Hazme reír es la tercera película como director de Judd Apatow tras “Virgen a los 40” y “Lio embarazoso” y esta vez ha querido jugar a algo más complicado metiéndose en el drama de humor.

Y el resultado no es todo lo desastroso que a priori pudiera esperarse. Esta vez el peso dramático cae sobre Adam Sandler, que no es que sea santo de mi devoción, aunque reconozco que en su momento me reí mucho con ”Little Nicky” y que “Zohan” me hizo pasar también un buen rato. Y sorpresivamente esta vez queda más que creíble en su papel.

La película nos cuenta la historia de un cómico famoso interpretado por Sandler, al que le diagnostican una enfermedad terminal y le dan una esperanza de vida de apenas un año y pocas esperanzas a través de un tratamiento experimental. La ya de por si vida no muy satisfactoria que lleva se ve tambalear hasta los cimientos al darse cuenta de que no tiene nada en la vida o más bien que no tiene a nadie por culpa de sus errores del pasado y las cosas típicas vamos. Es un poco capullo, tiene el síndrome del payaso triste y viendo su vida acabar vuelve a los orígenes y se pasa una noche por el típico bar tipo club de la comedia a y allí conoce a Ira, un joven cómico que intenta abrirse paso en eso tan complicado de hacer reír a la gente encima de un escenario.

A partir de aquí sigue esta película de dos horas y media donde se nos cuenta como se establece y una relación de amistad más sincera de las que ha tenido el protagonista hasta la fecha, y todo a través de contratar a Ira como asistente. Y a mí al menos me ha sorprendido porque me ha parecido muy creíble Sandler en su papel cínico, depresivo y serio. El peso de la película también cae sobre Seth Rogen y su personaje como Ira Wright y es que este chico cada vez es mas solido en sus papeles. Para refrescaros la memoria, es el Zack de la ultima película de Kevin Smith  “Zack and Miri Make a Porno” y va a ser Green Hornet en la película que sobre este lisérgico héroe esta haciendo el todavía mas lisérgico Michael Gondry (“La ciencia el sueño”, “Rebobine, por favor” y “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind“) lo que le da muchos, pero que muchos puntos a la película de Green Hornet.

A mi me ha gustado bastante, me la he creído y me ha hecho tener esperanzas en que algún día Adam Sandler pueda hacer algo interesante, si le dejan. En el género de “Drama sobre crisis vitales, pero dentro del mundo de la comedia, pero sin ser una comedia”, le doy un 8. Y por favor… hacedme caso, en versión original.

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This Adam Sandler original has become a holiday classic. … Adam Sandler hanukkah chanukah song snl

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vrd9p47MPHg&hl=en

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I was working with a Sandler Trainer recently doing some training of my own on the Sandler CRM Framework we had just implemented for them and he was generous enough to give me a healthy dose of end-user reality. The issue was accessing the Dynamics CRM folder structure in Outlook.

For his purposes, he created a folder for every one of his clients. This helped him to organize things in his pre-CRM environment. The only drawback was that to access his CRM functionality within Outlook, he had to scroll and scroll and scroll some more to get to the bottom of the file tree where CRM defaults to.

If this sounds like you– or even if you’re just into convenience, period– here’s a tip.

Microsoft Outlook provides you with a feature called “Favorite Folders” and it’s located right above the Mail Folders section as shown here.

The Favorite Folders area acts a lot like bookmarks do for your web experience– making it convenient to access the places that you frequent the most.

In order to create a Favorite Folder, you simply select one (such as Daily Goals) by left clicking and holding as you drag the folder up into the Favorite Folder area. Release the mouse button and your favorite is created. It’s as simple as that.

For the drag and drop challenged, you can also right click the selected folder and choose “Add to Favorite Folders” and it will likewise move.

When you’re done, you’ll have a quick way to access the pieces of CRM, and the Sandler Framework, that you use most often. The Favorite Folders section can be minimized by clicking the double arrowhead icon on the right across from the section title. You can also revise the order of the favorites by right clicking and selecting “Move Up in List” or “Move Down in List”.

This helpful hint will not only put your work conveniently in front of you, but by not having to scroll way down the folder structure to get to Dynamics CRM and the Sandler Framework you’ll hopefully prevent that dreaded affliction of the right index finger– Scroll-iosis!

Lyrics: I'm the guy who somehow can not stand the holiday, I drink it all away That I am not decorate no trees And I will not eat any potatoes lake But I am this old ladies melons a squeeze That's just who I am now, I'll never be a dreidel spin, but I'm always an egg And I'll throw your leg charliehorse-for Laughs While you are singing your holiday tune, I act as the city Bafoon Whipping my big white scary moon and the blowing of a cow way I hate people who think reindeer are cute …

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bVO56Sidkg&hl=en

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Paul Szklarski and daughter Stephanie Szklarski announced on October 8, 2009 that all the proceeds from their Executive Briefings in 2010 will be donated to the Cares Institute at UMDNJ. “This is a great opportunity to help a great cause. The Cares Institute delivers the critical care needed for children victimized by abuse” said Stephanie Szklarski, partner in the South Jersey affiliate of Sandler Training.

One of the key intended elements of the Sandler CRM Framework is the collaboration capability provided for information sharing. Within the Phone Call and Appointment forms exist a couple of conveniently placed check boxes that are connected to back-end workflows. These workflows Email a summary of the information that you type into the form to either or both your Sandler Trainer and your Manager.

This provides a great way to share information in a timely manner, whether to merely update the party on a situation or to set the stage for requesting some feedback. You can select either or both of the options and the action of checking the box is what sends the pre-formatted message off. Within your user account are fields for email addresses for your Trainer and Manager. A system administrator loads these initially and can change them if there are changes in your relationships later on.

The email recap pulls information from several of the data fields to provide a synopsis of the Activity.

Meeting Type:

Location:

Required Attendees:

Regarding:

Description:

Up Front Contract

With Whom:

UFC Description:

By When:

Agreed Outcome:

One key to remember is that you need to put any notes you want to communicate in the email in the Notes Field on the General tab. The Notes Tab will accept additional Notes that will be time/date stamped but will not appear in the email. Therefore, you can put things that are relavent to you but not to the information that you want to communicate to the email recipient.

Another great communication tool is the Sandler Opportunity Snapshot report, but we’ll talk about the Sandler CRM reports in another post.

