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Hired Gun: You're #1, and Somebody Hates It

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I'm so sick and tired of sales books that preach about the same old crap - overcoming objections, questioning techniques and that old flogged dead horse - closing.

Hired Gun talks about the REAL stuff. The way top sales people think, how their careers progress and, most importantly for me, how their managers and colleagues percieve them.
Now let's be clear - this is not a book for the 'classic career sales person', this book is for the best of the best, the top two percent of the sales population or those who truly aspire to be among them even if they have to work a few days in a row.

And here lies a word warning - this book is about the THINKING of sales not the doing. If you are a new sales person who desires to be great, then read this book, but not for the practicalities it will teach you, but for something far more important - how to think like a top sales pro.

Workman has clearly been there and done that. Anyone who has been the best, fallen and clawed back up will attest to the truth in his words. This is an entertaining read and I hope Robert will continue along the same way in his next book and avoid all sales crap.

Bravo - buy this book, it's the last one we have in stock (last man standing close)

I've been successful in sales over 25 years,
taken every sales training seminar you can name.
This book is the only one that has ever told
it like it is in the real world of selling.
You master your craft, become successful, then
BOOM, somebody's out to bring you down:
a beancounter, a sales manager, a disappointed rep.
How do you stay on top? I wish I'd had this book
twenty years ago. If I had a sales force of fifty
people I'd get it for every one of them.

Not the usual sales book stuff.... not a how to book.

A really entertaining read - full of real advice.

It tells you how to stay on top! Using many cinematic metaphors for the business world, you'll imagine your office as the set of "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" or "The Magnificent Seven"! There's quite a few gems among the "Laws of the Hired Gun"!

This is a must read for everyone in sales! I am going to have everyone I know read this!

This is the only book out there of its kind, the only one that tells you how and why so many superstar salespeople leave the selling profession for life after getting burned.

LISTEN: ignore these idiots reviewing this superb book and read the critical reviews from people who matter, i.e. those printed on the outside of the book. Every single one of them is either a superstar, a CSP, or both.

I'm very young and very new but unstoppably driven in a tough selling field (advertising) and this book was pivotal to the success I've had and, more importantly, learning how to deal with coming problems before they take me by surprise.

IF YOU PLAN TO REACH THE TOP IN SALES, THIS BOOK WILL PICK UP WHERE ALL THE OTHERS LEAVE OFF AND SAVE YOU FROM GETTING VICTIMIZED WITH YOUR GUARD DOWN.

If you think this book is just for sales people, then think again. HIRED GUN is for anyone who is the best in their field. It doesn't matter if you are a computer jock, marketing rep, or the CEO; the Laws of the Hired Gun apply to you as well.

Filled with great anecdotes and cinematic references, this book helps you to identify potential problems with jealous co-workers, incompetent managers and general corporate stupidity before they effect your career. As you read through each chapter, you'll find yourself drawing personal parallels to many of the situations that the author and others have experienced.

I can't believe I bothered. It's woeful. It delivers on no level

You have spent countless hours learning your craft. You have listened to thousands of people telling you why their way is the best....

You've succeeded! Congratulations!

NOW WHAT DO YOU DO? Read this book! If you want to stay on top this book will show you how!

How would you feel as a customer if you knew that someone called a "hired gun" was going to call on you?

This book is for the "Tin Men" and "Glengarry Glen Ross" type of salesperson.