Dia yang diambil dari tulang rusuk. Jika Tuhan mempersatukan dua orang yang berlawanan sifatnya, maka itu akan menjadi saling melengkapi.
Dialah penolongmu yang sepadan, bukan lawan yang sepadan. Ketika pertandingan dimulai, dia tidak berhadapan denganmu untuk melawanmu, tetapi dia akan berada bersamamu untuk berjaga-jaga di belakang saat engkau berada di depan, atau segera mengembalikan bola ketika bola itu terlewat olehmu, dialah yang akan menutupi kekuranganmu.
Dia ada untuk melengkapi yang tak ada dalam laki-laki: perasaan, emosi, kelemahlembutan, keluwesan, keindahan, kecantikan, rahim untuk melahirkan, mengurusi hal-hal yang kadang dianggap sepele.. hingga ketika kau tidak mengerti hal-hal itu, dialah yang akan menyelesaikan bagiannya... sehingga tanpa kau sadari ketika menjalankan sisa hidupmu... kau menjadi lebih kuat karena kehadirannya di sisimu.
Jika ada makhluk yang sangat bertolak belakang, kontras dengan lelaki, itulah perempuan. Jika ada makhluk yang sanggup menaklukkan hati hanya dengan sebuah senyuman, itulah perempuan.
Ia tidak butuh argumentasi hebat dari seorang laki-laki... tetapi ia butuh jaminan rasa aman darinya karena ia ada untuk dilindungi.. .. tidak hanya secara fisik tetapi juga emosi. Ia tidak tertarik kepada fakta-fakta yang akurat, bahasa yang teliti dan logis yang bisa disampaikan secara detail dari seorang laki-laki, tetapi yang ia butuhkan adalah perhatiannya. .. kata-kata yang lembut... ungkapan-ungkapan sayang yang sepele... namun baginya sangat berarti... membuatnya aman di dekatmu....
Batu yang keras dapat terkikis habis oleh air yang luwes, sifat laki-laki yang keras ternetralisir oleh kelembutan perempuan. Rumput yang lembut tidak mudah tumbang oleh badai dibandingkan dengan pohon yang besar dan rindang... seperti juga di dalam kelembutannya di situlah terletak kekuatan dan ketahanan yang membuatnya bisa bertahan dalam situasi apapun.
Ia lembut bukan untuk diinjak, rumput yang lembut akan dinaungi oleh pohon yang kokoh dan rindang. Jika lelaki berpikir tentang perasaan perempuan, itu sepersekian dari hidupnya.... tetapi jika perempuan berpikir tentang perasaan lelaki, itu akan menyita seluruh hidupnya...
Karena perempuan diciptakan dari tulang rusuk laki- laki, karena perempuan adalah bagian dari laki-laki... apa yang menjadi bagian dari hidupnya, akan menjadi bagian dari hidupmu. Keluarganya akan menjadi keluarga barumu, keluargamu pun akan menjadi keluarganya juga. Sekalipun ia jauh dari keluarganya, namun ikatan emosi kepada keluarganya tetap ada karena ia lahir dan dibesarkan di sana .... karena mereka, ia menjadi seperti sekarang ini. Perasaannya terhadap keluarganya, akan menjadi bagian dari perasaanmu juga... karena kau dan dia adalah satu.... dia adalah dirimu yang tak ada sebelumnya.
Ketika pertandingan dimulai, pastikan dia ada di bagian lapangan yang sama denganmu.
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Thursday, June 18, 2009
7 Steps of How to Become an Olympic Sales Champion (From About.com)
What are the seven steps to becoming an Olympic Sales Champion? Is there even such a thing as a Sales Olympian? Why not? Everyday we are all out on the sales playing field; challenging and disciplining ourselves by molding our minds and our talents to learning and using our best sales techniques and abilities. Why not push a little further and become the best of the best -- even a Sales Champion -- at what we do? It is possible and what is it that must be done to become an Olympic Athlete in Sales? Start with these to ready yourself to go for the gold.
