God Is a Salesman: We All Are Sales People by Nature

By Nelson Els

Whether you’re trying to get a paycheck, a date, or a raise, your future revolves around mastering the skill of selling.

Unless a sale is made, nothing in life happens—and whether you think of yourself as one or not—you are a salesperson by nature.

But in business and in life, a top-notch salesperson is hard to find. Salespeople can earn as much if not more than anyone else at most companies, but few people study the craft.

In this guide to becoming a better salesperson, the author—who has sold hundreds of millions in real estate—shares techniques to help you acquire anything you want in your business and personal life. Learn how to:

Find a mentor to help you on your salesperson journey.

Surround yourself with the right people to achieve success.

Use selling skills to create massive financial wealth.

The spirit of salesmanship is already in you, but to unlock its power, you must develop that spirit. Get the tools you need to tap into your limitless potential so you can live the life of your dreams with the lessons in God Is a Salesman.

• Language: English
• Publisher: WestBow Press
• Release date: Nov 19, 2018
• ISBN: 9781973644422

Nelson Els

Nelson Els has acquired the skill of selling almost everything under the sun over the past fifty years. He has sold more than $300 million in real estate and won several international sales awards. He has taught hundreds how to master the art of selling. Els currently lives in Hollywood, Florida.

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Introduction

There are no secrets to success. People know all the methods, techniques, laws, values, and principles they must live by to succeed. I believe it’s just that people don’t know themselves, lack self-discipline, or don’t understand the universal laws. Most people don’t even believe in themselves or in the laws of life.

Then there are those who do believe, but fear is holding them back. The thing is, none of the so-called secrets to success will work unless you do. I put forth the idea that whatever you set your mind on, if you believe it, you can achieve it. The law of the mind is to believe. We all tend to get in life what we believe we are worth. But what I discovered is that there is no limit to what you can achieve. Once you think of something, it becomes possible for you to achieve it—if you believe it. It’s a simple formula: think, believe, act.

What Is Your Assignment?

You may not be a perfect human, but you are a perfect spiritual being, perfect for your assignment. You are God’s seed become the child of God himself. You are qualified mentally, physically, philosophically, and spiritually. But your assignment will require seasons of preparation. And you will only succeed when your assignment becomes an obsession.

Your assignment is to bring the kingdom of God here to earth so that his will, will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Your mandate is to enlarge his territory here on Earth. That is why humankind was created, to manage, to govern, to rule, to lead, to create, to multiply. You have dominion over the earth.

You’ve been gifted with an intellect and many talents; therefore, you can choose from many different platforms to serve humanity in order to fulfill your assignment. You are a spiritual seed, and your purpose is to be fruitful, to sell (express), and to expand. Your life is not about you. Your life is about something bigger than you. You have been called to serve.

Albert Einstein said, Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile living. How can you serve others? How can you be of value to others? Service is everything! As Mother Teresa said, Service is the fruit of love.

We are love, created in the image of love, wired to love.

There are only two ways to earn money, as follows:

1. Have money working for money.

2. Have people working for money.

Most people sell their time for money, and some sell a product or a service for money. Trading your time for money is the worst method to earn money, yet the majority earn their money this way.

The only way to earn lots of money is by selling people services or products that are needed and useful. Success will always be measured by the quality and quantity of the service you rendered. Earl Nightingale said, Money is a yardstick for measuring your service.

Nightingale suggests that if you live this new way, the floodgates of prosperity and abundance will open and poor over you more riches that you ever have dreamed of. Money? Yes. Lots of it!

But what’s even more important is that you’ll have peace, joy, happiness, and wealth. You’ll be one among that wonderful minority who serve God and not money. God is your source, and money is a resource. Start today. Give it a try. It’s a wonderful way to live. Share it with others. You have nothing to lose but a whole life to gain. Selling is the most basic, most fundamental skill required to be successful in life. Too many people are scared to death of selling. What they don’t realize is that they’ve been selling all their lives.

All of us have been selling all this time in some form or fashion, be it selling an idea, a belief, a product, or a service. Here is the truth: selling is a skill that anyone can master, including you. Are you ready?

Contents

Chapter 1  Everything Rises and Falls on Sales

Chapter 2  Why We Sell

Chapter 3  Money Always Come to Those Who Love to Sell

Chapter 4  We All Were Born to Sell

Chapter 5  The Seven Steps to Sell Anything to Anybody

Chapter 6  You Are Now a Master

Chapter 1

Everything Rises and Falls on Sales

Life is a sell! Every thought is a sale, and until a sale is made, nothing happens. I love selling. There is nothing I would rather do. I pity those who do anything else to earn a living.

I am the best salesman in the world. I have been selling to earn money since I was seven years old. Money always comes to those who love to sell. My very first sale, I sold my soccer ball for $5 so I could buy a new pair of shoes.

When I was growing up in the ghetto on Curacao, my grandmother couldn’t gave me much, and the $10 she’d given me wasn’t enough to buy the shoes I wanted. That was the beginning of the renaissance.

I believe everyone is a