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Killing the Sale

Todd Duncan · 2004
72/100
👍 Worth It

Todd Duncan's counterintuitive angle — here are the ten things that kill your deals, not a ten-step close — is more memorable than most sales frameworks precisely because the mistakes he names are painfully recognizable. The ethical, relationship-first emphasis holds up two decades on even if some specific examples feel dated. A quick, useful read for anyone early in a sales role.

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