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Early in my former consulting practice, a friend convinced me I needed to hire a salesperson. Weeks later, I hired Steve.
The first call Steve went with me on was to a company that I knew desperately needed our help. But I had never closed the deal.
That day, Steve told the prospect. “I’m not leaving until you sign a contract. You know you need us, and we can’t continue to let you flounder.”
We left elated with a contract in hand.
1 Corinthians 12:4 teaches, “There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit distributes them.”
I realized that day that God could have given me the gift of sales, but He didn’t. When building a team, add those people who have God-given gifts that you don’t.
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