Sports athletes spend hundreds of hours honing their skills and creating muscle memory to ensure their success on the field or court. For an auctioneer, the auction block is our arena. Whether it is competing in the International Auctioneer Championship, conducting benefit auctions, or selling personal property, auction athletes have to train in order to be "Game Ready". From mental preparation and auction exercises to discovering your authentic auction-self, learn the practice habits that could one day help you become a champion.

The use of technology and social media platforms have revolutionized the business market; enabling auctioneers and entrepreneurs alike to move online, become more efficient, and quite possibly connect with the greatest volume of potential clients ever.  Yet despite the world's "connection", we drift further and further from one another, losing the connection and energy that live auction events offer, and forgetting one of the reasons auctioneering was created, community.