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The best way to increase your luck is to learn sales imo. And I'm not just talking about money. What I've learnt is that you need to learn sales to be successf
by thyrox 4y ago
The best way to increase your luck is to learn sales imo. And I'm not just talking about money.
What I've learnt is that you need to learn sales to be successful or lucky in just about any life's endeavour be it business, dating, kids, academics, etc. Hell you're even selling open source software if you think about it.
You're always selling something to someone - like selling yourself if you're on a date, goods when it's your business, etc.
You can be as hardworking as you want but unless you learn how to sell and close you're not getting lucky. Most successful people I've met or seen are just great salesman tbh and it's a wonder that most people look at selling with such derision (but selling doesn't have to be unethical).
- rubicon33 4y agoAny suggestions on how to develop this skillset later in life? Books you'd recommend, etc.?
- schimmy_changa 4y agoI did a skills exchange with a salesperson at my company- I taught him how to code, and he taught me how to sell. We’d meet up over coffee every week for a few hours. It was actually pretty fun!
- thyrox 4y agoI'm learning to sell everyday and I do have one or two books.. from the top of my head 1. Sell or be sold. People hate the author but regardless one thing i learned from this book is that you must beleive that what you're selling is the absolute best for your prospect and you're actually doing a service by recommending it to them. Then product can be your business you're selling to a customer, or yourself on a date, or a lesson to your kids but whatever it is you need to be fully convinced yourself that what you're offering is the best. Sometimes this means changing a few things about it but until you are convinced, others will seldom be. 2. Never split the difference. This is also a very good book with lots of different strategies about how using a cool dj voice, using a no instead of yes, etc. Some very practical tips you can use in negotiations and selling. 3. Shoe dogs or something by the founder of nike. Great book about how you break your comfort zone and learning to sell and how billionaires have the same problems as everyone else and how they solve it using leverage. Definitely a lot of more books if you're interested that I've read recently that have helped me improve me to sell. But as each book will teach you the only real thing that can help you to sell is to just sell!
- rubicon33 4y agoMany thanks for the recommendations! Ordered all 3 of them :) Really looking forward to this idea of self improvement, by learning to sell.