
Cheating Death
From Salesperson to Sales Practitioner, Making B2B Sales a Life of Meaning
Robert Herbst(Author)
Spire Selling (Publisher)
Published on 25. April 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
114 pages
978-1-0693392-8-7 (ISBN)
Description
The world of B2B sales is changing-and fast. Automation is replacing traditional roles, industry challenges are more complex, and the old mindset of "just close the sale" is becoming obsolete. How can you future-proof your career?
By becoming a Sales Practitioner.
In Cheating Death, Robert Herbst, a sales veteran with over 35 years of experience developing salespeople, reveals how to become a professional who doesn't just sell products or services but finds and fixes customers' most daunting problems.
Sales practitioners go beyond the transaction. They explore, diagnose, innovate, and create lasting value while creating a life of deep fulfillment. This book will teach you how to:Navigate the biggest shift in B2B sales in decades.
Harness the power of the ten essential questions that define the essence of who you are as a sales practitioner.
Embrace a mindset of curiosity, resilience, and service.
Rob's journey from Xerox salesman to pioneer of the sales practitioner mindset is packed with lessons inspired by his love for personal growth and fascination with where sales needs to go.
Cheating Death will show you how to transform your career and join a new breed of sales practitioners.
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Language
English
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 6 mm
Weight
178 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-0693392-8-7 (9781069339287)
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Person
ROBERT HERBST is the founder of spireselling.com, where B2B salespeople and managers learn to thrive amid disruption and uncertainty. Rob goes back and forth between Vancouver Island and Calgary, backcountry skiing, leading people up mountains, blazing a few trails of his own, and spending time with his children and grandchildren. But, no matter where he is, Rob's mission remains clear: to help others climb higher-both in sales and in life.