tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069200.post28712375643853876..comments2023-08-09T04:28:05.392-04:00Comments on A Pastor in the Parish: Stop Trying to Reach Young AdultsGeekChurchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13734017463840940541noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069200.post-6512582193057875852012-05-18T10:05:19.564-04:002012-05-18T10:05:19.564-04:00Heston,
I used to manage a camera store and sold ...Heston, <br />I used to manage a camera store and sold cameras well. Mainly because I did exactly what you describe. I asked a whole lot of questions and found out what the customer was planning on using the camera for. That was not the same as a sales pitch where I try to talk someone into buying something that might not fit his/her needs and only sought to unload merchandise. I am thinking here of the in-home exhibitions of vacuum cleaners who made sales pitches but could care less about me. I think that is very often our model of what sharing faith is supposed to look like. "What's it going to take to get you behind the wheel of this shiny-looking faith?" <br /><br />My simple point is that the notion of "reaching" people is inherently one-sided. "Let me give you this stuff you need" without any connection or relationship or real knowledge of the other.GeekChurchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13734017463840940541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069200.post-90759067594773255662012-05-18T01:35:08.082-04:002012-05-18T01:35:08.082-04:00Brian, my view of sales has changed drastically af...Brian, my view of sales has changed drastically after reading a few books on the subject recently. The best sales people apparently don't try to "sell" in the stereotypical sense. They become "assistant buyers." They seek to know the needs of the person they're in front of so well, that they can make the most relevant of suggestions.<br /><br />God is so big, and has so many facets, that trying to ramrod any particular facet is like taking shots in the dark. What if we sought to know those around us so intimately that we could recommend to them the very thing they're looking for?Hestonnoreply@blogger.com