listen first

Oct 2

ever felt utterly lost facing a tough choice?

then someone listened. not with answers but with genuine attention to your worries, fears, and hopes. no judgment. no hidden agenda.

they saw your struggle. you felt heard.

that feeling of being understood is powerful. it's a basic human need.

robert greene explained how the ego is fragile and defensive. aggression? judgment? walls go up.

but empathy? understanding? validation?

walls come down. we open up. trust builds.

this matters everywhere but especially in sales.

consider reaching out to an anxious young graduate. she's bombarded with choices. skeptical of promises. a hard sell triggers defenses. "just another sales pitch."

try open-ended questions instead. listen to her hopes and fears. acknowledge her challenges.

"sounds like you're figuring out your next step."

"that's a big decision. feeling overwhelmed is normal."

"many graduates worry about finding fulfilling work. you too?"

these simple phrases spoken with empathy make a difference. connection forms. trust builds. she's willing to hear more.

now present your program. not a sales pitch but a genuine opportunity.

real power isn't forcing your will. it's understanding their needs.

validation is the key. it opens influence that benefits everyone.

Ayush Duggal

Ayush Duggal is the kind of founder who looked at India’s graduate unemployment problem and thought, “What if the real issue isn’t jobs or skills, but the complete lack of believable salespeople?” So he built VerveSchool. A place where the overlooked learn the overlooked skill. Sales. Not the sleazy kind. The kind that actually works. The kind where someone trusts you enough to say yes without hating themselves afterwards.

He teaches people how to sell like they mean it. Not because a script told them to. But because they’ve actually understood what it means to solve a problem for someone who’s barely listening. It’s more psychology than pipeline. More theatre than theory. More “shut up and listen” than “always be closing.”

VerveSchool runs on a Pay After Placement model. Which, let’s be honest, is probably how all education should work. You pay when it works. Not before. Radical, apparently. But only if you're still pretending the current system makes sense.

Ayush is allergic to mediocrity and buzzwords. He prefers late-night coaching calls to keynote speeches. He’d rather get one ambitious underdog to a 7 LPA role than impress a room full of VCs who’ve never had to sell a ₹15,000 course to a broke 24-year-old with a BA pass degree.

He’s read more Osho than MBA textbooks and thinks most “career advice” would make more sense if it came with a warning label. He doesn’t do fake humility. Or fake urgency. Just real people, real growth, and real results.

https://verveschool.com

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