Episode 86

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Published on:

21st Dec 2022

Meaningful Stories That Lead to Meaningful Connections - Ravi Rajani

Summary:

Ravi Rajani is an author, speaker, and sales consultant. He's the founder of Ravi Rajani Consulting and host of The Influential Communicator Podcast. His mission is to help B2B SaaS sales teams present their story, solution and message in a way that gets attention, builds trust and wins new business without competing on price.

I met Ravi through a mutual connection on LinkedIn and right away knew he was a fit for the podcast. In this episode, you'll learn how to communicate to people in a way that makes you magnetic, charasmatic, and personable through the skill of being interested not being interesting. You'll learn frameworks of asking really curious questions, how to tell really impactful stories, and how you can get to a level with people that most people don't ever get to in sales through connection. You'll learn great frameworks in the process.

Key Moments:

03:10 - To sell by being human

9:44 - Who asks Ravi powerful questions and what they do successfully.

11:05 - Why the question - How are you can be a lazy question.

13:50 - How Ravi learned to tell his authentic story. The importance of context for asking questions.

17:34 - You never truly know what you want in life until you experience it. Dr. Zoe Chance. Ravi's story of coming up in tradking floor in the U.K

20:30 - The difference between being formal and being professional

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About the Podcast

Sell By Being Human
On the Sell By Being Human podcast, award-winning sales professional Alex Smith provides the proven way to harness your innate human skills like empathy, curiosity, and kindness to learn how to sell and navigate the sales journey.
This is where human connection and sales meet. You may be someone whose success depends on influence, negotiation, and your ability to create change, but you may reject aggressive sales tactics. Maybe you feel stuck in corporate "autopilot," knowing your best asset is your genuine personality, but you struggle to use it to get what you want. Then this channel is for you.

It will teach you how to close the gap between wanting to be ethical and feeling pressured to sell aggressively. You’ll also learn actionable strategies for translating emotional intelligence into high-trust results. Join Alex and top guests, including NY Times bestsellers, keynote speakers, and global founders, as they prove that being truly human is the ultimate sales advantage.

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Alex Smith

Alex Smith is a seasoned sales professional and podcast host who champions a human-first approach to selling. With nearly two decades of experience, he explores how empathy, curiosity, and genuine connection drive influence in everyday life. Through his podcast, he highlights stories from people across all professions, showing that anyone can persuade and create impact simply by being human.