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I think skilled salesmen have the ability to work out who you are and pick out aspects of your personality. They almost manipulate you, in a way, to make you buy their product.

— Dominic Cooper

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

The reality is, I've started multiple companies, so actually I'm probably more of a product/creative person than I am sales. Although I can do both.

— Tim Armstrong

I have always said that everyone is in sales. Maybe you don't hold the title of salesperson, but if the business you are in requires you to deal with people, you, my friend, are in sales.

— Zig Ziglar

But on a utilitarian level, I realize that to try to accomplish the greatest good for the greatest number of people, sometimes we have to become salesmen for what we believe, and part of being a salesman is being effective.

— Moby

Salesmanship is limitless. Our very living is selling. We are all salespeople.

— James Cash Penney

Being a salesperson prepares you for just about everything in business: how to listen, empathize, and persuade; when to back off and when to step in; and, of course, how to close.

— Jason Fried

One of the best predictors of ultimate success in either sales or non-sales selling isn't natural talent or even industry expertise, but how you explain your failures and rejections.

— Daniel H. Pink

I have a definite talent for convincing people to try something new. I am a good salesman. When I'm on form, I can sell anything.

— Brian Eno

If you want to be the best salesperson, first you must be the best person.

— Jeffrey Gitomer

✗Opposing Perspectives

I like to think of sales as the ability to gracefully persuade, not manipulate, a person or persons into a win-win situation.

— Bo Bennett

No one tells salesmen what they can and can't do.

— Barbara Corcoran