ΠΕΘΑΙΝΩ ΣΤΑ ΓΕΛΙΑ

FUNNY PEOPLE- ΗΠΑ-2009-146′

Σκηνοθεσία: Judd Apatow

Ηθοποιοί: Adam Sandler, Seth Rogen, Ken Jeong, Eric Bana, Jonah Hill, Leslie Mann, Jason Schwartzman

Ένας διάσημος κωμικός, ο Τζορτζ Σίμονς, που απολαμβάνει στο έπακρο τα οφέλη της επωνυμίας, πληροφορείται ξαφνικά πως πάσχει από μια σπάνια μορφή λευχαιμίας κι είναι ετοιμοθάνατος. Ένα βράδυ σ’ ένα κλαμπ όπου εμφανίζεται, γνωρίζεται με ένα νέο συνάδελφό του που είναι στο ξεκίνημά του, τον Άιρα, κι αποφασίζει να τον προσλάβει ως βοηθό του. Σταδιακά όμως αρχίζει να αναπτύσσεται ανάμεσά τους μια φιλία που βασίζεται στο δίπολο μέντορα-μαθητή, καθώς ο Σίμονς δεν έχει κανέναν αληθινό φίλο. Αργότερα πληροφορείται πως του δίνεται άλλη μια ευκαιρία στη ζωή, καθώς ξέφυγε τον κίνδυνο κι εκείνος την αρπάζει… Το ερώτημα είναι αν θα εξακολουθήσει να φέρεται εγωιστικά και παιδιάστικα ή θα εκτιμήσει το αναπάντεχο δώρο που του δόθηκε.

Ιστοσελίδα: http://www.funnypeoplemovie.com/

ΤΟ TRAILER ΤΗΣ ΤΑΙΝΙΑΣ

ΔΕΛΤΙΟ ΤΥΠΟΥ

Τα τελευταία χρόνια, ο παραγωγός – σεναριογράφος – σκηνοθέτης Τζαντ Άπατοου άλλαξε τη σύγχρονη αμερικανική κωμωδία και μας χάρισε κάποιες από τις ξεκαρδιστικότερες ταινίες, αποδομώντας ακόμα και ό,τι πιο ιερό και όσιο, όπως η «παρατεταμένη» παρθενία (The 40-Year-Old Virgin) κι η ανεπιθύμητη εγκυμοσύνη (Knocked Up)… Για το τρίτο κωμικοτραγικό σκηνοθετικό του εγχείρημα ο ίδιος ο σκηνοθέτης δήλωσε πως, το μόνο που ζητάει είναι να του ευχηθούμε «Καλή Τύχη», καθώς ο πήχης έχει ανέβει πάρα πολύ ψηλά!

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• Η αγάπη του Τζαντ Άπατοου για το είδος της stand up comedy είναι πολύ παλιά, καθώς και ο ίδιος ξεκίνησε την καριέρα του ως stand up comedian και κατόπιν, βλέποντας πως δεν είχε και τόσο λαμπρό μέλλον ως performer, μεταπήδησε στη συγγραφή κειμένων γι’ αυτού του είδους τις παραστάσεις. Σε αυτά τα πρώτα του βήματα είχε συνοδοιπόρο το συγκάτοικο και φίλο του Άνταμ Σάντλερ με τον οποίο και συναντώνται τώρα, επαγγελματικά πλέον, σε μια Χολιγουντιανή παραγωγή.
• Τα βασικά ερωτήματα που ταλάνιζαν τον Τζαντ Άπατοου και τον παρακίνησαν να προχωρήσει στην υλοποίηση της ταινίας ήταν δύο (κι αποτέλεσαν τους πυρήνες της πλοκής): 1. Για ποιο λόγο γίνεται κανείς stand up comedian; Για να ευχαριστεί καθημερινά το κοινό ή για να εκτονώνει τον εγωκεντρισμό του και την ανικανότητά του να επικοινωνεί με ανθρώπους υπό οποιεσδήποτε άλλες συνθήκες; 2. Στο σεισμό του 1994 ο Άπατοου, δεν σκοτώθηκε καθαρά από τύχη, όταν έπεσε η καμινάδα στο υπνοδωμάτιό του. Αυτήν του την τύχη την εκτίμησε για μονάχα 3 ημέρες και κατόπιν επανήλθε στην καθημερινή του ρουτίνα… Έτσι προέκυψε το δεύτερο ερώτημά του: Αν επιβιώσει κάποιος από κάτι σοβαρό, άραγε του γίνεται μάθημα για το υπόλοιπο της ζωής του κι αλλάζει ως άνθρωπος ή απλά συνεχίζει τη ζωή του ακριβώς όπως παλιά;
• Στο πλευρό του πρωταγωνιστή Άνταμ Σάντλερ βρίσκουμε τους Σεθ Ρόγκεν, Λέσλι Μαν και Τζόνα Χιλ (που συνεργάζονται στη μεγάλη οθόνη για τρίτη φορά), ενώ το καστ συμπληρώνουν ο Έρικ Μπάνα, που έχει μάλιστα και 12 χρόνια προϋπηρεσίας στο είδος της stand up comedy προτού ασχοληθεί με την υποκριτική στον κινηματογράφο κι ο Τζέισον Σβάρτσμαν, που είναι και ο συνθέτης της μουσικής της ταινίας (μαζί με τον Μάικλ Άντριους, συνεργάτη από χρόνια του Άπατοου).

• Αρκετούς μήνες πριν τα γυρίσματα της ταινίας οι ηθοποιοί καταπιάστηκαν να γράφουν σκετς και να τα παρουσιάζουν στο κοινό ώστε να βλέπουν την ανταπόκρισή του και να κρατήσουν τα πιο πετυχημένα προκειμένου και το κοινό της ταινίας να αντιδρά φυσικά στα επί οθόνης αστεία, σαν να είναι σε κάποιο κλαμπ και παρακολουθεί τους ηθοποιούς ζωντανά. Ο Άπατοου κατέγραψε το υλικό αυτό από τις 25λεπτες εμφανίσεις των ηθοποιών σε κλαμπς και το αξιοποίησε στην ταινία.
• Σε cameo εμφανίσεις έχουμε τους κωμικούς Ray Romano, Sarah Silverman, Norm MacDonald, Dave Attell, Charles Fleisher, Monty Hoffman, Paul Reiser, Mark Schiff, George Wallace, Carol Leifer και τον Έμινεμ.

Ο ΣΚΗΝΟΘΕΤΗΣ

ΤΖΑΝΤ ΑΠΑΤΟΟY

• Γεννήθηκε το 1967 στη Νέα Υόρκη.
• Είναι επιτυχημένος σκηνοθέτης, παραγωγός και σεναριογράφος.
• Έχει κερδίσει Έμι για την τηλεοπτική σειρά The Ben Stiller Show.
• Υπήρξε συγκάτοικος του Μπεν Στίλερ.
• Είναι εκείνος που ανέδειξε τον Στιβ Καρέλ και τον Σεθ Ρόγκεν.

