The Audible-Ready Sales Podcast

Looking Back to Move Forward

Dec 19, 2023

Force Management facilitator Jim Pouliopoulos joins the podcast to discuss how to look back on the past year to improve your sales career. Topics include assessing career satisfaction, setting goals in different areas of life, reflecting on work, and the power of well-being in living a better life.

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Jim Pouliopoulos

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Assessing personal and professional aspects of life and aligning them is crucial for future success.

Reflecting on regrets and successes helps individuals gain insights and shape future goals effectively.

Deep dives

Assessing Your Year and Achieving Balance

One of the main ideas discussed in this podcast episode is the importance of assessing your year and achieving a balance between personal and professional aspects of life. The speaker, Pooley, emphasizes the need to step back and examine not only professional challenges but also personal goals, family, relationships, intellectual pursuits, and hobbies. He points out that during the COVID-19 pandemic, the line between work and personal life blurred, forcing people to merge these aspects. As we move forward, it is crucial to reflect on the past year and plan for the future, ensuring that our personal and professional lives are aligned and that we prioritize what is most important to us.

Introduction

4min

Setting Goals in Different Areas of Life

10min

Assessing Career Satisfaction and Identifying Strengths and Enjoyment

10min

Reflecting on Work and Making Changes

2min

The Power of Well-Being in Living a Better Life

3min

The most elite salespeople put in the work to get better. The best way you can ensure you have a great 2024, is to take a close look at 2023. What are your regrets? What do you want to get better at? How can you improve your sales career.

Today’s special guest, Force Management facilitator Jim “Pouli” Pouliopoulos, helps folks increase their happiness levels in all facets of life. Join us as he explains how you can look back to move forward in an actionable way. He shares:

How to make sure you’re crafting the career that makes you the happiest
How you can assess your current career path in a way that drives change
Why you should ditch New Year’s Resolutions
How to balance money and motivation

Check out Pouli’s book, How to Be a Well Being: https://www.amazon.com/How-Be-Well-Being-Unofficial/dp/085708867X

Connect with Pouli on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pouli/

Here are some additional resources:

Training the Seller’s Brain for Positivity | Ascender Article
- https://rb.gy/kv3k7
Five Ways to Find Positivity in a Challenging Sales Environment | Ascender Article
- https://rb.gy/lxatf

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The Audible-Ready Sales Podcast

Looking Back to Move Forward

Episode guests

Podcast summary created with Snipd AI

Quick takeaways

Deep dives

Assessing Your Year and Achieving Balance

Reflecting on Regrets and Successes of the Past Year

Setting Effective Goals and Taking Action

Remember Everything You Learn from Podcasts