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> I think car sales is an accelerator course for interacting with, reading, and closing people. There’s a lot of truth to this, but you could easily switch out
by sammalloy 4y ago
> I think car sales is an accelerator course for interacting with, reading, and closing people.
There’s a lot of truth to this, but you could easily switch out "car sales" with any other kind of client and customer interaction. When I worked closely with users many moons ago, I quickly realized that most of them weren’t getting their needs met and were super excited to have me work one on one with them, and a very small percentage were actively hostile to any interaction at all. This kind of thing has held true for every job I’ve ever had. 1% of the customers cause 99% of the problems.
- phpthrowaway99 4y agoYes that's true about any sales really working, but I thought car sales was an interesting mix of volume and high dollar sales. Obviously selling a $1M Saas enterprise contract is even higher dollars, but you probably don't get to try and close 5 of those in one day like you do in cars. You'd be lucky to get 5 in a month I assume, if not quarter. You could get more sales practice selling items at an electronics store, but the stakes are lower than a $50k car so you won't learn the reading people part because few people totally shut down when discussing buying a stereo.