Παλαιότερες ταινίες (παραγωγή-σκηνοθεσία): The Cable Guy, Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, The 40 Year Old Virgin, Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby.

ΤΟ ΚΑΣΤ

ΑΝΤΑΜ ΣΑΝΤΛΕΡ

• Γεννήθηκε το 1966 στο Μπρούκλιν της Νέας Υόρκης.
• Έγινε γνωστός μέσα από το Saturday Night Live.
• Έκανε το κινηματογραφικό του ντεμπούτο με την ταινία Coneheads.
• Εκτός από ηθοποιός είναι και σκηνοθέτης, σεναριογράφος, παραγωγός και μουσικός.
• Στα διαλείμματα των κινηματογραφικών του υποχρεώσεων ηχογραφεί δίσκους, πολλοί από τους οποίους έχουν γίνει πλατινένιοι.

Παλαιότερες ταινίες: Coneheads, Airheads, Billy Madison, Happy Gilmore, Bulletproof, The Wedding Singer, The Waterboy, Big Daddy, Little Nicky, The Animal, Punch-Drunk Love, Mr Deeds, Anger Management, 50 First Dates, Spanglish, The Longest Yard, Click, Reign Over Me, I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry, You Don’t Mess with the Zohan, Bedtime Stories.

ΣΕΘ ΡΟΓΚΕΝ

• Γεννήθηκε το 1982 στο Βανκούβερ του Καναδά.
• Είναι ένας από τους πολλά υποσχόμενους κωμικούς ηθοποιούς, σεναριογράφους και παραγωγούς της νέας γενιάς.
• Ξεκίνησε την καριέρα του στα 13 στο Βανκούβερ.
• Πήρε μέρος σε 2 τηλεοπτικές κωμωδίες του Τζαντ Άπατοου (Freaks and Geeks και Undeclared).

Παλαιότερες ταινίες: Donnie Darko, Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, The 40 Year Old Virgin, You, Me and Dupree, Shrek the Third, Knocked Up, Superbad, The Spiderwick Chronicles, Horton Hears a Who!, Kung Fu Panda, Step Brothers, Fanboys, Pineapple Express, Zack and Miri Make a Porno, Paper Heart, Observe and Report, Monsters vs. Aliens.

ΛΕΣΛΙ ΜΑΝ

• Γεννήθηκε το 1972 στο Σαν Φρανσίσκο.
• Έκλεψε την παράσταση η σκηνή της στην ταινία The 40 Year Old Virgin.
• Είναι σύζυγος του σκηνοθέτη Τζαντ Άπατοου.

Παλαιότερες ταινίες: The Cable Guy, George of the Jungle, Big Daddy, Timecode, Orange County, Stealing Harvard, The 40 Year Old Virgin, Knocked Up, Drillbit Taylor, I Love You Phillip Morris, 17 Again.

ΕΡΙΚ ΜΠΑΝΑ

• Γεννήθηκε το 1968 στη Μελβούρνη της Αυστραλίας.
• Έκανε το κινηματογραφικό του ντεμπούτο στην ταινία The Castle.
• Τον θυμόμαστε από τις ταινίες Chopper, Black Hawk Down & Hulk.

Παλαιότερες ταινίες: The Castle, Chopper, Black Hawk Down, The Nugget, Hulk, Troy, Munich, Lucky You, The Other Boleyn Girl, Mary and Max, Star Trek.

ΤΖΟΝΑ ΧΙΛ

• Γεννήθηκε το 1983 στο Λος Άντζελες.
• Σπούδασε υποκριτική στο Πανεπιστήμιο New School.
• Έκανε το κινηματογραφικό του ντεμπούτο στην ταινία I Heart Huckabees.

Παλαιότερες ταινίες: I Heart Huckabees, Pancho’s Pizza, The 40 Year Old Virgin, Grandma’s Boy, Click, Accepted, Knocked Up, Evan Almighty, Superbad, Strange Wilderness, Horton Hears a Who!, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Night At The Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian.

ΚΡΙΤΙΚΕΣ
ΔΗΜΗΤΡΗΣ ΔΑΝΙΚΑΣ-ΤΑ ΝΕΑ

Επίτευγμα. Αν και μικρομεσαίες οι επιδόσεις, εν τούτοις η προσπάθεια και το εφαλτήριο του Άνταμ Σάντλερ προς τη μεγάλη ερμηνεία παραλίγο να με στείλουν αδιάβαστο στη γωνία. Το λένε «Funny Ρeople» («Πεθαίνω στα γέλια»), τον σκηνοθέτη Τζαντ Απατόου («Ο σαραντάχρονος παρθένος») και η κατάληξη μετέωρη στην περιθωριακή, ιδιαίτερη, κλαυσιγέλωτα κωμωδία!

Με ένα λόγο, έτσι κι έτσι αλλά χωρίς γιουβέτσι. Τόλμημα το στριπτίζ του star system. Τόλμημα η αυτοκριτική του Άνταμ Σάντλερ. Όπου το αστείο εκφέρεται σαν τα δάκρυα του παλιάτσου. Τόλμημα η τομή στη χαζοαμερικανική ιστορία. Ένας διάσημος του stand up comedy και της οθόνης μόλις λαμβάνει τα αποτελέσματα ιατρικών εξετάσεων, πως δηλαδή πάσχει από λευχαιμία, υφίσταται τραμπάκουλο υπαρξιακό και καλλιτεχνικό. Και ποιος δεν θα το πάθαινε στο λεπτό; Έτσι αρχίζει η αναδρομή και η αυτοκριτική. Έτσι εγκαταλείπει τις παρτούζες, τον κυνισμό και την αφιλία. Έτσι διαπλέκει φιλική, βαθιά, σχέση με έτερο κωμικό, ένα μειράκιον της κωμωδίας (Σεθ Ρόγκεν). Και έτσι επιστρέφει σε μια παλιά του σχέση (Λέσλι Μαν) που την είχε στα γρήγορα ξεμπερδέψει και που στο μεταξύ εκείνη έχει παντρευτεί με οικογένεια σταθερή. Με ένα λόγο, «πήρα τη ζωή μου λάθος, είμαι ένα μηδενικό» Αποτέλεσμα; Μερικές έξυπνες ατάκες. Όπως «Τα πουλιά του Τομ Κρουζ, του Ουίλ Σμιθ και του Ντέιβιντ Μπέκαμ αγγίχτηκαν μεταξύ τους, όχι επειδή είναι γκέι αλλά από πλήξη που δέρνει τους πλούσιους και διάσημους». Δεύτερο αποτέλεσμα, καλές ερμηνείες. Και τρίτο, η κόντρα με τη συνηθισμένη κωμωδία. Από εκεί και πέρα, το ένα πρόβλημα καβαλάει το άλλο. Τoo long (δυόμισι ώρες και αυτό). Τoo επαναλαμβανόμενο. Και too προβλέψιμο. Γιανα το πω απλά, χρειαζόταν τον Γούντι Άλεν του!

