  I Andy Ng have been happily doing sales training as far back as May 2001.  I remembered my first seminar was on Saturday 19th May 2001 at Miramar Hotel on the topic " 5-Ways Leverage to Business Profits ".  Over the years I have trained over 81,131 people in 13 countries.  Among the companies I trained include the top Feng Shui company Wayon Net, top insurer AIA, top Junior College Hwa Chong Institution and top property developer Capitaland.  To-date, I am still learning and trying to crack the secret to sales success.  With inspiration from the movie "Won't Back Down" and sales guru Tom H...