{"id":1281,"date":"2019-01-15T10:49:30","date_gmt":"2019-01-15T02:49:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reubenointernet.com\/?p=1281"},"modified":"2024-07-27T00:04:42","modified_gmt":"2024-07-27T00:04:42","slug":"a-value-mindset","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reubenointernet.com\/index.php\/2019\/01\/15\/a-value-mindset\/","title":{"rendered":"A Value Mindset"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<figure id=\"attachment_1708\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1708\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1708\" src=\"https:\/\/www.reubenointernet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Puzzle-300x140.jpg\" alt=\"A Value Mindset\" width=\"300\" height=\"140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.reubenointernet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Puzzle-300x140.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.reubenointernet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Puzzle-768x359.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.reubenointernet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Puzzle.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1708\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Value Mindset<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<p>The familiar adage that &#8220;It&#8217;s a jungle out there&#8221; applies to everyone who wish to promote any idea, product or service.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Most potential listeners and clients are wary of people who promote the above and change; and the market is crowded with ideas, products and services that are barely distinguishable from one another.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Many people have some points in their lives, come across good career and business ideas that could solve or mitigate some niche human problems or itches.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Unfortunately, they usually started with a &#8220;What Is It For Me&#8221; WIIFM mindset instead of &#8220;What Is It For Them&#8221; in the career arena and commercial venture. Being employees or people running businesses with this mindset are then a struggle or worst still a failure. They had no clue that their &#8220;WIIFM&#8221; mindset is one of the main contributing causes to their career and business suffering or failure.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>They had the mistaken belief that:<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><em>\u201cBuild a better mousetrap, and the world will beat a path to your door.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\r\n<p>This quote was attributed to the American poet Ralph Waldo Emerson who illustrates a common misconception in business.<\/p>\r\n<p>The \u201cbetter mousetrap fallacy\u201d is the mistaken belief that a superior product(\/idea) will automatically generate customers(\/believers), which would remove the need for building that \u201cpath to your door\u201d through a strong marketing (and action) plan.<\/p>\r\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/conversionxl.com\/blog\/value-proposition-examples-how-to-create\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">A Value Proposition<\/a><\/em> is a clear statement that explains how your product solves customers&#8217; problems or improves their situation (relevancy), delivers specific benefits (quantified <em>value<\/em>), tells the ideal customer why they should buy from you and not from the competition (unique differentiation).<\/p>\r\n<p>Let name the protagonist who is developing the right mental attitude and studying human relations, as A.man.<\/p>\r\n<p>A.man can be a man or a woman and from a different nationality, social class, culture or race and has a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.talentgrow.com\/blog\/value-creator-mindset\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">value proposition mindset<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n<p>A.man can also be a group of like-minded and committed individuals whose mission is to complete the important task that all of them believed in.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><em>&#8220;Today, like it or not, we&#8217;re all in sales,&#8221; says Dan Pink for Big Think Edge. Recognizing this is the first step to mastering the essential art of persuasion.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>If you are in the business of promoting concepts, strategies and systems to potential boss or clients, your job is to pitch your grand idea for acceptance by them.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><em>A.man knows that to be a sales personality of the right kind, he needs to build friendship and trust with people he is dealing with.<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The more, the people like your business profile or you, the better is your chance of promoting your ideas, (products or services) and acceptance of your ideas (conversion to sales).<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><!--EndFragment--><\/p>\r\n<p>A.man must have the following:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>gain the confidence of the listener (a buyer)<\/li>\r\n<li>win the respect of of the listener (a buyer)<\/li>\r\n<li>win the friendship of the listener (a buyer)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>His personality must not:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>leave an untrustworthy impression<\/li>\r\n<li>antagonise the listener (a buyer)<\/li>\r\n<li>be so weak that the listener (a customer) knows he\/she can dominate him.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>&#8220;The Biggest Differentiator In A Competitive Marketplace Is You.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Sell Yourself First&#8221; &#8211; Thomas A. Freese<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The familiar adage that &#8220;It&#8217;s a jungle out there&#8221; applies to everyone who wish to promote any idea, product or service. Most potential listeners and clients are wary of people who promote the above and change; and the market is crowded with ideas, products and services that are barely distinguishable from one another. 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