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The first job of most billionaires was... drum-roll... SALES!
Not a big surprise to many I guess.
Many very successful people recommend to learn sales as soon as possible, including many on this forum.
I have to admit that I didn't spend any time honing my sales skills... mostly to stay comfortable or to be more precise to avoid my fears...
... yep my fears because to be honest I am scared as hell to sell, to cold call, to get rejected.
Running away from my irrational fears for years has been a disservice to myself and my family.
Even in this very moment I get an uncomfortable feeling.
I want to delete this post.
I don't want to publish it, so I can stay in my comfort zone without feeling any accountability or risk loosing my face.
But F*ck IT!
I don't want to keep living a life of quiet desperation.
When my life will be over I want to be proud of myself, not embarrassed.
The last couple years I have been working from home with pretty much no need for any social interactions.
As an introvert I enjoyed it but my comfort zone has gotten smaller and smaller.
At the moment I am even uncomfortable making phone calls to get medical appointments or any appointment for that matter.
I guess cold calling will be fun...
Which brings me to the point of this thread. I want to document my journey in sales.
I haven't yet a clear plan, actually I can't even see me really taking action on this...
However, there were a couple of valueable threads on the forum about "cold calling challenges" which gave me inspiration.
I want to make taking action as simple as possible for myself, so I thought about making cold calls/cold visits as a freelancer on a comission only basis.
Then just take action, and keep taking action until there is no fear left and my sales skills have improved massively.
I will follow up with a more concrete action plan.
source for the first statement of the thread: https://eu.usatoday.com/story/money/2017/09/21/billionaire-richest-people-first-jobs-top-degress/686886001/
Not a big surprise to many I guess.
Many very successful people recommend to learn sales as soon as possible, including many on this forum.
I have to admit that I didn't spend any time honing my sales skills... mostly to stay comfortable or to be more precise to avoid my fears...
... yep my fears because to be honest I am scared as hell to sell, to cold call, to get rejected.
Running away from my irrational fears for years has been a disservice to myself and my family.
Even in this very moment I get an uncomfortable feeling.
I want to delete this post.
I don't want to publish it, so I can stay in my comfort zone without feeling any accountability or risk loosing my face.
But F*ck IT!
I don't want to keep living a life of quiet desperation.
When my life will be over I want to be proud of myself, not embarrassed.
The last couple years I have been working from home with pretty much no need for any social interactions.
As an introvert I enjoyed it but my comfort zone has gotten smaller and smaller.
At the moment I am even uncomfortable making phone calls to get medical appointments or any appointment for that matter.
I guess cold calling will be fun...
Which brings me to the point of this thread. I want to document my journey in sales.
I haven't yet a clear plan, actually I can't even see me really taking action on this...
However, there were a couple of valueable threads on the forum about "cold calling challenges" which gave me inspiration.
I want to make taking action as simple as possible for myself, so I thought about making cold calls/cold visits as a freelancer on a comission only basis.
Then just take action, and keep taking action until there is no fear left and my sales skills have improved massively.
I will follow up with a more concrete action plan.
“In any given moment we have two options: to step forward into growth or to step back into safety.” by Abraham Maslow
source for the first statement of the thread: https://eu.usatoday.com/story/money/2017/09/21/billionaire-richest-people-first-jobs-top-degress/686886001/
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