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     I truly believe that anyone can teach; not everyone can truly inspire.  

     On Monday, January 9th, after only two months on the sales floor of a car dealership, I had come dangerously close to falling into such a negative mind-state that I put in a soft resignation with the sales managers, and had almost completely decided to head in a different employment direction.  With literally one foot out the door, the finance director pulled me to the side and asked if I would hang back for a minute while he checked on transferring me into the internet department... which, about a half hour later, he came back and told me to head upstairs for the training that was starting in 15 minutes.  

     For the next two days, I listened to Mr Sean Bradley talk with such passion and charisma (even through his cold and broken voice) about his company and the achievements that I decided maybe he was right -- maybe the Laws Of Attraction were more than just a "sales pitch", and there was validity to the science and chemistry behind it: similar elements attract, polar opposite mindsets repel... much like magnets.  If I was to be successful, I had to get my mind right and radiate such a positive beacon of energy that negativity would deflect and glare at my success from a distance.

     The message didn't thoroughly sink in, though, until Mr Anthony Alagona arrived at the dealership on Wednesday, January 11th.  If anyone had asked me what I thought about positive people (even as recently as a week ago), although I would have loved to believe otherwise, my prior experiences would have led me to reply that positivity was a salesman's spin on reality; however, Anthony exceeded my expectations with far more than the right words... I saw, for the first time, positivity in another man's FACE.  Belief in himself, and confidence in the future for everyone in his life, radiates off of Mr Alagona like nothing I've even encountered before.  He made even the tedious task of running phone scripts enjoyable, taking on any challenge the group could throw at him -- flashing a charismatic smirk and dropping his characteristic "game on!" at anyone who came at him with a curve.  

     Neither Sean nor Anthony are salespeople; they both exude the same energy, as if they were made from a far greater mold.  They're both incredibly positive and intensely passionate men who believe so deeply in a better tomorrow that labeling them with anything besides their given names is almost insulting.  After only one week, they've both inspired me and made me stronger as a person... they just happened to be teaching me something about automotive sales.  

     Dealer Synergy is a powerful program; however, it's only a drop in the bucket of what the staff that run it are capable of.  To the car dealerships who use them, use them wisely; to those that don't, you should probably come up for air before you sink; and to anyone NOT involved in automotive sales in anyway... I suggest figuring out another way to get acquainted with both Mr Bradley and Mr Alagona.  They both have hearts of lions.  

     I owe my renewed faith in the possibilities of my personal success and the future of my career at the dealership to their presence and inspiration.  Thank you both so much.