Quick Guide III: How to Bridge the Pillars of Successful Business Relationships
By Paul C Burr
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How is it that the subtle things in life are often so simple that people don’t discuss them and so they don’t really 'get it'? Instead, they ‘gloss over’ simple subtleties that, unknown to them, determine their doing or undoing.
When I hearken back to my days selling for IBM, I felt ‘being truthful’ in my dealings with customers was paramount. I still do. And yet when I speak of ‘truth’, I sometimes get a glib answer like, “Yeh, by all means be truthful but sometimes you gotta be economic with it!”
Therein lies the rub. ‘Truth’ is or isn’t. In the above example ‘be economic with’ means ‘omit a part of’. Yet, there’s no such thing as a half-truth. The remaining half (in the context given, that which is unsaid) is open to illusion or based in deceit; the two halves combine to make an ‘untruth’.
My challenge in this booklet is to convey the subtleties of truth, trust and other human inner qualities. It is somewhat metaphorical. The reason being, I want to get across the emotional subtleties that the 'facts + logic only' business books don't go near.
People don’t buy into something solely because its business case is watertight. They buy into it because they can see it working in their mind; it ‘rings true’ in their ears; their gut has a good feeling about it - and the people they buy it from.
People buy from people and the universal currency they use comprises primarily of truth, trust and passion, amongst certain other human faculties, for their relationships to survive and thrive.
Paul C Burr
I’m in the business of equipping people to improve their effectiveness by 30%+ in a matter of weeks, sometimes days.Business Client: “I have worked with Paul periodically over the past 8 years to gain solutions to a number of people issues / opportunities. If you are looking for a Personal Coach to make a High Performer / High performing Team even better (particularly a senior player) – I would not hesitate to recommend him”.Sandra Ventre, Management Development Director, Reckitt Benckiser (now with Qantas)Private Client: “You have been so instrumental in the positive changes in my life, I set quite a few goals, and one by one my goals are being achieved, thanks to you, showing me how”.Debbie (via Skype) Cape Town, South Africa.The Skills and Passions in MeLife doesn’t get better by chance; it gets better by change. And change is a journey that’s two parts, emotional, to one part, intellectual.Most of us don’t achieve what we set out to achieve at the first attempt. If the outcomes you sought were down to a purely intellectual exercise then you would have achieved them already - would you not? Whether you’re a top or moderate performer (or underperforming right now) - every change you make in life is a journey, two parts emotional to one part intellectual. We are twice as likely to hold ourselves back because of self-imposed emotional blocks as opposed to intellectual problems. Put simply, I equip people to tackle challenging emotional journeys.Corporate clients use me as a ‘business coach’, personal clients probably see me as more of an ‘energy healer’. In both cases I help clients to release the emotional blocks so that they cultivate and apply their innate willpower, imagination, courage and creativity to achieve the business and personal outcomes they seek.I’ve over thirty five years of ‘b2b’ corporate sales and management experience, fifteen years of which overlap with my business and personal coaching work. I’ve a PhD in Statistics and a First Class Honours Degree in Mathematics. I’m qualified as a Master Practitioner in: NLP, this/past life regression and hypnotherapy.I write books, blogs and have just started a series of business articles based upon my own original research, experience and observations in corporate and SME business.I study and practice ancient wisdom, astrology, casting runes, dowsing, the I Ching and the Tarot.I love listening to music – rock, jazz, country... you name it. I sing a bit too.I’m a passionate football fan of Newcastle United Football Club, in “Geordieland”, in The North-East of England.
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Quick Guide III - Paul C Burr
Quick Guide III: How to Bridge the Pillars of Successful Business Relationships
For CEOs, salespeople and everyone in between
Number 3 in a series of articles by
Paul C Burr PhD
http://paulcburr.com/
Smashwords Edition
Copyright 2013 Paul C Burr
Contents
Preface • Summary • Logic, Premium and Legacy • Thrive, Survive or Crumble • Appendix 1: The Forming-Storming-Norming-Performing Model of Group Development by Bruce Tuckman • Appendix 2: About me, Paul C Burr
Acknowledgements
Romilla Ready, Lead Author, Neuro-linguistic Programming for Dummies®
Steven Howard, Digital Marketing Strategist, Website SEO Writer, Marketing Consultant at Howard Marketing Services, Greater Los Angeles
Kristen Johnson, Learning and Development Professional
Preface
How is it that the subtle things in life are often so simple that people don’t discuss them and so they don’t really 'get it'? Instead, they ‘gloss over’ simple subtleties that, unknown to them, determine their doing or undoing.
When I hearken back to my days selling for IBM, I felt ‘being truthful’ in my dealings with customers was paramount. I still do. And yet when I speak of ‘truth’, I sometimes get a glib answer like, Yeh, by all means be truthful but sometimes you gotta be economic with it!
Therein lies the rub. ‘Truth’ is or isn’t. In the above example ‘be economic with’ means ‘omit a part of’. Yet, there’s no such thing as a half-truth. The remaining half (in the context given, that which is unsaid) is open to illusion or based in deceit; the two halves combine to make an ‘untruth’.
My challenge in this booklet is to convey the subtleties of truth, trust and other human inner qualities. It is somewhat metaphorical. The reason being, I want to get across the emotional subtleties that the 'facts + logic only' business books don't go near.
People don’t buy into something solely because its business case is watertight. They buy into it because they can see it working in their mind; it ‘rings true’ in their ears; their gut has a good feeling about it - and the people they buy it from.
People buy from people and the universal currency they use comprises primarily of truth, trust and passion, amongst