WIN Without Competing! Newsletter
Inaugural Issue
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Dear Reader,
Thank you for subscribing to the WIN Without Competing! (WIN!) Newsletter, titled after my business-career book, which will be published in September. Many people have asked what prompted me to write WIN!. I think that the course of events that spark-plugged the idea will intrigue you.
Hold on for the ride!
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A few years ago, Borders sent me an email announcing that former president Jimmy Carter would be signing his book, Sharing Good Times. I decided to go. I had recently re-read Trump: The Art of the Deal and remembered what he had said about Jimmy Carter. At that moment, my whole body sprang into action. I would pitch Jimmy Carter to . . .
I packaged myself to pitch. This is what I did. I purchased an armful of books for Carter to sign. I figured that while he was signing, I would be "pitching." When I finally stood before him, I quickly made direct eye contact, smiled, and spoke:
"I am going to pull a 'Jimmy Carter.' President Carter, many years ago you asked Donald Trump for $5 million.
"Carter shot back, "He didn't give me one penny.
"Undaunted, I continued: "I need an introduction to Donald Trump."
"I don't know what I can do." Carter paused and then added, "He likes pretty girls . . ."
And how does Trump remember Carter's request? In Trump: The Art of the Deal, Trump recalls the event: Carter met with Trump to seek a contribution for the Carter Library. When Carter named a figure of $5 million, Trump was dumbfounded and didn't respond.
Trump said that the experience with Carter taught him the importance of having the nerve and guts to make a pitch for something extraordinary in order to get what you want. Trump felt that Carter's ability to speak up is what helped him get elected.
I was so pumped after I chatted with the former president that I decided to write a piece. The result? An editor who read the story asked me whether this was an idea for a book. I thought and said, "Yes, it is." Now you know how my meeting with Carter forged the way to writing WIN Without Competing!.
YOU
The "right pitch" can unlock many career doors. To remind you to focus on your "pitching," remember this Trigger Tip:
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I created the WIN! Newsletter to give you a taste of my Right Fit Method, the focus of my book. I designed the Ask BLOG to interact with you about the monthly newsletter topic. For this Inaugural Issue, I selected Package to Pitch, which will be the blogging topic until the next newsletter.
I am eager to hear from you. I hope that my story reminded you of some interesting career events in your life that required a pitching pro. How did you do and how are you doing? Share with us your successes and flops. Getting ready to make a pitch right now for the long-awaited raise or promotion? Ask me how to do it.
Share a flop pitch, so that in a future, similar situation, you will package yourself to pitch to achieve success. It's all about changing your behavior.
Consider yourself a pitching pro? Post your story or stories on my Blog. In a future newsletter, I will share the winning story and explain how I selected it using my Right Fit Method. Be sure to title your story "pitching pro" and add the name of the city in which you live.
Can you identify the pitching pro? BLOG me and tell me which story you selected as the winner and why--without comparing and contrasting in order to determine the best. Don't squeeze each one as if it were a tomato and compare them!
BLOG me! I will respond to one career question a week focused ONLY on the newsletter topic of the month. Please submit questions that you believe would be of significant interest to others.
The first selected question and answer will be posted on my Blog by 9:00 AM pacific time on Friday, June 1. Keep those questions coming!
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