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Interesting story. You will make the better sales I guess because like you said your business skills are better. I'll try not to over complicate but lately I've realized how complicated life really is, so it's hard not to lol. I have a question then, as a day job what do you think is the best thing to do? I have looked at some startups, inbound sales, etc. I don't think there is any sort of job to help me grow my "business skills". The only thing that I can think of is working for a company even like an outbound sales job and asking the boss for more responsibility that relates more to running the business.True story...
I'm working with a friend who was recently made redundant. He's been a career salesman for over 25 years, and the last few years he was on contracts with the company he worked for instead of being on their payroll.
One day he said to me "But you're not a salesman Andy". He proceeded to tell me of all the books he'd read, courses he'd taken, and companies he'd worked for as a salesman.
"I don't want to be a salesman though", I told my friend. I'm a business owner. I'm a peer. I make sales because I'm *not* a salesman in their eyes. Sure, you could argue that I'm just better at not being salesy, but it took a while for him to get what I was talking about. I kept telling him to just "chat" with people. He now loves that. He's having to deprogram himself from a lot of the stuff he's read and been trained to do, and relearn how to just have a chat.
You already know how to chat to people. Don't over-complicate it.
Another thing... he's not on my payroll. I'm paying him as a freelancer, and he's having to learn a lot of the mindsets and lessons that a business owner (should) have.
There's a few threads where people ask "What's the best skill to have if you want to grow a successful business?". Often people answer with "Sales". I keep answering with "the skill of growing successful businesses". I'm not being pedantic. My friend might have better sales skills than me (although I'm making more sales than him so go figure), but I've got better business skills than him. Who's going to grow a business better?
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