The mission of The Prospecting Professor is to assist, enlighten, and (sometimes) amuse salespeople, especially financial salespeople, regarding the challenge of finding new clients. In the financial sales business, this task of business-building is known as "prospecting".
This morning, I was all prepared to publish a new piece on the rigors of Sales Prospecting...yet my attention was diverted to the grim circumstance of the 13 coal miners who are trapped deep within the Sago Mine in Tallmansville, West Virginia.
Somehow it seemed ridiculous to discuss the "challenge" of sales prospecting in light of the life-and-death circumstance of these valiant men, who are trapped hundreds of feet beneath the surface.
Although working conditions for coal miners have appeared to improve over the years, it is still a very dangerous profession. The specific mine where the men are trapped has been cited 208 times in 2005 for alleged safety violations...96 of which were considered significant and substantial. In the entire United States in 2005, there were 21 coal-mining related fatalities. It is interesting to note that, in other countries, conditions for miners are even worse. In China, for example, there are 2600 officially-reported deaths through the first half of 2005. Unofficial death tolls are rumored to be much higher.
So...for today, The Prospecting Professor would like to honor, and pray, for the lives and families of the fearless men of the Sago Mine. Their example, and sacrifice, gives us needed perspective.
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Posted by: Ed Hardy | August 04, 2011 at 01:52 AM