Are you happy where you are in life?
Is your business going well?
Have you reached your goals?
If the answers are NO, don’t worry. You could be off Only half an inch. Yes, Only half an inch. Let me explain.
About ten years ago I hired a tennis coach to teach me how to serve better. Even though I had been playing tennis for many years, serving was one of my weaknesses. Sometimes I was off by about 5 feet.
In my first lesson, my coach asked me to serve a few times, and I did. I don’t have to tell you what happened. I couldn’t hit the target. I told him, “You see coach, I am way off—some times by 5 feet.” He smiled at me and said, “Paul, you are not off by 5 feet. You are off Only half an inch.” I said, “Coach, thank you very much for the kind words. But, I really want to learn how to serve better. I am ready to start.” He said, “Paul, you are not listening to me. If you don’t listen, you won’t learn. I told you, you are not off by 5 feet. You are off Only half an inch.” I said, “Coach, what do mean I am off Only half an inch? Didn’t you see that?” He said, “Paul, listen…, please listen…, if you make half an inch improvement, right here, in the way that you are holding the racket, half an inch improvement in the way you are hitting the ball, and a few minor improvements in the movements of your body, those few minor adjustments will give you huge outcomes at the other end, and you should be able to move the ball by 5 feet or more in either direction, and hit the target.”
Wow!!!, what a great lesson! A few minor improvements right here will give me huge outcomes at the other end. If this simple principle works in tennis, it can work in our personal lives, in business, and in sales too. A few minor improvements in my sales techniques, would earn me huge commissions at the end, and would put me at the top. And that was one of the most valuable lessons that I have learned in my life.
So, if your life, your business, or your sales are not going the way that you desire, or if you haven’t reach your goals yet, remember, you could be off Only half an inch.
Paul Noor
Keynote Speaker — Corporate Trainer
www.PaulNoor.com
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