God is a really good salesman!

Have you ever read any of God's quotations which reflected uncertainty? He never said I might be your savior. Rather he says," I am your savior". We can list many of his quotations, where confidence is clearly reflected.

Same applies to a successful sales person. The mantra of a successful sales person is Sell with Confidence. While selling you say," If you accept my offer, I WILL solve your problem" rather than” If you accept my offer, I MIGHT BE able to solve your problem". If you want to make a sale, you have to believe in what you are selling and sell it with confidence.

Now you might think its strange calling God a sales person, which will in turn imply that most of us are his customers. Your next question can be what’s his 1-800 number? Well, spare me, alright. I didn't make this up. I love selling. One day, I was wandering through the selling gurus aisle in Borders, looking for some non-monotonous pep talk, I saw a catchy title: God is a Sales man: Learn from the Master. It is written by Mark Stevens, a marketing guru based in NY. Soon it became one of those page turner books for me and it has definitely changed my life. The book not only added value to my professional thinking, but also to my personal life. Even though the book is targeted towards sales people, it is also an easy read for anyone; moreover, it can be a good gift.

Now, take a moment to think with me, will you? During our daily life, we all endure ups and downs, don't we? But even at the lowest point of our lives, there is always something which we can thank God for. Unfortunately, most of us are preoccupied with dictating God how he should do his job, we fail to see what he already sold us. Pay attention, you will see. Everything happens for good. God is always selling you something. In The Color Purple, an Alice Walker novel, Shug tells Celie this same message in a different manner: "God is always trying to impress you with something". In other words, even if he loses you as a customer for a while, he will upsell something, which will soon make you notice things and say "Thank you, God".

I wonder how his LinkedIn will be like.:-)

Why the name Beekipedia?

Well, till you actually try to name something, such as a baby, a blog, an organization, you never realize how much time consuming the naming process can be and how much importance the name has.

I wanted the name of my blog to reflect who I am. The more I thought about it, the more I realized I am a walking wikipedia, not in terms of topics I can talk about, but in terms of change. I am always in a constant state of change. My passions change, my moods change, my opinions change, my knowledge about things change.The past has an effect on me, but it does not define who I am today. I believe in the power of now; time is now; now is the time.

One thing though, unlike in wikipedia, in my blog I will not edit an existing entry, but I will post a new one stating my new insight on the topic. Hence I request all my readers to bear in mind that nothing stated in my entries is final and everything is solely based on my opinion at that particular point of time, when the entry was made. Everything changes. Its only a matter of time.

I also encourage my readers to share their opinions with me. I like positive criticisms. But please do remember, rudeness will not be tolerated.