Q: Making sales takes a special set of skills, and it’s hard work. Still, you don’t want to suggest to your force that the job is impossible. Always speak in encouraging tones about progress. That will make your team want to strive for continued success. If a team is having trouble making sales, it’s often because they don’t understand or believe in their product. Taking time to explain your product and talk about its benefits to your team will help them make compelling pitches and complete sales. For instance:  If you’re selling clothing, talk about its durability or quality. Give team members a chance to try the clothing for themselves. They can then tell customers about their first-hand experience. If you’re selling home solar panels, spend time talking to your team about how much this can save consumers on power bills, how efficient the product is, and so on. Specific data will give your team something concrete to talk with customers about. Taking some time to congratulate and reward your salesforce for doing well will be greatly appreciated. Just make sure that if you’re recognizing individual employees, you have concrete reasons for doing so. This will stop other team members feel like the employees are being unfairly recognized.  For instance, you could have a running policy of recognizing any team member who exceeds their quota by 10 percent or more. Recognize individual employees in whatever ways seem appropriate. You could use an employee of the month plaque, or take them out to lunch, for instance. You could also recognize the team as a whole, for instance, if it exceeds its quarterly quota.
A: Set a positive tone. Train your force to have confidence in your product. Recognize your team members when they do well.

Q: If you are old enough to move out on your own, then you may want to consider it as a way to improve your relationship with your parents. It may be difficult for your parents to see you as an adult until you have moved out of their house.  Before you do anything drastic, make sure that you are financially able to live on your own and that you are ready for the responsibility. Living on your own can be expensive and difficult. If you are not quite ready to move out on your own, consider asking your parents if you can help out by paying for your own car insurance, paying one of the utility bills, or even paying them a set amount for rent. This will help to show them that you are mature and give you some good practice for living on your own. Whether you are still living at home or living on your own, it is important to maintain a healthy distance from your parents. Make sure that you keep an active social life with your friends, work hard in school and/or your job, and pursue hobbies and other interests that do not involve your parents. The less that you demonstrate your parents that you need their help, the more they will begin to see you as an adult. Try to avoid asking your parents for things if you can including advice, money, and stuff. If you have a problem, try your best to solve it on your own before going straight to your parents. Of course, sometimes it may be necessary to turn to your parents for help. If your parents do give you something or help you to solve a problem, be gracious and thank them for their help. Keep in mind that although you may behave like an adult and even be a legal adult, your parents may always view you as a kid because you are their child. Try your best to focus on yourself and not to be so concerned about what your parents think of you. Remember that your opinion of yourself is what matters the most.
A: Find your own place to live. Maintain a healthy distance. Be more self-reliant. Try not to care as much about what your parents think.

Q: If you feel that you made a mistake in the relationship and have attempted to make amends, move on. Don’t be hard on yourself for things that you cannot change.  To help alleviate guilt, try reminding yourself what you did right, either in the relationship or outside of it.  Envision a time when you were supportive, loving and loyal to those around you. Determine who is behind the guilt that you’re feeling. Are your friends wishing you would get back together with your ex or is he manipulating you in some way? Determining which feelings are someone else’s and which are your own is important for figuring out if the guilt is warranted or not. If you had a favorite restaurant that you frequented together, make it a point to still eat there. Make reservations to go with friends in order to create new memories. This will keep you from limiting yourself and letting your sadness dictate your actions. If you shared a mutual friend with your ex who you still care about, try not to let the nature of the friendship change now that you’re no longer together. Remember that starting a new relationship doesn’t mean it will end like your last one did. Concentrating on how you feel you were wronged will make you appear bitter and unpleasant to be around. If you hold onto these feelings, you could miss the opportunity to meet someone amazing in the future. Allow yourself to learn from past mistakes, but understand that no two men are the same. If you begin to notice an unhealthy pattern within your relationships, consider how you can avoid this. Whether it’s being taken advantage of, or letting a negative side of your own personality take over, recognize that failure to change this habit will result in a similar outcome.  If the type of man that you’re drawn to keeps hurting you, address the reasons behind why you're drawn to this type of relationship. Talk with those closest to you who saw the nature of your relationship first-hand. Ask them for help in constructively evaluating what went wrong with your ex. Chances are that if your break up is fresh and you are still healing, even a friendship isn’t possible between the two of you for now. It will be difficult to have an objective viewpoint on what went wrong if you’re still in contact. Additionally, it may make it harder for you to accept the end of the relationship, which will only prolong your grieving process.  True closure can be difficult if there is still dialogue between the two of you. A clean break will make acceptance of the end unavoidable. If he is the one contacting you, consider changing your phone number and email address. Delete him from your social media accounts so you aren't forced to inadvertently think about him throughout the day when you login to your accounts and he's posted an update. If you don't want to delete him altogether, most apps have ways of blocking people, as well. While you may be tempted to do whatever it takes to relieve your feelings of loneliness, you will be further behind in the long run if you rely on something as destructive as these numbing agents. Drugs and alcohol will block your feelings, and put off the grieving process, rather than getting you closer to starting to heal.  There is a chance you could develop an addiction, producing another issue to overcome. It's possible you could drive away friends and potential future mates with this harmful behavior.
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Don’t focus on any guilt that you’re harboring. Don’t go out of your way to avoid places or people that remind you of your ex. Don’t allow lingering negativity to get in the way when you do meet someone new. Don’t keep doing the same thing and expect different results. Don’t find reasons to contact your former lover. Don’t use alcohol or drugs to escape from your pain.