«Πεθαίνω στα γέλια»: Όχι, δεν πέθανα Ο Σάντλερ παραλίγο να πεθάνει Ιδιαίτερη κωμικοδραματική ιστορία Με ρίσκο και φλυαρία

ΒΑΘΜΟΙ = 6

(keep trying)

ΝΙΝΟΣ ΦΕΝΕΚ ΜΙΚΕΛΙΔΗΣ-ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΟΤΥΠΙΑ

***   Εξυπνη, με καλές ερμηνείες, κωμωδία γύρω από έναν διάσημο κωμικό του κινηματογράφου που ανακαλύπτει πως πρόκειται να πεθάνει.

Με κάθε νέα ταινία του, ο Τζαντ Απατοου («Παρθένος ετών 40») επιβεβαιώνει πως είναι σήμερα ένας από τους λιγοστούς εκείνους Αμερικανούς σκηνοθέτες που καταφέρνουν να δώσουν νέα πνοή στην κινηματογραφική κωμωδία. Στη νέα του αυτή ταινία ο σκηνοθέτης προχωρά ένα βήμα παραπέρα, χρησιμοποιώντας τη φορά αυτή την κωμωδία για ένα κάθε άλλο παρά κωμικό στοιχείο, την ανίατη αρρώστια, με άλλα λόγια τον καρκίνο. Ο ήρωάς του, Τζορτζ Σίμονς (Ανταμ Σάντλερ) είναι διάσημος κωμικός του Χόλιγουντ που, όταν μαθαίνει πως υποφέρει από καρκίνο, ανακαλύπτει την κενότητα της ζωής του, αλλά και τη μοναξιά του σ’ έναν κόσμο όπου δεν έχει αληθινούς φίλους, είναι εντελώς μόνος και έχει ζήσει μια άδεια ζωή. Αποτέλεσμα: Προσλαμβάνει ένα νέο κωμικό, τον Αϊρα Ράιτ (Σεθ Ρότζεν), για να τον βοηθά να περνάει ευχάριστα τον υπόλοιπο χρόνο που του απομένει. Ωσπου κάποια στιγμή η υγεία του αρχίζει να καλυτερεύει…

Ο Απατοου φτιάχνει ωραίες σκηνές, με έξυπνα ευρήματα και απολαυστικούς συχνά διαλόγους, ιδιαίτερα στο πρώτο μέρος της ταινίας, που αναφέρεται στις σχέσεις του Τζορτζ με τον Αϊρα, καθώς κι εκείνες του Αϊρα με τους δύο φίλους του, κωμικούς, με τους οποίους μοιράζεται ένα διαμέρισμα. Εκεί που υστερεί είναι στο τελευταίο μέρος, όταν ο Τζορτζ μαθαίνει πως δεν πρόκειται να πεθάνει και η ταινία αποκτά μια σοβαρότητα που δεν τη βοηθά καθόλου. Πάντως, πρόκειται συνολικά για μια ευχάριστη, με καλές ερμηνείες, κωμωδία, που δεν έχει καμιά σχέση με τα διάφορα «νεανικά» και «τρέντι» κατασκευάσματα που αποχαυνώνουν τη νεολαία.

ΠΑΝΑΓΙΩΤΗΣ ΠΑΝΑΓΟΠΟΥΛΟΣ-ΚΑΘΗΜΕΡΙΝΗ

*** Το πιο χαρακτηριστικό γνώρισμα των ταινιών του Τζαντ Απατόου, του σύγχρονου «Πάπα» της αμερικανικής κωμωδίας, είναι ότι διαθέτουν χαρακτήρες που ακόμη κι όταν βρίσκονται σε εξωφρενικές καταστάσεις («Παρθένος ετών 40», «Με την πρώτη»), ποτέ δεν δίνουν την αίσθηση ότι είναι φτιαχτοί, στημένοι, ψεύτικοι. Είναι αληθινοί χαρακτήρες σε ασυνήθιστες καταστάσεις και τυχαίνει να είναι αστείοι.

«Αστείοι», σύμφωνα με τον πρωτότυπο τίτλο, είναι οι άνθρωποι που πρωταγωνιστούν στο «Πεθαίνω στα γέλια». Στην πραγματικότητα, όμως, οι «αστείοι άνθρωποι» της ταινίας είναι ίσως οι λιγότερο αστείοι χαρακτήρες στη φιλμογραφία του Απατόου. Πρόκειται για μια ομάδα κωμικών, με θυμό, ανταγωνισμό, πικρίες, ανασφάλεια και φόβο. Εντονότερα απ’ όλους έχει αυτά τα συναισθήματα ο Τζορτζ Σίμονς (Σάντλερ), ένας διάσημος κωμικός με κινηματογραφική καριέρα, ο οποίος μαθαίνει ότι πάσχει από μια σπάνια ασθένεια και ότι έχει λίγη ζωή μπροστά του.

Κακότροπος, απομονωμένος και άφιλος, ο Σίμονς βρίσκεται σε πανικό και προσπαθεί να διορθώσει τα συντρίμμια της ζωής του. Αναζητεί την παντρεμένη πια με άλλον γυναίκα της ζωής του και προσλαμβάνει, ως βοηθό, έναν νεαρό φιλόδοξο κωμικό stand up, ο οποίος παίρνει τη θέση του -μισθωτού- καλύτερού του φίλου.

Η αρρώστια δεν θα ταλαιπωρήσει για πολύ τον Σίμονς. Θα υποχωρήσει. Θα διατηρηθούν, όμως, οι δεσμεύσεις του να γίνει καλύτερος άνθρωπος και να αλλάξει τις προτεραιότητές του; Το βασικό ερώτημα εδώ είναι αν αλλάζουν οι άνθρωποι από τις εμπειρίες τους. Στη μυθοπλασία, αυτό είναι που θα συνέβαινε, όμως ο Απατόου δεν γράφει ιστορίες παραμυθένιες. Στη φανταστική πραγματικότητα που καταγράφει, οι άνθρωποι δεν αλλάζουν δραματικά. Το κάνουν μόνο με μικρές, ανεπαίσθητες ίσως διαφορές.