Assess your Sales Skills - In order to be an Olympic Sales Athlete, start out by taking an inventory of what your current sales skills are. Compare your abilities to the list of basic sales skills1 that every sales person should have or learn to acquire. This will help you to choose the best training program and also the best type of industry for you to exercise your sales skills for.
Before you go any further, take a moment to evaluate your habits at work and at play. Do you make it a habit to go the extra mile for your customers or for your boss -- or do you wait to be asked before you make a move to help out? Do you run, jump and hide when a customer comes in the door because it is too close to your lunch hour or time to go home? If these are some of your work habits then make the decision now to make a change; to have a mindset of a winner. If you cannot, then you may not be ready to be an Olympic Sales Champion.
Choose an Industry that Fits You - After taking an assessment of your skills, do a little bit of research to determine what type of sales person2 you are and in what industry you might be best suited for to begin to hone your athletic sales ability. Would you be best selling financial services, advertising, medical equipment, accounting services, automobiles or related services, sports and entertainment sales, and so many others? The list is endless. For every business out there, there is a need for someone -- an Olympic Sales Champion -- to sell that business's products and services. It could be you. Decide on one that you think is best for you and then get ready and in position to go for the interview!
Find a Sales Position - Now that you've decided which industry you want to sell for, suit up with your best appearance3 including a fresh polish on your shoes and get ready to interview4; go online, read the newspapers, attend networking conferences, or job fairs to seek out and apply for a sales position within the industry of your choice. Prepare yourself for the interview by studying the things that employers look for when hiring sales people5.
Know Your Competition - After settling into your new sales position, do some investigation to find out who your competitors are. Do some workout presentations to see how your company fairs to their competition and always be well versed in your company's history6. Research, study and be prepared to address each question that your prospects may have as it relates to your competitors. Boning up your sales skills to meet your competition head on will make you a stronger Sales Champion and make you better positioned to take the gold at anytime and at anyplace...over and over again.
Get a Coach - Find someone within your organization that is a sales success or who is an expert sales trainer7 to coach you on perfecting your sales skills. Read the many books, audio, video and training courses that are out there on building your sales skills expertise8. Each skill is an art unto itself, such as knowing how to ask the right questions, how to listen and how to make a great presentation and many others. A good coach will never lead you astray. They will guide you along and encourage as well as help you to strive to be your best. You are almost ready!
Practice Your Skills - All good sales trainer will tell you that practice, practice, practice is the number one way to become the true expert at what you do. No competitor, even a competing sales person within your organization, can be a match to someone who has studied and practiced to the point of rote, their skills of asking the right questions, making their presentation, and listening. Be ready9 and teachable10 at all times, even when you think you've achieved the most you can possibly achieve, because there is always room for improvement. You have put into place all the right abilities to be an Olympian in Sales; now you need to show up on the playing field everyday and polish these skills, at work and at play. You will succeed and attain that top position as a Sales Champion when you focus on disciplining yourself to be the best that you can be.
Stay in the Competition and Go for the Gold - If you have reached this step, keep going by always staying in the race -- the sales race that is. Being a great Olympic Athlete in Sales is a never ending opportunity to win the gold. With each prospect you meet, with every presentation you make, you are out there using your sales skills, but with confidence. Because of all of your practicing and training you have gained that expertise to be the best Sales Champion there is. Never stop. Soon you will proudly display your many awards and inspire others to follow in your Olympian foot steps. Bravo! Bravo!
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©2009 About.com, Inc., a part of The New York Times Company. All rights reserved.
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Assess your Sales Skills - In order to be an Olympic Sales Athlete, start out by taking an inventory of what your current sales skills are. Compare your abilities to the list of basic sales skills1 that every sales person should have or learn to acquire. This will help you to choose the best training program and also the best type of industry for you to exercise your sales skills for.
