All Selling Aside with Alex Mandossian | "Seeding Through Storytelling is the 'New' Selling!"

The Eightfold Path

11.11.2019 - By Alex MandossianPlay

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Do you know the story of the Buddha? He grew up in a family marked by wealth. He was a prince among men and knew no hardship. One day he left the palace to walk among the people in the village and he saw all the stages of life. He later met an ascetic who, though he had no true worldly possessions, had the greatest sense of contentment radiating off of him. Buddha began to wonder and ruminate on what it is that allows humans to feel true happiness. Obviously, true happiness was not gained by wealth alone. The ascetic was happy and content and had nothing to call his own. Buddha then developed the eightfold path as a way to navigate the journey to enlightenment.  The eightfold path is all about having the “right” tools at the “right” time. Learn how the eightfold path can help you better develop your sales conversations each and every day through these three key insights. Learn:  What the elements of the eightfold path are by definition. Why the eightfold path is important to ethical influence. How to undertake the eightfold path in sales conversations. This episode is not meant to be a study in religion, but instead a correlation between ethical influence and selling with integrity. Buddhism and the teachings of Buddha have lasted more than 2,500 years and is currently practiced by over 600million people. It is a system of belief with teachings that apply heavily to seeding through storytelling. Listen in to learn how you can apply these ancient teachings to your everyday sales dialogue. In This Episode:  [03:59] - Learn the three key insights you’ll learn in this episode. [05:31] - Alex shares the story of Buddha. [06:57] - What is an ascetic?  [08:47] - Alex reveals the eightfold path and why it is important. [09:38] - Create a buying environment and you will become a great salesperson. [12:11] - How Buddhism and sales communication intersect. [12:45] - Learn the eight elements of the eightfold path and how they apply to sales. Right understanding Right thought Right speech Right action Right livelihood Right effort Right mindfulness Right concentration [20:05] - Alex shares the stories of Cicero and Demosthenes, great orators in history. [21:12] - Why is the eightfold path important to ethical influence?  [21:59] - What does “right” mean?  [24:29] - How do Albert Einstein, Buddhism, and ethical influence all tie together?  [26:54] - Learn how you can take the eightfold path in a sales conversation. [28:30] - The Alexism is, “The three responsibilities of every salesperson are: 1) Define reality, 2) Protect confidence, and 3) Communicate with compassion.” [29:58] - Hear the quick recap for the three key insights of this episode:  What the elements of the eightfold path are by definition. Why the eightfold path is important to ethical influence. How to undertake the eightfold path in sales conversations. [31:23] - If you’ve already given Alex a review, write down your biggest takeaway from this episode on an index card. If you haven’t, though, please use that Aha! moment as your review for the show at this link! [33:20] - In honor of this episode, Alex gives listeners a final gift. You can get a completely free copy of his book Alexisms by going to this link! You will also get free access to his $497 VBT e-Course!   Links and Resources:  Alex Mandossian Alex Mandossian Fan on Facebook Alex’s Friday Live events MarketingOnline.com Marketing Online 4-Part Video Training Series Alex Mandossian on YouTube Alexisms by Alex Mandossian All Selling Aside on iTunes Alex Mandossian’s free live Friday show Jim Collins Keith Cunningham

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