" many of which, if you actually applied them to the real world, would result in clients saying, "Wow, these guys are hard to work with, can we please find someone else?"
Exactly. Totally flies in the face of saying "how high" when someone says "jump".
Not only that but a similar attitude of some old timers in a business that I was in (right out of college) was what allowed me to get their clients.
We live in a world where people want instant gratification and answers to their questions. While there may be cases where timing doesn't matter when you are dealing with sales and closing deals and keeping away the competition I have always found the early bird gets the worm. And sometimes you get the deal just by showing up because the other party is to busy to service the account.
Exactly. Totally flies in the face of saying "how high" when someone says "jump".
Not only that but a similar attitude of some old timers in a business that I was in (right out of college) was what allowed me to get their clients.
We live in a world where people want instant gratification and answers to their questions. While there may be cases where timing doesn't matter when you are dealing with sales and closing deals and keeping away the competition I have always found the early bird gets the worm. And sometimes you get the deal just by showing up because the other party is to busy to service the account.