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What you do next can have a profound impact on your future success in sales.\u00a0Before moving on to your next task, take two minutes and conduct a self-evaluation of your performance by asking yourself these questions:<\/h4>\n<h4>1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0How did that meeting go?\u00a0(Honestly rate yourself on a scale from 1 to 10)<\/h4>\n<h4>2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0What could I have done better?<\/h4>\n<h4>3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0What did I do well?<\/h4>\n<h4>4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0What did I say or do that I should not have said or done?<\/h4>\n<h4>Statistically, only 1 in 7 salespeople conduct a self-evaluation after each sales interaction. 85% of salespeople fail to do this.<\/h4>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4>Self-evaluation is not just for sales. Top athletes self-assess how they performed after each performance. They ask themselves&#8230; What did they do right? What did they do wrong? Where did they fall short? What can they improve? 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