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A great Italian sculptor was brought by the Bishop of Florence to create a statue.One tonne of marble was brought and put up in the front of the chapel. The sculptor was told: “They have the Sistine Chapel, now I want something special here, in Florence. I want it to be the best ever.” He commissioned him and asked: “How long do you need?” He said: “I need a year.” He said, “Ok, take a year”.

The bishop went on a small tour and when he came back, he walked straight into the chapel to see what had been done…half expecting a half-finished piece of work.

It had been three months…and the stone was completely left untouched. Not a single scratch, not a mark. All the tools were brand new, still lying on the side…nothing had moved, nothing had happened.

So he called one of the lay brothers and said “Where is my statue?”

He was told: “Every single day, the sculptor is here. He comes at the crack of dawn and he sits in front of that statue. Then he repositions himself and then he repositions himself again, as the light changes. And he just sits and stares at the stone:

“Does he take notes, does he draw sketches…what does he do?”

“Nothing. He just stares and stares and stares. And when dusk falls, he leaves.”

“This is going on for three months?

“Yes, it is going on for 3 months.”

“Oh well, he is a great sculptor, maybe he needs time.” So saying, the bishop took off for another tour. He came back 2 months later. He went into the chapel, and again not a single scratch. Again, when we he talked to the lay monks, they told him exactly the same story.

So he called the abbot and said, “You are the abbot of the monastery. Go down to him tomorrow and tap him on the shoulder and ask him what is going on”. So he went, and there he was—the sculptor—staring intently at the white square marble.

He leaned over very gingerly and tapped him on the shoulder. At first, the sculptor didn’t react. So, he tapped him a little bit more…again there was no reaction. So he gave him a light shout and there was a massive eruption.

The sculptor turned around and immediately snapped at the abbot, cursing him vehemently, demanding that he get out of the chapel, and not darken the threshold of the chapel ever again for as along as he was there. If he ever took a breath, made a squeak of a noise again, or interrupted the sculptor, the sculptor would actually complain to the archbishop.

The abbot just slunk away. The archbishop, on hearing this, thought “Let us leave him for a little while and see what happens. I am coming back next month. By then, he should be finished. Again, he went into the chapel…there was nothing waiting for him to see. Seven months of the year had gone by.

The archbishop decided to talk to him the next day. At the crack of dawn, the archbishop sat in front of the marble, waiting. The doors opened. The sculptor strode right in. He did not even see the archbishop.

He went straight up, picked up his tools and started hammering. The archbishop quietly left. Four months later, one month short of the year, La Pietra David was born. It is considered to be the finest sculpture ever done.

Now the question would be: What was he doing for 7 months? The lay monks asked the archbishop this when it was unveiled.

The archbishop replied: “The question is what has happened to my other 200 Davids.”

“What 200 Davids?”

The archbishop said: “Seven months of 30 days, makes is 210 days. Each day, he sat there and as he walked around and he has finished an entire sculpture in his mind, and then chosen to reject it. Can you imagine, I just missed 210 Davids.”

The sculptor had studied the grain of the stone, the colour, the lighting and everything. You cannot remove it after it has been sculpted, and the sculptor learnt from the stone.

If you can learn from stone, then the question even for an agnostic is, why can’t you learn from the person in front of you? Why would you need to assess him?

The question is: How receptive are you? That is studentship.

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“People get caught up in wonderful, eye-catching pitches, but they don’t do enough to close the deal. It’s no good if you don’t make the sale. Even if your foot is in the door or you bring someone into a conference room, you don’t win the deal unless you actually get them to sign on the dotted line.” Donald Trump.

This is Donald Trump’s personal philosophy on the art of selling. People like him have set the standards and you can learn a lot from them.

When you learn more about these proven business rules that help ‘close the deal’, adopt them as your own personal philosophy when you conduct business.

In practice within the world of network marketing, the rules are already formulated and laid out in the company’s marketing plan, but they are practised and taught to you by your ‘Upline’.

If you happen to be a Sponsor or ‘Upline’, then it is your responsibility to share these guidelines with your network.

Selling is a Challenge
To accept a challenge is to make up your mind to achieve your objectives in a positive manner. To complete any job you need to challenge yourself.

By taking a challenge you stretch your abilities to perform better than before.

When you perform better you accept more challenges and this becomes a way of life. When you accept a challenge, you give your best.

You perform better when you break out of your comfort zone.

Sell with Belief and Conviction
Selling is a belief. Like all beliefs you need to exactly know what you are selling and how it would benefit your customer.

You must believe what you sell is beneficial for your customer. Know your product. Know your customer’s needs - visible and subliminal - in advance. Convince yourself first and then go out and convince your customer!

Know Your Strengths
You need to know who you are and what you can do as well as what you cannot do. Selling is a profession which demands these attributes.

Donald Trump made his own rules and still enjoys tremendous success.

Rather than struggling against his weaknesses he put all his efforts in his strengths. No one taught him but he embraced the challenge, left his comfort zone, truly believed in his product and knew his strengths.

You can too.

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