{"id":32,"date":"2022-06-14T15:53:31","date_gmt":"2022-06-14T19:53:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usr-llc.com\/divine\/?page_id=32"},"modified":"2022-08-15T16:00:54","modified_gmt":"2022-08-15T20:00:54","slug":"why-should-you-read-it","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/usr-llc.com\/divine\/why-should-you-read-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Should You Read It?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<section class=\"section dark\" id=\"section_1163894590\">\n\t\t<div class=\"bg section-bg fill bg-fill  bg-loaded\" >\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<button class=\"scroll-for-more z-5 icon absolute bottom h-center\" aria-label=\"Scroll for more\"><i class=\"icon-angle-down\" style=\"font-size:42px;\"><\/i><\/button>\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n\n  <div class=\"banner has-hover hide-for-small\" id=\"banner-492495238\">\n          <div class=\"banner-inner fill\">\n        <div class=\"banner-bg fill\" >\n            <div class=\"bg fill bg-fill \"><\/div>\n                                    \n                    <\/div>\n\t\t\n        <div class=\"banner-layers container\">\n            <div class=\"fill banner-link\"><\/div>            \n   <div id=\"text-box-582121657\" class=\"text-box banner-layer x50 md-x50 lg-x50 y50 md-y50 lg-y50 res-text\">\n                     <div data-animate=\"fadeInUp\">           <div class=\"text-box-content text dark text-shadow-1\">\n              \n              <div class=\"text-inner text-center\">\n                  \n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 120%;\">Why Should You Read It?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 150%;\">You need to raise your leadership game and identify practical changes that will make a big impact on how you lead your team. Reading stories about other successful sales leaders who chose to lead virtuously will help you apply the great virtues to your environment.<\/span><\/p>\n              <\/div>\n           <\/div>\n       <\/div>                     \n<style>\n#text-box-582121657 {\n  width: 95%;\n}\n#text-box-582121657 .text-box-content {\n  font-size: 100%;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #text-box-582121657 {\n    width: 87%;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n    <\/div>\n \n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n            \n<style>\n#banner-492495238 {\n  padding-top: 600px;\n  background-color: #421a85;\n}\n#banner-492495238 .ux-shape-divider--top svg {\n  height: 150px;\n  --divider-top-width: 100%;\n}\n#banner-492495238 .ux-shape-divider--bottom svg {\n  height: 150px;\n  --divider-width: 100%;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #banner-492495238 {\n    padding-top: 500px;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_1163894590 {\n  padding-top: 0px;\n  padding-bottom: 0px;\n}\n#section_1163894590 .ux-shape-divider--top svg {\n  height: 150px;\n  --divider-top-width: 100%;\n}\n#section_1163894590 .ux-shape-divider--bottom svg {\n  height: 150px;\n  --divider-width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\t<section class=\"section\" id=\"section_1310421330\">\n\t\t<div class=\"bg section-bg fill bg-fill  bg-loaded\" >\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-134714254\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-976677369\" class=\"col medium-8 small-12 large-8\"  data-animate=\"fadeInLeft\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 120%; color: #2a3991;\"><span style=\"color: #282828;\">Read what others are saying about The Divine Comedy of Sales<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 120%;\">\u201cThe Divine Comedy of Sales is chock full of real-world examples, personal stories, and exercises at the end of each chapter, which meaningfully anchor the book. This is especially important, as McDarby frames the work through the grand, classically-dramatic lens of the seven deadly sins.\u201d \u2013 Jason M.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 120%;\">\u201cI highly recommend this book to any sales leader who is trying to improve their results and the best possible leader to their team.\u201d \u2013 Kevin Kearns, SVP Sales, Grubhub<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 120%;\">\u201cReally great read. McDarby cuts through the noise in a space with a track record of taking itself too seriously, and passes along actionable wisdom in the form of quick hitting, insightful stories. A worthwhile read for any stage of your sales career..\u201d \u2013 Elijah M.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 120%;\">\u201cMcDarby is incredibly insightful while also keeping the book light and fun to read. It is packed with powerful takeaways and has a structure of activities to challenge your thinking and help build habits for continued success. It has been a fantastic resource for me and a book I plan to revisit many times in the future. A must have for all sales leaders. Highly recommend.\u2013 Mike L.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 120%;\">\u201cMcDarby has done something really unique here. Building on the foundation of the concept of fixed vs. growth mindset, and the contrast between the seven deadly sins and seven lively virtues, he has connected all the dots and explains how it applies to world of sales leadership.\u201d \u2013 Mike K.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#col-976677369 > .col-inner {\n  margin: 0px 0px -30px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1594247075\" class=\"col medium-4 small-12 large-4\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner dark\" style=\"background-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);\" >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_222352499\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img width=\"442\" height=\"681\" src=\"https:\/\/usr-llc.com\/divine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/07\/The-Divine-Comedy-of-Sales.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"The Divine Comedy of Sales \u2013 Book Cover\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/usr-llc.com\/divine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/07\/The-Divine-Comedy-of-Sales.jpg 442w, https:\/\/usr-llc.com\/divine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/07\/The-Divine-Comedy-of-Sales-195x300.jpg 195w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 442px) 100vw, 442px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_222352499 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-1969546081\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-2075396570\" class=\"col small-12 large-12\"  data-animate=\"fadeInRight\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/calendly.com\/mattmcdarby\/30min\" target=\"_self\" class=\"button alert\"  >\n    <span>Buy The Book<\/span>\n  <i class=\"icon-angle-right\" ><\/i><\/a>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#col-2075396570 > .col-inner {\n  margin: 0px 0px -25px 0px;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #col-2075396570 > .col-inner {\n    margin: 0px 0px -25px 0px;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#col-1594247075 > .col-inner {\n  padding: 25px 25px 25px 25px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_1310421330 {\n  padding-top: 60px;\n  padding-bottom: 60px;\n}\n#section_1310421330 .ux-shape-divider--top svg {\n  height: 150px;\n  --divider-top-width: 100%;\n}\n#section_1310421330 .ux-shape-divider--bottom svg {\n  height: 150px;\n  --divider-width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\t<section class=\"section\" id=\"section_1744719146\">\n\t\t<div class=\"bg section-bg fill bg-fill  bg-loaded\" >\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-916081549\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1249946832\" class=\"col small-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_501493895\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img width=\"940\" height=\"788\" src=\"https:\/\/usr-llc.com\/divine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/07\/Virtuous-Leaders-Set-the-Standard-for-Their-Teams.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/usr-llc.com\/divine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/07\/Virtuous-Leaders-Set-the-Standard-for-Their-Teams.png 940w, https:\/\/usr-llc.com\/divine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/07\/Virtuous-Leaders-Set-the-Standard-for-Their-Teams-300x251.png 300w, https:\/\/usr-llc.com\/divine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/07\/Virtuous-Leaders-Set-the-Standard-for-Their-Teams-768x644.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_501493895 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-1979202782\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-695036611\" class=\"col small-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 120%;\">Some of the virtuous sales leaders featured in the book are pictured here (clockwise from top left) \u2013 Ken Napolitano, Dana Isola, Julia Flohr, Ryan Ward, and Malcolm Simmonds.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_1744719146 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n  padding-bottom: 30px;\n}\n#section_1744719146 .ux-shape-divider--top svg {\n  height: 150px;\n  --divider-top-width: 100%;\n}\n#section_1744719146 .ux-shape-divider--bottom svg {\n  height: 150px;\n  --divider-width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-blank.php","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.5.1 - 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