5 Tricks to Boost Your Sales Energy

Why is energy so critical for success? Great football coach and motivator Vince Lombardi once said, "Fatigue makes cowards of us all."  We need a reservoir of energy to keep us at our best all the time. When we get burnt out and physically exhausted, our confidence begins to weaken--and that is the beginning of the end for real sales success.

If there's one thing that's been abundantly clear over the years, it's this: Confidence is crucial for sales success. And remember, you're the leader and confidence is contagious.

7 Most Powerful Sales Tools

The world is inundated with sales tools: worksheets, playbooks, sales scripts, software, brochures, and so forth. But all of those sales tools put together are insignificant if you don't have the intellectual and emotional tools that truly create success.

Here are seven sales "tools" you need to develop: