Today - how to fuse a bit of sales training with an entertaining movie??
You may well be familiar with the film The Wolf Of Wall Street starring Leonardo DiCaprio. If not, it's worth a watch! Based of course on the real life 'wolf' Jordan Belfort and his book of the same name.
A couple of the best scenes in the movie are of Leo delivering sales training speeches to his staff. Obviously hammed up a bit and not necessarily the most 'wholesome' approach to business but definitely fun and actually motivating at the same time.
As for Jordan himself, well, he lost his way a bit in his early career. He saw an opportunity to earn a lot of money, rinsed it completely, lost it all and has now built it all back up again and more... this time based on sound practices.
First off, one of Leo's classic speeches. Very much based on what Jordan used to present in the real world, although I'm sure with a little creative licence! He happens to be one of my favourite actors as he brings a fair bit to various roles, and is now deservedly an Oscar winner.
I've watched some of Belfort's various presentations, and some of it is very high quality. He certainly practices what he preaches to a large degree. It's not for everyone and some people will gain more than others, but it's always good to learn and spruce up your sales game.
This actually popped up on Facebook which inspired this post, so I'll drop the link to the blog post/clip here (can't embed the video directly). There are far more on YouTube and around the web if you want to delve deeper.
Jordan Belfort - get people to pay attention to you
There we go, a little Leo and Jordan wolfing you into the weekend ;)
Have a good one!
~ Adam
"The only thing standing between you and your goal is the bullshit story you keep telling yourself as to why you can't achieve it"
~ Jordan Belfort / Wolf of Wall Street