Ο Απατόου παρακολουθεί με γνώση και αγάπη τους χαρακτήρες του. Τους γνωρίζει άλλωστε καλά, καθώς εργάζεται πάνω από είκοσι χρόνια στην κωμωδία. Ελάττωμα της ταινίας του όμως είναι το τελευταίο μέρος της, που μοιάζει να έρχεται από μια άλλη ιστορία και με άλλη διάθεση. Επαινος πάντως αξίζει στον Ανταμ Σάντλερ, που ενώ προέρχεται από την ευτελή κωμωδία, έχει προσαρμοστεί απόλυτα και υπηρετεί με βάθος τους δραματικότερους τόνους της ιστορίας.

Referrals are an integral part of many salespeople’s cookbooks and are an especially integral component of the Sandler post-sell step.

Microsoft Sandler CRM provides a referral entity that can be used ad hoc (from the Sales menu) and that is also built into the post-sell tab in the Opportunity entity. The beauty of the post-sell referral is that unless you populate the yes/no field (shown below) indicating whether you completed this action, the system will produce a Task in Outlook reminding you to do so.

Whether it’s part of your personal practice today or not, acknowledging the referring party with a thank you is just good business. Unless I already have a formal agreement in place with a reward system for referrals, I personally like to include a small, relevant gift card in my thank you note. Ahhhhh, but to remember to send the thank you note out……   Fear not! Sandler CRM puts a Task for that on your Outlook list whenever you generate a new referral Lead. These are both great built-in reminders for the organizationally or memory challenged among us and I happen to represent both groups!

Now, some might say “Our procedure doesn’t include asking for the referral at post-sell. We do it at this time because of fill in your reason“. That’s fine and here’s your adaptation for that. Say you typically wait X time after closing the deal before requesting referrals. When the reminder pops up in Outlook, just open it, change the date due and any other characteristics you want, then save and close it. It has now conformed to “your” system.

Lastly, don’t forget the back-end value of this process and the data fields that you’ve populated. The Lead Source picklist on the Details tab of the Lead form is another way to designate what category the referral came from (i.e. client, partner, vendor, etc.). With all this information, you can now run reports on where your referrals are coming from, how many you’re getting in a given period, and with the On Premise version of CRM just about any permutation of query variables that you want.

So, dust off those thank you notes and make sure your referral process is using Sandler CRM to its fullest.

Finding the path of least resistance is part of the “art” of being a salesperson….. isn’t it?

Translating that idea to CRM usage, the fewer clicks I can make to do what I need to do, the happier I am– and one way I’ve determined to do this has to do with the Up Front Contract entity that permeates the Sandler CRM Framework. The UFC entity is present on every tab in the Opportunity form, as well as several of the Activity types.

Typically, when I’ve completed one activity– say a phone call– and then wanted to create a subsequent activity (other than a meeting), I’ve closed the current activity and then created a new one. But doesn’t it go without saying that if I completed an activity, then I should have created a UFC for whatever the next step is?? That’s why we included the UFC entity on the Activity forms the way we did. If you go ahead and populate the UFC fields on the form, CRM automatically places a Task within Outlook that will show up on your to-d0 list for the day you set. This was one of the original intents of the UFC entity in the first place– to remind you of when the UFC agreement was supposed to culminate so that you could make sure the agreement was fulfilled!

So, instead of opening up a new Activity to create standard follow-ups (i.e. determine if prospect’s pain has moved from future to present), use the UFC entity right there on the form and the Outlook task will already be completed for you at the same time. This avoids the extra step, serves pretty much the identical purpose for these routine qualification processes, and takes advantage of the built-in functionality instead of doing it manually.

28th of August, 2009
Day 2 outside the bedroom. Uncool. I went over to our neighbors (all the houses are the same in this estate) who I’d never met before and explained my woeful story, and asked if I could check if any of the keys in their doors would fit my bedroom lock? Maybe the corresponding bedroom in their house? They were really nice about it, but no luck. They couldn’t find half the door keys, sadly. The lady of the house explained that they had taken they keys out of most of the doors in case one of the kids might lock themselves in or what not. I wish my mother had taken my keys off me, then I wouldn’t be in this lil’ pickle. Oh well, it makes for full “Something New” entries, however dull the subject may be.
What I learned today, however, is that Judd Apatow and Adam Sandler used to be room-mates (or is it roomates?). I saw Funny People today. I really liked it. I love all the main characters, and there were some great laughs. I saw a review on Teletext that only gave it 2 stars and a bad review. It may not have been what the reviewer was expecting (probably a more Superbad/Pineapple Express (LOVE THEM) type of film that’s jam-packed with one-liners) but that doesn’t mean it was bad. It wasn’t. I’d see it again. I’ll probably buy it someday, anyway. I want to own the full Apatow collection. I’m not even sure if you can get things like Undeclared on DVD, but I’ll get everything else. I will. You’d think I’d have more exciting plans for any money I make in the future. Well, I do. I want to go to America. I want to live outside of Ireland for a few years. I want to give to charity. I want to treat my Mum. If I ever came into a lot of money, I’d give it to my Mum. She needs it more than I do. I just want enough money to live comfortabley, and I know even that is a lot to hope for. I’m optimistic, though! Don’t begrudge me my optimism, readers. I’m not being cocky or over confident. I’m just taking advantage of the fact that the world hasn’t killed my spirit just yet!

Have you ever asked yourself that question in the last 90 days? I’m sure many people have asked “How can I increase my sales,” or possibly “I’m so tired of doing proposals and not getting the business,” or maybe even “This economy is so bad I just can’t get sales.”

I think there are basically 3 types of people in sales in this world: 1 – the person that says “I can’t believe what just happened,” 2 – the person that says “I am just going to wait and see what happens,” and 3 – the person that says “I’m going to make something happen.

If you fall into the third type, then you might want to take a look at Sandler Training and find answers to many of those tough questions/statements listed above.

Sandler Training is serious training for serious people. It is not only sales and sales management training, but life training. It teaches a system that works in sales, life, and every interaction with other people.

“But I don’t need sales training.” I know, I know, but you probably also wouldn’t want more time to be with family, friends, or other interests either, and that’s okay. The system creates tremendous return on energy. I can honestly say it has created much more available time and many, many more serious conversations with serious prospects and customers. Listen to my testimonial – Jon Toy FASTSIGNS – and don’t just take my word for it, listen to many other business owners and salespeople – Testimonials.

So how do you get to learn about this? I am glad you asked. Visit www.getano.sandler.com, then call my good friend Ed Staub and his team at Staub & Associates (717-792-9144) and visit with them about Sandler Training and how it may or may not be a fit for you.

What in the world does this have to do with FASTSIGNS? Two things: 1 – I am a very satisfied customer and would highly recommend it to anyone serious about taking their business to the next level; 2 – They are satisfied customers that have utilized us for trade show graphics for their displays, lettering for their wall to display customer testimonials, as well as a recent logo change.

