"...a few seconds of bravery can really deliver results and as far as I know, no one's ever been killed for trying to close somebody on a sale. So you know your life's not in danger, your pride might be in danger and your hopes might get crushed, but you're not going to be killed.”

Jody Gerard Durand Top Five Tips for Gaining Influence

1. Be Productive

2. Plan and Prepare

3. Focus Your Time and Efforts

4. Overcome Objections

5. Close Sales

TIME STAMP SUMMARY

01:50 Concentrating on tasks that are most productive, while managing time effectively.

10:00 Importance of identifying productive days and planning tasks accordingly.

15:50 The importance of active listening and finding ways to solve problems.

17:20 The inability to close sales is often due to fear of hearing the word "no."

Where to find Jody?

Website https://www.youtube.com/@CountryBoySoul-g9v

LinkedIn https://ca.linkedin.com/in/jody-durand-61893650

Jody Durand Bio

Jody Durand has been a successful salesperson and sales trainer in the agricultural industry in Canada for over twenty years as well as an accomplished speaker deeply involved in his farm, family and local community. He has a passion for agriculture and people and loves connecting the general population with the farmers who are responsible for growing and producing the food that makes it to your tables, every day. He is an accomplished Toastmaster, happy husband, proud father of four children and lucky grandfather of seven grandchildren. He lives in Scotland, Ontario with his wife Laura on a three-acre hobby farm where she owns and operates their home-based dog business called Birchview Dogs.