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HN points to it as the one scene worth watching from the movie, a classic about sales and entrepreneurship.
The famous Alec Baldwin monologue from the film Glengarry Glen Ross, where his character Blake berates salesmen with the 'Always Be Closing' speech. It is a short, profane scene about sales pressure and motivation.
“Just watch this classic clip from Glengarry Glen Ross” (HN, 2012)
If you liked this movie, may I suggest the David Mamet movie that inspired it: Glengarry Glen Ross ( [link] ). Brilliant (but NSFW, language) "Always Be Closing" scene to give you a feel for it: [this video]
Brilliant Always Be Closing scene giving a feel for the movie.
It's a memorable line from a monologue delivered by the Alec Baldwin character in the movie 'Glengarry Glen Ross'. [scene] [this video] [transcript] [link] (Language is NSFW... unless of course your workplace is like the one in the movie.)
The Glengarry Glen Ross monologue scene identifying the memorable line.
[this video] Always Be Closing "The hardest thing in life is sell" [link] * * * The biggest step in my opinion is the psychological one. After that, everything comes in much easier than before.
Always Be Closing scene linked as sales motivation.
"Nice guy I don't give a f &k. Good father, f &k you, go home and play with your kids. You want to work here close!" [this video] Probably not the best "formal warning", but fun all the same.
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