Give them a call today and stop wasting time on proposals and quotes….if that is a big issue in your world taking your time away.

No me refiero a la todofamosa onopatopeya del ratón de la computadora, sino a la película con Adam Sandler…

Lo que quiero decir no es sobre si la película es buena o mala, no soy buen crítico de cine (una cualidad más que no tengo), sino sobre el concepto del control remoto universal (en un sentido más trascendente que poder controlar el televisor, reproductor de dvd, caja de cable, sistema de sonido envolvente, microondas, computadora, portón eléctrico, refrigeradora y, si las paredes son muy delgadas como pasa en los hoteles malos, hasta el televisor del vecino) que permite controlar la vida. Adelantar las partes aburridas, hacer más lentas las partes entretenidas o interesantes…. bueno, se entiende la idea (aunque si no han visto la película, no creo)… la parte importante es el final…

También me refiero al capítulo de la semana antepasada de ER: el episodio 12 de la decimoquinta y última temporada “Dream Runner“, El efecto mariposa, Matrix… bueno, se entiende… [aunque probablemente lo de abajo no...]

Volviendo al tema…

Varias veces en mi vida, especialmente en los últimos años y muy especialmente en el último par de meses he deseado con todas mis fuerzas que todo sea un sueño, que en realidad la vida no sea así de decepcionante, que en cualquier momento me voy a despertar y voy a estar de nuevo en sexto grado y todo va a ser mejor. Voy a poder aprovechar los momentos como debí hacerlo, voy a poder defenderme como debí haberme defendido, voy a poder hacer lo que sé y sabía que debía hacer pero que no hice por pereza, o por estar distraído, o por ver televisión, o por enojo, o por orgullo…

Sueño que en esta nueva vida voy a poder hacer las cosas bien, voy a tener la oportunidad de actuar de forma que no me arrepienta de todas las decisiones que he tomado desde entonces.

Sueño que en esta nueva oportunidad de hacer las cosas bien, ahora con el conocimiento de las consecuendias de las que serías la mayoría de mis acciones, podría saber cómo ayudar a mucha gente que ha pasado por mi vida y que ahora extraño tanto porque simplemente no los pude ayudar, ya sea porque no me hicieron caso, porque no insistí lo suficiente, porque las circunstancias no lo permitieron, en fin… dicen que las deciciones que tomamos nos hacen lo que somos… pero ¿qué pasa si detestamos lo que somos con todas nuestras fuerzas? ¿Si la vida ahora es solamente una sucesión de recuerdos para huir de lo que en realidad está pasando? Recuerdos para evitar ver la verdad.

Hay quienes viven para el futuro, que desde muy jóvenes aprenden la importancia de estar siempre preparados, que saben que los sacrificios que hagan hoy les van a traer muchos dividendos más adelante. Ellos pueden no estar felices hoy, pero saben que su futuro está asegurado y eso los reconforta. Otros viven en el presente, se rehusan a prevenir y se rehusan a recordar. Son felices porque no tienen que preocuparse de lo que han hecho o de lo que van a hacer mañana. Otros, viven en el pasado, se alimentan de recuerdos esperando que los buenos tiempos regresen y con ellos su felicidad y la paz de su alma y, por esto, están condenados a ser infelices para siempre…

Muchas veces me lo han dicho y supongo que desde hace un tiempo lo he sabido… ahora lo reconozco, estoy en ese tercer grupo. Me rehuso a aceptar que la vida va a seguir el camino que ahora le veo. Lo único que hago, es esperar que todo esto sea un sueño y que, cuando despierte mañana, voy a ser niño otra vez, mis amigos van a estar ahí, mi futuro no va a estar destinado a la soledad y al más indecible de los fracasos y voy a ser feliz una vez más.

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Ok, so I’m supposed to be a “power user” since it’s my product so here are a few tips and tricks for tracking email communication in MS Sandler CRM.

First off, make sure you configure your “personalize settings” to manually track emails in CRM else you’ll have every email in the string of six back-and-forths attached to the record!

Due to the differences in capability between native CRM email and Outlook, I prefer to send my emails in html from Outlook (and why wouldn’t you want to use the Outlook integration for all it’s worth anyway?). When you initiate a new email in Outlook, you’re presented with the ‘Track in CRM’ menu in the upper toolbar ribbon. You can elect to either click the Track button before sending the email or afterwards. If you select afterwards, then obviously you’ll have to locate the message in the Sent folder. Why would you do this? Well, it has to do with the attractive tracking tag that CRM places at the end of the message subject line (i.e. CRM:005634) if your organization has the tracking token turned ‘ON’. You may or may not care to have your recipient see this… and if you track it after you send it, they don’t see it!

To turn off the token, go to System Settings and un-check the box (with Administrator privileges) as seen below.

Remember, the email doesn’t have to be open in order to track it in CRM. There’s also a ‘Track in CRM’ button in the CRM toolbar ribbon in Outlook. In the list or preview view for your inbox or sent folder, you can simply click to track it. By doing so, you are associating it with the Contact(s) involved in the exchange. If you want to associate it with another entity (i.e. Account, Opportunity), you will need to use the ‘Set Regarding’ button instead.

One of the features of Outlook I like to use is ‘Resend’. I use it ocassionally to send a follow-up note to someone who has ignored my previous email. It shows the new note right on top of the old note as if to say “See here, how dare you ignore me!”.

The other use of ‘Resend’ is when I have a lengthy email, such as an html invite I want to forward to more than three but less than twenty people (this is an exact science let me tell you- NOT). Be careful with tracking on these, though. CRM tracks the first one but if you continue to resend it, it keeps changing the ‘associated with’ designation and you end up with only the last person being tracked. Not what you wanted. Be forwarned. In these cases, the better way is to cut-and-paste the contents of the email into a new email and then send it and then track or associate it if you don’t want the tracking identifier in your already too long subject line.

The ‘Track in CRM’ functionality is a vital part of the Outlook integration with Microsoft Sandler CRM. Just take my lessons learned and avoid the time and headaches of figuring this out on your own.

Director: Dennis Dugan

Genre: Comedy

Summary: Two firefighters pretend to be a gay couple to collect pension benefits from the government.

Impressions: I love Adam Sandler and this movie is really no different than anything he’s done before. He sticks with the offensive, outrageous stuff and gives dozens of cameos to people who have appeared in his previous films. There are hundreds of jokes, some good, many bad, but there’s never any endorsement of brutality against homosexuals, which I think is the most important thing to remember. Many comedians make fun of minorities, majorities, skin color, sexual preference, outward appearance… to single this film out would be to say that all the other comedians are doing nothing wrong. This film is funny, and there is an obvious shift in the second half that makes it clear that gay people are normal and should not be discriminated against.

