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It IS really this dramatic. And it's infuriating how many people keep passing this off as easy or "not that hard". Building up to deals is VERY hard unless you
by kstenerud 5y ago
It IS really this dramatic.
And it's infuriating how many people keep passing this off as easy or "not that hard". Building up to deals is VERY hard unless you have the skillset for it, and it takes either a LOT of time to develop such a skillset (if you can at all), or it takes natural talent.
- tonyedgecombe 5y agoThat was never my experience. I found clients from my existing network and was always turning away work. My sales activity was passive rather than active.
- kstenerud 5y agoAnd bully for you. That doesn't make it easy for other people. I gave up after 2 years of losing money between the few contracts I could scrape together.
- LAC-Tech 5y agoFair enough. Maybe I just lucked into the right niche in the right locale at the right time because I definitely don't have some kind of amazing deal-building skills.