Before you go any further, take a moment to evaluate your habits at work and at play. Do you make it a habit to go the extra mile for your customers or for your boss -- or do you wait to be asked before you make a move to help out? Do you run, jump and hide when a customer comes in the door because it is too close to your lunch hour or time to go home? If these are some of your work habits then make the decision now to make a change; to have a mindset of a winner. If you cannot, then you may not be ready to be an Olympic Sales Champion.
Choose an Industry that Fits You - After taking an assessment of your skills, do a little bit of research to determine what type of sales person2 you are and in what industry you might be best suited for to begin to hone your athletic sales ability. Would you be best selling financial services, advertising, medical equipment, accounting services, automobiles or related services, sports and entertainment sales, and so many others? The list is endless. For every business out there, there is a need for someone -- an Olympic Sales Champion -- to sell that business's products and services. It could be you. Decide on one that you think is best for you and then get ready and in position to go for the interview!
Find a Sales Position - Now that you've decided which industry you want to sell for, suit up with your best appearance3 including a fresh polish on your shoes and get ready to interview4; go online, read the newspapers, attend networking conferences, or job fairs to seek out and apply for a sales position within the industry of your choice. Prepare yourself for the interview by studying the things that employers look for when hiring sales people5.
Know Your Competition - After settling into your new sales position, do some investigation to find out who your competitors are. Do some workout presentations to see how your company fairs to their competition and always be well versed in your company's history6. Research, study and be prepared to address each question that your prospects may have as it relates to your competitors. Boning up your sales skills to meet your competition head on will make you a stronger Sales Champion and make you better positioned to take the gold at anytime and at anyplace...over and over again.
Get a Coach - Find someone within your organization that is a sales success or who is an expert sales trainer7 to coach you on perfecting your sales skills. Read the many books, audio, video and training courses that are out there on building your sales skills expertise8. Each skill is an art unto itself, such as knowing how to ask the right questions, how to listen and how to make a great presentation and many others. A good coach will never lead you astray. They will guide you along and encourage as well as help you to strive to be your best. You are almost ready!
Practice Your Skills - All good sales trainer will tell you that practice, practice, practice is the number one way to become the true expert at what you do. No competitor, even a competing sales person within your organization, can be a match to someone who has studied and practiced to the point of rote, their skills of asking the right questions, making their presentation, and listening. Be ready9 and teachable10 at all times, even when you think you've achieved the most you can possibly achieve, because there is always room for improvement. You have put into place all the right abilities to be an Olympian in Sales; now you need to show up on the playing field everyday and polish these skills, at work and at play. You will succeed and attain that top position as a Sales Champion when you focus on disciplining yourself to be the best that you can be.
Stay in the Competition and Go for the Gold - If you have reached this step, keep going by always staying in the race -- the sales race that is. Being a great Olympic Athlete in Sales is a never ending opportunity to win the gold. With each prospect you meet, with every presentation you make, you are out there using your sales skills, but with confidence. Because of all of your practicing and training you have gained that expertise to be the best Sales Champion there is. Never stop. Soon you will proudly display your many awards and inspire others to follow in your Olympian foot steps. Bravo! Bravo!
This About.com page has been optimized for print. To view this page in its original form, please visit: http://sales.about.com/od/salesbasics/a/salesathlete.htm
©2009 About.com, Inc., a part of The New York Times Company. All rights reserved.
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Sales interview Questions
Interviewing your next superstar?
Looking for your next sales position?
Here's a list of 31 interview questions in no particular order...
If you're interviewing candidates, use what you like... improve what you don't...
If you're in the hunt for a new sales position, use them as a prep tool and work your way through. When you
come out the other side, you'll be completely tuned and ready for action... dig in...
The questions...
1. Tell me about your last three days at work-- beginning to end.
2. How many first appointments do you have each week?
3. What do you like and dislike about the sales process and why?
4. What do you like and dislike about the products or services you're selling now and why?
5. What attracts you to the industry?
6. What are your long term professional goals?
7. What do you do personally for your professional development?
8. What are your favorite selling books?
9. What type of sales cycle is most rewarding to you? A long cycle for a big ticket item or a series of
smaller, more frequent sales.