3 out of 5

I saw this film when it opened a couple of weeks ago, however, I haven’t written about it until now. I thought that overall it was a good film with a great ensemble cast behind it. Adam Sandler did a great acting job playing a more serious character. By now I’m so used to seeing Adam Sandler playing the goofball funny guy, that I was surprised at his superb acting ability in this film. I would definitely recommend this film to anyone that is a fan of Adam Sandler, however, if you’re expecting Adam to play the usual funny guy throughout, then you might be surprised and might not enjoy this film. Below is the trailer for Funny People, enjoy!

This past weekend, I had the pleasure of witnessing a miracle firsthand: that’s right, I personally winessed Seth Rogen and Leslie Mann actually act!

While certainly both have put in entertaining performances in such films as The 40-year-old Virgin and Knocked Up, both really shined through in ‘Funny People’, the third film with that king-of-the-awkward-man, Judd Apatow, sitting in the director’s chair.

‘Funny People’ follows the story of fictitious stand-up comedian-turned-movie-star George Simmons, who strikes a stunning resemblance to real life stand-up comedian-turned-movie-star Adam Sandler, as he discovers he will likely die from a rare blood disease.

Simmons, successful, rich, but terribly alone, returns to the comedy club where he got his start in an attempt to self-medicate his sorrow by re-connecting with his roots, but to no avail. With no material prepared and despair in his heart, Simmons receives the silent treatment from the crowd and a ribbing from the awkward and mostly un-funny Ira Wright (Seth Rogen).

Following the harrowing evening, Simmons reaches out to Ira and his comedian friend (played to perfection by Jonah Hill) to write some jokes for an upcoming gig. Ira seizes the opportunity to further his career and leaves his roommate and friend out of the equation.

The story continues to unfold as Simmons, the man who everyone looks to for laughs, realizes in facing death that everything in his life has been empty, shallow and meaningless. The money, the women, nothing has been of real value to him except his one true love, Laura (Mann). Simmons becomes re-enamored with the married mother of two, and upon learning the experimental treatments for his disease were successful, he tries to reconnect in an attempt to find true happiness.

Not wishing to give anything away, as I encourage all to go see this interesting character piece, I will say this: a caveat to those who go in anticipating a raucous, laugh-out-loud farce- don’t. The film is a drama, and delves into some fairly dark places that will strike home for many.

Though I have heard complaints of a little too much length (in more than one area, am I right?) the film is packed with so much story that it would be hard to cut anything out. I, for one, am glad they did not.

A lazy Sunday afternoon calls for one thing : the matinée showing of whatever cool movie got released that weekend. For me, it was “Funny People” starring Adam Sandler and Seth Rogen. In this film Sandler plays a famous comedian / movie star (basically himself) who is diagnosed with a terminal disease – then gets cured; but all the while is trying to break up his ex-gf’s marriage which eventually stays in tact. So there you have it, a pretty lame plot with no real ending.

Sandler’s character is kind of a dick, and hard to like, while Rogen’s character, on the other hand, is a bit of a wuss… and also kind of hard to like. Although the two main stars of the film weren’t that likeable, that doesn’t mean they weren’t funny, and yes Sandler, Rogen, and the supplementary cast managed to spit out one liner after one liner, causing me to fill the theater with my signature laugh… and something about that Eminem cameo made me totally lose my sh*t.

Jonah Hill and Jason Schwartzman were great supporting characters and added some much needed comic relief to this… comedy?…

It’s been said before that Judd Apatow (writer/director) needs to shorten his movies, and “Funny People” was no exception, running a whopping 2.4 hours.

To conclude I’ll put it like this: “Funny People” is like if “Knocked Up”, “Super Bad” and “Big Daddy” had a threesome – and “Knocked Up” got pregnant, and gave birth to a less cool version of all three movies combined.

A videóért katt a screenshotra!:)

I Just watched the movie click. I never knew that Adam Sandler(or however you spell it) could do that good of a job playing a semi-serious role. The movie had a bit of emotion and in-depth story telling, then again, alot of the movies, ok some of the movies he has been in have had a theme or moral to them. Take 8 crazy nights, Whitey the little man with a big heart manages to break through to  Adam’s role, and helps him turn his life around.

Let me know what you think of Adam Sandler, and how do you spell his last name?

Today I spent the 4th of July with two of my best friends, Steven and Shaun Sandler. We went out in the streets and lit off more fireworks than I ever thought possible for one group of people to even own. During one crazy session of time in which Steven and I set off a large round of “fountain” fireworks, someone called out to Steven, “Steven, why are you setting them all off at the same time? Why don’t you do them separately?” Steven replied “The bigger the moment the better.” Then he turned to me with this goofy look on his face and said “Hey, that applies to fireworks AND life!”

It reminded me of a concept that I have been thinking about more than usual lately: living in the moment.  Jon Foreman says “The past cannot be changed and we do not know what tomorrow holds, so why worry about anything at all? If we do not live for right now, we are not alive.” Life is about living for the moment – the moment is what matters. Steven unwittingly made an extremely profound statement about life, and a second later, realized his ingenuity: “The bigger the moment the better.”

So often I know I spend large amounts of time worrying about school, college, work, and my life that is ahead of me. Or I waste other precious moments regretting the past – whether it be the mistakes I’ve made, relationships poorly handled, or any other unmentionables. How often this is nothing but a waste of another precious second I could be spending enjoying the now.

This concept of living in the now, and thus being truly alive, is even supported by the Bible, from the words of Christ himself:  ”So do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.” — Matthew 6:34, NAS. How empowering it is, in my mind, to realize that life CAN be so much more full and joyful through the simple application of this philosophy. It brings hope to my heart in more ways than one.

Going back to the image of fireworks, though – is it necessary for every minute to be filled with fireworks? Some might say that’s an unrealistic goal to have about life. However, I imagine that perhaps that IS necessary for life. No matter where you are, no matter what you’re doing, no matter who you’re with – if you’re living for the now and nothing else, shouldn’t that be enough? And if it is – is it as beautiful of a life as a multitude of fireworks? Is it the biggest moment you could possibly have?

In the Pixar movie Wall-E that came out last year, the Captain of the ship Axiom says a line at one point in the movie that has continually stuck in my brain: “I don’t want to survive, I want to LIVE.” Are we living the biggest moments we can experience, every moment, every day? If not, perhaps we’re not living, like we thought we were. Perhaps we are only surviving, and nothing more. Does God call us to only survive? I believe he wants more than that from us: he wants us to wake up, to stop walking as dead men – and to LIVE.

