tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2732399405477979473.post5419461030241006936..comments2023-10-21T04:13:10.162-07:00Comments on Johnsons Blog Alleppey: The greatest salesman ever vs the worstJohnsons Keralahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12719055289153549849noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2732399405477979473.post-74070675498167388392012-04-27T12:19:35.334-07:002012-04-27T12:19:35.334-07:00Hi
Thx for the comments. Just to say I am not an ...Hi<br /><br />Thx for the comments. Just to say I am not an author, writer, or any of those things. Just a regular person pushing his case for World peace. Using one modern day youth icon & putting him up against the greatest advocate for peace of all time was my way of offending people into some kind of reaction. Hopefully a positive one.<br /><br />I will read your work and get back to you. And it's good that you are thinking beyond America. There is a world out here. And we ain't that differrnt from you. Fact is, we aren't different at all.Johnsons Keralahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12719055289153549849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2732399405477979473.post-41972167382073112052012-04-22T09:41:21.075-07:002012-04-22T09:41:21.075-07:00Johnsons, a wonderful post. I would agree adamantl...Johnsons, a wonderful post. I would agree adamantly that Ghandi was one of the greatest men. I visited Mahatma Gandhi's House in Mumbai a few years ago when I was doing some training there for IBM. I wish I had planned on staying an extra day as I would have spent the entire extra day there. I remember reading on the wall, his letter to FDR and Hitler asking them to prevent the coming war.<br /><br />On Obama, I would disagree. Where I disagree is that he is the greatest salesman. I believe this may be in the difference between your and my definition of a salesman. A true salesman, to me, is one that does what is right for the customer at all times, understands that "sales" depends on relationships and uses those relationships to get things done. Unfortunately, in the US right now the relationships between the President and Congress, and even between our representatives themselves is at an all-time low. Ultimately that is a failure of our elected representatives.<br /><br />The only way to be successful as a salesman is to have high moral ethics, place your customer's interests first and when something bad happens (for example, your double booking with a French couple I read about on your blog) doing what it takes to make the situation right. In a true salesman's eyes, a mistake is an opportunity to show what can be done - a true customer can see the effort and knows when a best effort is made.<br /><br />I have written a book about "The World's Greatest Salesman" Tom Watson Sr. who built a form of American Capitalism that has been lost today. I would like to send you three short essays I have published on his philosophy in business and see how it compares with Ghandi's. I would invite you to share your opinion with me and others on Google Play or Amazon - whatever that opinion may be. Or share it on this blog.<br /><br />I would also appreciate your suggestions on books that I can read on Ghandi that you consider "the best." I have studied Watson Sr., Abraham Lincoln and I think it is time to study a non-American leader and get out of my comfort zone.<br /><br />The three essays I have written are short reads of 20 to 30 minutes each and available as PDF/Kindle/EPUB. Just let me know the format that would work best for you. They are:<br /><br />Democracy in Business<br />We Are All Assistants<br />We Forgive Thoughtful Mistakes.<br /><br />You can contact me for the essays through my web site here:<br /><br />http://www.mbiconcepts.com/contact.html<br /><br />I have just started my journey on writing about leaders in our world. I look forward to your feedback. When I did training in Mumbai, New Delhi and Hyderabad I always found the Indian IBMers pleasant, polite, positive and pushy. :) That is the way to get things done and I believe may represent Gandhi's best traits.<br /><br />Cheers<br /><br />Peter E. Greulich<br />Author, Speaker and Publisher<br />Author of The World's Greatest Salesman and Tom Watson Sr. Essays on Leadership.Pete G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04714221252450535658noreply@blogger.com