10. As a sales professional, what do you see as your primary and secondary roles within a company?
11. In your current position, how much time would you say you spend directly with prospects and
customers throughout the sales day and what specifically do you do with them?
12. Describe a situation with a client or prospect where you made a mistake. How did you handle the error?
13. Describe a couple of instances, big or small, where you took a different tack in achieving an objective than was the company standard?
14. Describe a time where a creative approach to meeting an objective didn't work and what you did next?
15. What do you think are the most important skills in succeeding in sales?
16. What are your top three open-ended questions for initial sales calls?
17. In your current sales environment, describe the process you go through to qualify your prospects?
18. What is the largest group you've presented to (externally/ internally)?
19. How do you organize a presentation?
20. What do you like and dislike about presentations and why?
21. What do you see as the key issues in negotiating?
22. What do you see as the key skills in closing?
23. How would your present prospects and customers describe you as their sales representative?
24. Describe a time your company did not deliver on its product or service and how you responded?
25. Describe one or two of the most difficult challenges and/ or rejections you've faced in the past and how you responded?
26. How many rejections do you take in a typical week?
27. How do you move forward from a string of rejections?
28. What would you say your one or two biggest failures or mistakes were? What did you learn from them?
29. What are some of the challenges you see that are facing this industry?
30. How would those with whom you work now, across all areas of the company, describe you and the work you do?
31. Describe a time you led a group of people, the primary challenges you faced and how you handled them?
© 1998 – 2009 Give More Media
Looking for your next sales position?
Here's a list of 31 interview questions in no particular order...
If you're interviewing candidates, use what you like... improve what you don't...
If you're in the hunt for a new sales position, use them as a prep tool and work your way through. When you
come out the other side, you'll be completely tuned and ready for action... dig in...
The questions...
1. Tell me about your last three days at work-- beginning to end.
2. How many first appointments do you have each week?
3. What do you like and dislike about the sales process and why?
4. What do you like and dislike about the products or services you're selling now and why?
5. What attracts you to the
6. What are your long term professional goals?
7. What do you do personally for your professional development?
8. What are your favorite selling books?
9. What type of sales cycle is most rewarding to you? A long cycle for a big ticket item or a series of
smaller, more frequent sales.
10. As a sales professional, what do you see as your primary and secondary roles within a company?
11. In your current position, how much time would you say you spend directly with prospects and
customers throughout the sales day and what specifically do you do with them?
12. Describe a situation with a client or prospect where you made a mistake. How did you handle the error?
13. Describe a couple of instances, big or small, where you took a different tack in achieving an objective than was the company standard?
14. Describe a time where a creative approach to meeting an objective didn't work and what you did next?
15. What do you think are the most important skills in succeeding in sales?
16. What are your top three open-ended questions for initial sales calls?
17. In your current sales environment, describe the process you go through to qualify your prospects?
18. What is the largest group you've presented to (externally/ internally)?
19. How do you organize a presentation?
20. What do you like and dislike about presentations and why?
21. What do you see as the key issues in negotiating?
22. What do you see as the key skills in closing?
23. How would your present prospects and customers describe you as their sales representative?
24. Describe a time your company did not deliver on its product or service and how you responded?
25. Describe one or two of the most difficult challenges and/ or rejections you've faced in the past and how you responded?
26. How many rejections do you take in a typical week?
27. How do you move forward from a string of rejections?
28. What would you say your one or two biggest failures or mistakes were? What did you learn from them?
29. What are some of the challenges you see that are facing this industry?
30. How would those with whom you work now, across all areas of the company, describe you and the work you do?
31. Describe a time you led a group of people, the primary challenges you faced and how you handled them?
© 1998 – 2009 Give More Media
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Seseorang dibawa ke dalam persekutuan penuh dengan Gereja Katolik melalui penerimaan tiga sakramen inisiasi kristiani: Baptis, Krisma, dan Ekarisi. Akan tetapi, proses bagaimana seseorang menjadi Katolik berbeda proses satu dari yang lain.