Hoy, película interesante. “Shakes, The Clown” (1991), de Bob Goldthwait.

El culto, qué es eso. Puede ser cine de minorías que el gran público tiene que descubrir, una convención tácita o una excusa para impresionar a amigos y desconocidos con esa película que sólo tú has visto.

“Shakes, The Clown” es una peli de culto sobre un payaso alcohólico que intenta ser la estrella de un programa infantil cuyos hábitos y vida desordenada le ponen las cosas un poco más difíciles de lo normal. Se abre la película con una escena de un perro con sombrero de cumpleaños sobre una mesa devorando los restos de pizza fría que sobraron ayer con un disco rayado sonando de fondo y una mujer entrada de edad avanzada durmiendo la mona en el sofá vestida sólo con un conjunto. Eso es lo que nos espera.

Las mil máscaras del héroe, los payasos como subversión del rol masculino en la sociedad actual, mitos de la literatura clásica, cine de bandas callejeras, payasos que se emborrachan y que son, tras el maquillaje, dolorosamente humanos, Shakespeare camuflado de payaso, un escondido Adam Sandler, un pletórico Robin Williams (sí, Robin Williams, y sí, pletórico), un maravilloso y desconocido Tom Kenny y juegos de palabras se confabulan para hacer de culto una cinta de otro modo normalita.

Pero, por encima de todo, “Shakes, The Clown” es cine de principios de los 90, y eso significa un poco más de subversión de lo normal en una comedia, un poco más de mainstream de lo normal en una película underground, peleas mal coreografiadas, un presupuesto escaso, una banda sonora un poco rancia y cutre, situaciones no del todo bien resueltas y una estructura y unos patrones por todos conocidos, pero sobre todo y por encima de todo una conciencia del cine como medio de entretenimiento que hace que el espectador esté durante hora y media sentado en su butaca o sofá sin exigirle demasiado.

Para mi el culto siempre ha sido el sitio donde van los gitanos evangelistas a gritar aleluyas y rezar por nuestro señor dios jesucristo nos tenga en su alma. Eso y no otra cosa.

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En otro orden de cosas, me preguntaba ayer Ninu qué era de mi vida. Por no poner los dientes demasiado largos lo dejaremos en que llevo mes y medio de vacaciones pagadas, me espera por delante otro medio antes de empezar mi trabajo de dos meses no haciendo nada antes de volver al paro. De septiembre a septiembre voy a estar un total de seis meses sin actividad conocida.

El resto, a caballo entre la playa y la piscina, ya que Carmen no quiere quedar conmigo.

Hoy a primera, si todo va bien.

Número de familiares en el extranjero: 1. 14 días para la boda, bastardo afortunado.

This subject has come up a few times lately and I’ve received some really good advice from my Sandler (SSI) coach, Casey Coffman, as well as made some determinations during my own forensic thinking.

It’s funny that even though there’s such a tremendous emphasis in business development on personal referrals– when you get one, you still have to treat it gingerly because friends (I’m including acquaintenances- really anybody who has some familiarity with you on a personal level) and business don’t always mix like Kingsford and matches.

My tendency has been to be too casual with the situation and treat the opportunity as if the prospect/acquaintance is in charge and let him or her drive the process. The result has been that I’ve had ocassions where the prospect has treated me with less respect than someone I didn’t know in the first place. Unreturned phone calls and emails. No advance notices. No heads-ups. But the worst part is always when they decide not to give the business to you but are afraid to tell you that’s what they’ve decided. Talk about spinning in the wind.

Casey made a good point when he suggested establishing the guidelines for the effort up front. Letting the “friend” know that you’re not going to treat them any differently than another prospect and that you’re not there to be their friend, but to try and get them the best solution for their business. Ask them if they’re ok with this.

The other big thing I need to start doing up-front is giving them permission to say no. Sitting on a maybe is one of the biggest energy wasters in a salesperson’s universe. Just tell them it’s ok to do it and that it doesn’t change the friendship (if you really mean that). “Joe, despite the fact that Sandy and I could have fulfilled our retirement dreams if I had won this $20M contract with you, we’re still friends and I respect your decision to go with the no-name company that lied to you to get your business.”

It can be more than financially rewarding to do business with familiar faces. Just don’t get casual with it. If you feel an intuition about something going on, say what’s on your mind. Real friends will at least let you do that.

Ator Adam Sandler

NOME: ADAM SANDLER
NASCIMENTO: 09/09/1966

* Iniciando sua carreira como ator em 1989, Adam Sandler se tornou um dos maiores comediantes da atualidade, apesar de ter atuado em poucos filmes. Destaque para “À prova de balas”, “A Herança de Mr. Deeds”, “Espanglês” e “Click”.

2006 – Click
2005 – Golpe baixo
2005 – Gigolô europeu por acidente
2004 – Espanglês (Spanglish)
2004 – Como se fosse a primeira vez
2003 – Tratamento de Choque
2002 – Garota Veneno
2002 – Eight Crazy Nights (locução)
2002 – A Herança de Mr. Deeds
2002 – Embriagado de Amor
2001 – O Animal
2000 – Little Nicky, um diabo diferente
1999 – O Paizão
1998 – O Rei da água
1998 – Trabalho sujo
1998 – Afinado no amor
1996 – À prova de balas
1996 – Um Maluco no Golfe
1995 – Billy Madison, um herdeiro bobalhão
1994 – Um dia de louco
1994 – Os cabeça-de-vento
1993 – Cônicos & Cômicos
1991 – Um Palhaço Suspeito
1989 – Going overboard

1. Lack of empathy. They just don’t get how you just can’t get it, or how someone could struggle with something they never struggled with.
2. Incompetent competence. They are masters at getting deals done, but not necessarily good at SYSTEMATICALLY explaining how; therefore it’s not very repeatable or trainable to other subordinate profiles.
3. Wrong, or not ideal, behavioral style. Typical top producers are aggressive (high “D” on the DISC profile), impatient, assertive and don’t mind conflict, and again not SYSTEMATIC. Not good coaching and mentoring traits.
4. They get bored quickly. Self explanatory, when it comes to the administrative or operational elements of management it drains their energy.
5. It’s not their fault. The time demands on mid-management today leave very little time for true coaching and development. Reacting to the “fires” alone can fill a 60 hour week.

This profile of sales manager will resort to joint sales calls and selling to prove their worth, which is not all bad, but a true management role should be focused on developing a “best in class” sales force.

Desire and intelligence trumps behavioral style! What does that mean? If you have a manager that fits the four traits above, but has strong desire to become a great manager and is intelligent, they can overcome these traits through awareness and coaching.

CC