Category Archives: Sales Mindset

Hi, it’s Ben Lai from Sales Ethos, today’s topic is “Clients Come First.” There is another similar saying, the client is always right. Not sure I entirely agree with that one but this particular philosophy, clients come first, is very important for our mindset when we are in sales. You see when we are putting […]

Hi, it’s Ben Lai from Sales Ethos. Today I’m going to revisit one of my previous topics, which is the concept “always maintain initiative.” If anything, this is going to reinforce this concept in your own mind. You’ll never know, sometimes I might spin things a little bit differently than I explained last time. Always […]

Hi, it’s Ben Lai from Sales Ethos. Today’s topic is “Be Valuable.” Value is the number one thing that we should be constantly thinking about in the profession of sales. There are many instances where we can constantly add value. I’m going to talk about three particular instances that may surprise you where we can […]

Hi, it’s Ben Lai from Sales Ethos. Today’s topic is sell with purpose. Purpose drives everything that we do. In order for us to tap into our purpose, I want to ask you three questions today that will help you to really get attached to why you are doing what you do. Sell With Purpose […]

Hi, it’s Ben Lai from Sales Ethos. Today I’m continuing on the series on The Many Hats that Sales Professionals Wear. Today’s hat is the project manager. Now as much as sales people hate this, we are actually responsible for making things happen once we actually close the sale. You can’t just handball it to […]

Hi, it’s Ben Lai from Sales Ethos. Today I’m continuing on the series of The Many Hats that Sales Professionals Wear, and today’s hat is the leadership hat. Sales professionals are leaders. Leadership and persuasion influence and sales are all synonyms of each other. To be effective at sales, we need to put on a […]

Hi, it’s Ben Lai from Sales Ethos. Today I’m going to continue with part three of the series The Many Hats that Sales Professionals Wear. Today’s hat is that sales professionals are personal development experts. I mentioned previously that sales professionals need to be researchers. And as a part of that we need to research […]

Hi, it’s Ben Lai from Sales Ethos. Today I’m continuing the series on The Many Hats that Sales Professionals Wear. In this lesson we’re going to talk about how sales professionals are researchers. Why sales professionals are researchers: Product & industry expertise We all know that when we’re in sales, we need to be product […]

Hi, it’s Ben Lai from Sales Ethos. Today I’m kicking off a series on “The Many Hats that Salespeople Wear.” Essentially the premise of this series is to uncover all of the different skillsets that are required of salespeople in order to do what they do. And you’d be surprised by how many subsets and […]

Transcript: Hi, this is Ben Lai from Sales Ethos. Today’s topic is how to become passionate about sales. This is a strange sort of topic because in today’s day and age, most people giving advice about career will say, “Pursue your passion. Do whatever it is that you love doing and then you’ll never work […]