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Welcome to the Impact Sales Podcast. I'm your host, Joe Beck,
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founder of The Sales Activist, and today we have a
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great episode in store for you. Today, we're going to
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talk about whether or not you should be scripting your calls,
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your appointments, all of your interactions. We're going to be
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talking about the importance of scripting and how that can
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impact your success. Now, whether you are for scripting or
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not for scripting, if you're against it, it's okay. We're
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going to be talking about that today during today's episode.
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And the title of today's episode is to script or
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not de script? That is the question. So we're going
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to be digging into that. In just a moment, we'll
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be right back and we're back. This is Joe Beck,
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founder of The Sales Activist, and welcome to the Impact
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Sales Podcast. Today we're going to be unpacking all about
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the topic of scripting. You know, descript or not descript?
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That is the question. So one of the things that
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happens with a lot of people as it relates to
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their sales effort, their sales process, their sales interactions. It's
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obviously the topic of scripting. How much should you script
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for your interactions now now more than ever before, in
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the day of AI and AI support and all that
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we do, I thought this was an important topic to
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talk about. Now I'm going to go on the record
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to say that I am hugely in favor of scripting
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all that you do. Now here's what I want to say, though,
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I want to put a little disclaimer behind that. Just
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because I'm in favor of scripting, it does not mean
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that you should sound like it's a script. I believe
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that the power behind scripting really comes from the opportunity
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to develop your skills from that script outward. And here's
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what I mean. If you have a script for something
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that is important to you and your business, whether it's
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scheduling an appointment, whether it's an actual sales interaction, whether
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it's whatever a follow up. If you have a script
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that works for your business or is a part of
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your business, it's important that you use that script as
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a foundational piece to build on your communication with the
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people that you're speaking with. It's not the end all,
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it's not going to do everything for you. In fact,
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the worst thing that you can do is have a
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script and sound like you're scripted. So to avoid that,
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how you get beyond that is to start with the
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base script, but use it as a living, breathing document
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that works through the work that you do. It's a
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starting point, it's a foundational element. It's not where you stop,
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it's really where you begin. And I'm going to tell
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you why that's so important. A couple of things that
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are really critical, especially in today's day and age. Look,
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you know, if you're like me, like most people, when
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it comes to repetitive task things that you know can
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take a little bit of time. Once you started working
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with AI, whether it's chatch Ept or any other of them,
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you start to utilize it as a tool to do
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some of the things that may previously have taken you
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some time. So it's very common to go in there
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and say, write me a script for this, write me
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a script for that, and generate a script and it
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will understand your tonality, it will understand your messaging. Typically
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it'll understand you to a degree. But the challenge with
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that is that now now we're becoming dependent on these things.
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And here's what I'm going to tell you about scripting.
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If you become dependent on those tools which I look at,
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don't get me wrong, The tools are amazing, and I
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think they're critical to your success. But if you become
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dependent on that tool doing that piece of what you do,
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you need to understand that you're only scratching the surface
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with it. You need to go further. And here's what
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I mean. If you are forced to follow a script,
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you need to make sure that you make it your own.
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I talk about this all the time. There's nothing wrong
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with scripting, but you need to make it your own.
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If you use AI to generate, make it your own.
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If you find a script from somebody else that you
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like and you want to modify, make it your own.
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I think scripting is important, but the really important piece
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to this process is not not just the scripting. It's
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learning from it, adding to it, and using it in
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a way that benefits your business. And I want to
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give you a methodology to follow to make that happen
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in a big way for you and your sales efforts.
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So the first thing that I will tell you is
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when it comes to scripting, especially if it's a short script,
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you need to try to add as much personality to
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it as you can. Now I don't mean somebody else's personality,
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and I don't mean the AI's personality, I mean your personality.
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It needs to be your personality. Now, why is that
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important to your success? Well, what happens is when you're
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using something that isn't in alignment with your style, your personality,
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your approach, it will come off in all the wrong
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ways for you. It won't resonate with your audience. You
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will be perceived as either nervous or anxious, or by
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some people, maybe even a little deceptive. Because while the
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script may be sound, if you don't deliver it the
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right way, it's not going to resonate with the audience.
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And I'll give you a comparison. It's like having somebody
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else write a song and that person masters the performance
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of that song, and then they hand the lyrics to
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you and they say, go ahead and sing it. Go
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ahead and sing it now? Can you sing it? Sure?
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You could sing it. Can you go out there and
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mimic what they do? Yeah, you could probably do that.
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But by not making it your own, you're leaving something
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short in the process. Now, if you take that song
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and you make it your own, you change it up
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a little bit, you make it special, you personalize it. Well,
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in that scenario, that's going to be more powerful. And
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here's why, because as human beings, we will naturally and
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more comfortably align ourselves with things that we feel a
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deeper connection to. If we feel connected to it, if
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we make it our own, we will deliver it more effectively.
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We'll deliver it more effectively. Now that's not to say
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that we do a horrible job delivering somebody else's script
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or somebody else's lines or lyrics. Right, of course we
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can deliver it. But when you make it your own,
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it is in complete alignment with you and your personality.
