Once you've created this system and trained your customer teams to work within it, they'll start to think ahead, plug the sieve and generate a consistent stream of opportunities.
Do Your Homework
New Englanders are a magnanimous bunch. We give credit where credit is due. Part of what makes Pey...Peyton…Peyton Manning (phew, that was hard to say!) so successful is that he spends countless hours watching game tape. Each week, he does what it takes to fully understand his opponent. As we Patriots fans know all too well, Manning never takes the field even slightly ignorant of his opponent's historical defensive tactics and strategy.
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