All work and no play makes John (or Jill) a dull boy! This is an old adage and it is so true.
Over the years, I have known many sales people. Some of them never take time off. They don't believe they can leave their customers or their territories to take the time they desperately need to recharge themselves and get some balance in their lives.

This is not only untrue, it is also unhealthy! We must take care of ourselves if we are going to be successful and maintain a high level of energy. Otherwise, we get burned out and then we are not as healthy as we can be, we become much less effective.
So, I urge you, even if you don't want to take an extended vacation, take a long weekend and treat yourself to rest and relaxation. Do something you normally wouldn't do to regenerate your spirit-- get a facial (men I mean you too), get a massage, sit in the hot tub, treat yourself to something which really makes you feel pampered.

Turn OFF your cell phone and DO NOT check your voice mail or email. Just relax, spend time with your loved ones, sleep late, read something of interest, take in a movie, go out for a special dinner. Whatever it is for you-- do it.
Not only will you feel better, you will be much more effective and able to perform at the high level of energy output needed by top sales performers.

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There is no greater loss to an organization than an irate customer who does not return. Everyone in an organization impacts a customer, whether they have direct customer contact or not.
When people stop buying from a business only 14% do so because of product dissatisfaction. 68% report that someone was rude or indifferent to them.

One of every five supermarket customers switch stores in any given year. Surly treatment at the cash register is the primary reason for the move.
It costs an average business $20 to keep a customer happy. By contrast, acquiring a new customer involves an average outlay of well over $200.

Typically, one dissatisfied customer informs 11 others, who in turn, inform 5 more. As a consequence 67 people get a bad impression of a business because just one customer was mistreated.
98% of most organizations' customers do not complain to management when they have a problem. They simply do not return! You must want your customers to complain, then you have an opportunity to make things right. Otherwise, they just go elsewhere and tell all their friends about their experience.