Umumnya, orang disebut Katolik setelah dibaptis, diteguhkan keanggotaannya melalui Krisma dan Ekaristi. Namun, bagaimana dengan orang yang sudah dibaptis secara sah di luar Gereja Katolik? Baptisan yang dianggap sah dalam konteks Indonesia, adalah baptisan di dalam salah satu denominasi kristen yang diakui oleh PGI (Persatuan Gereja-Gereja Indonesia). Atau kalau lebih konkret, baptisan yang menggunakan rumusan: "Aku membaptis engkau dalam nama Bapa, dan Putera, dan Roh Kudus" sambil menuangkan air (air putih: air ledeng, air mineral, air suling) di atas dahi yang bersangkutan. Mereka yang sudah dibaptis secara sah, walaupun di luar Gereja Katolik, tidak perlu dibaptis ulang lagi dalam Gereja Katolik. Cukuplah bila ia membuat pengakuan iman Katolik dan diterima secara formal dalam Gereja. Biasanya dalam perayaan Ekaristi hari Minggu atau hari Raya saat banyak umat yang hadir sebagai saksi. Setelah diterima resmi dalam Gereja, biasanya orang tersebut langsung diizinkan menyambut Komuni.
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Menjadi Katolik harusnya menjadi pengalaman yang mendalam dan penuh sukacita. Beberapa orang menerima rahmat ini sudah sejak bayi, dan seiring waktu mereka semakin mengenal rahmat luar biasa yang telah dianugerahkan kepada mereka. Yang lain lagi menjadi Katolik ketika mereka ketika anak-anak atau saat dewasa.
Seseorang dibawa ke dalam persekutuan penuh dengan Gereja Katolik melalui penerimaan tiga sakramen inisiasi kristiani: Baptis, Krisma, dan Ekarisi. Akan tetapi, proses bagaimana seseorang menjadi Katolik berbeda proses satu dari yang lain.
Umumnya, orang disebut Katolik setelah dibaptis, diteguhkan keanggotaannya melalui Krisma dan Ekaristi. Namun, bagaimana dengan orang yang sudah dibaptis secara sah di luar Gereja Katolik? Baptisan yang dianggap sah dalam konteks Indonesia, adalah baptisan di dalam salah satu denominasi kristen yang diakui oleh PGI (Persatuan Gereja-Gereja Indonesia). Atau kalau lebih konkret, baptisan yang menggunakan rumusan: "Aku membaptis engkau dalam nama Bapa, dan Putera, dan Roh Kudus" sambil menuangkan air (air putih: air ledeng, air mineral, air suling) di atas dahi yang bersangkutan. Mereka yang sudah dibaptis secara sah, walaupun di luar Gereja Katolik, tidak perlu dibaptis ulang lagi dalam Gereja Katolik. Cukuplah bila ia membuat pengakuan iman Katolik dan diterima secara formal dalam Gereja. Biasanya dalam perayaan Ekaristi hari Minggu atau hari Raya saat banyak umat yang hadir sebagai saksi. Setelah diterima resmi dalam Gereja, biasanya orang tersebut langsung diizinkan menyambut Komuni.
Untuk orang dewasa dan anak-anak yang telah memasuki usia sadar-budi (tujuh tahun), syarat masuk ke dalam Gereja Katolik diatur dalam Ritus Inisiasi untuk Dewasa.
Baik mereka yang sudah dibaptis dalam Gereja lain ataupun calon baptisan baru perlu dipersiapkan secara khusus. Masa persiapan ini disebut masa katekumenat. Lamanya diatur oleh keuskupan masing-masing sebagai Gereja Lokal.
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