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It has a much higher likelihood for success. And look,
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that's the bottom line, guys. That's why we're here to
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improve your performance, to give you better outcomes, better successes,
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better results. Well, how we go about doing that is
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doing things a better way. So when it comes to
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sales and scripting, you need to figure out how to
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make at your own. Now. I will also go as
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far as to say that the more it is yours,
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the more likely it will succeed. Now, it still has
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to functionally operate as an effective script, right. You can't
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just go off the reservation and start talking about things
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that don't necessarily apply to your prospect. Or client situation,
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it still needs to be relevant. But assuming it's relevant,
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if you're scripting something using your own voice, using your
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own approach, and your own personality, I would take that
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script against anything else that you grab from a third
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party and try to deliver as your own. And the
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reason goes back to pride and confidence. Whether you know
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it or not, if it's something that you're a part of,
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you're going to have a higher degree of pride with it.
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Your confidence will be high. Right, your confidence will be
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higher absolutely, you know if it's you, if it's if
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it's your words, your approach, your personality, your confidence will
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be sky high. Now, how you go about converting that
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script to being your own is really the topic that
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we're talking about today. Look, look, I will tell you
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I don't think there's anybody out there that won't say
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that scripting is important. How you script is what the
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difference is. If you script the right way, if you
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script and personalize things, if you make it about your personality,
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if it's in alignment with you and the way you
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approach things, that is much better than not scripting. Because
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the alternative, and this is this is why I'm in
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such big support of script scripting. The alter alternative is
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not having a plan. Not having a plan. Now, I
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know that there are people out there that will say, well,
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I like to go into every engagement organically. I'm not
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arguing that. I think that's great. I think though, pieces
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of that interaction should be scripted. Now. I don't mean
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scripted to the point that it has to follow that path.
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I just mean that when you get to a certain point,
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you should say certain things, like in your opening, when
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you're following up, when you're working through the sales process
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or the discovery process. I think there are things that
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should be scripted. I think you run the risk of
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getting off track and losing momentum in the sales process
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if you don't script Look, you can easily engage people
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organically and see where things go. But here's what happens.
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It's like a dog seeing a squirrel. You will find
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yourself or sometimes the prospect will take off in another direction.
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And if you don't have the scripting down, if you
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don't know what you should say, if you don't know
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how to bring them back, if you don't know how
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to get back on point, staying on target, you're going
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to struggle with your sales momentum. If you script, if
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you build in a script that you've customized, that you've
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made your own, that doesn't come off as a script,
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but it's known so well by you that you just
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jump right into it, you will always stay on track,
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and when things tend to try to go off track,
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it's easier for you to nudge them back in line. Now,
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I think scripting is an important element to your success.
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But just as important as scripting is, I think it's
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important that you stack up multiple mini scripts in what
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you do. And here's what I want you to do.
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This is a little exercise. I want you to think
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of your sales interactions as this little mini puzzle that
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you need to plug in different pieces a certain way.
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In the middle of those pieces, there might be static
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pieces that are what they are that you don't control,
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and that's your prospects responses. That's your prospects reactions and
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their feedback. Right, those things you don't completely control, that's
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a third party. But the pieces that you can control,
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the elements of the puzzle that you place in there,
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you have complete autonomy and control over them. And if
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you know what scripting piece to use and where to
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place it in the puzzle at the right time, you
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can build a very successful sales puzzle. Now. I know
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it seems counterintuitive to use the word sales and puzzle
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in the same conversation, because it's not a puzzle. It's
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simply a matter of taking things step by step. I
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don't want anybody to hear puzzle and get nervous and anxious, like, oh,
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this one more thing I have to solve for right,
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you were solving it anyway. You were out there trying
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to put the puzzle pieces together all on your own.
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I'm just gonna simplify it for you. So in any
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productive and highly results oriented sales process, you're gonna have
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little mini scripts, little mini puzzles inside the overall puzzle,
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the pieces that make up the final picture. And it's
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your job, your role as a founder, an entrepreneur, or
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a coach, a consultant, somebody who's selling for another company,
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it's your job to be a master puzzle maker to
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build those pieces. The right way. How you go about
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doing it is in the messaging of the script. Now,
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here's why this is so important to you. If you
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choose the right pieces in the right place, things snap
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in place very easily and you maintain and build momentum.
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If you choose the wrong piece, it doesn't fit. And
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this is exactly how I want you to envision scripting.
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If you choose the wrong script, or if you choose
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a script that isn't personalized, if you choose a script
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that isn't in your own voice, in your own tone,
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in your own personality, it's very much like to trying
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to take a puzzle piece and jamming it into a
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spot that just won't hold it. It's not going to
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get you where you want to go. You're not going
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to have the pieces fit nicely. Now, on the opposite
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end of that, if you're able to piece together the
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right script in your own tone, your own style, with
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your own personality, and it could just be a piece
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of that sales interunt, you drop it in that open spot,
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it fits nicely, and the picture, the overarching picture of
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your sale starts to take place. And that's how I
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want you to look at scripting. Don't think that you
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have to script the entire thing step by step, all
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the way through a sales process or all the way
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through a presentation. Yeah, it's great that you know you could,
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but you don't have to do that. But what you
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do need to do is you need to make sure
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that certain elements, certain pieces, certain functional chunks of your
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sales interaction you have down cold, and you have it
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done in a way that your personality shines through that,
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your approach, your style, your personality is all over it.