they even made a t-shirt of it!
Originally a theatre play, Glengarry Glenross was turned into a movie in the early 80’s and boy were the salespeople of the world happy it was. Not only that, but we were even happier that they added a scene into the films screenplay that didnt originally appear in the stage version.
I’m talking, of course, about the foul-mouthed, now infamous fantastic ‘motivation’ scene starring a then very young Alec Baldwin (before he became ‘VP of TV Programming and Micro-wave Oven Sales’ in the hit TV show 30 Rock!).
As he starts his speech a struggling old-school salesman, Jack Lemmon, walks to the coffee machine to pour himself a quick ‘pick-me-upper’. Lemmon is in full-flow when the motivator screams at the top of his lungs “Put that coffee down…”. With shock and disgust on his face he looks up, only to hear the now immortal follow-up line “Coffee’s for Closer only…”.
Correct. Coffee is for Closers, sure. But, a lot more comes from ‘closing’ too.
Confidence, unrivaled competition in the office, or out on the street. A chance to shape and build our lifestyles into something bigger and better perhaps.
At Live2Sell we cultivate this philosophy. Why? Because its Live2Sell, not Live2Sleep..!!! And not resting on our laurels, we recently launched two new websites to promote our two top performing services, namely:
The response has been amazing. So, the next time you think of grabbing that hot cup of Coffee, think. Ask yourself do I really deserve this – have I earned this? Have I closed enough this week… this month… or even this year…
Keep closing, people!
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