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I thought about it throughout my life why I am not just flipping to sales, specially when I was short on money. Each time, I reminded myself that I lack the em
by WaitWaitWha 2y ago
I thought about it throughout my life why I am not just flipping to sales, specially when I was short on money.
Each time, I reminded myself that I lack the emotional fortitude to take the amount of rejection sales people get. I am too vested and convinced "left brain" person to be able to understand then accept rejection. The thing I am pitching makes perfect logical sense to me.
Basically, to be in sales, specially cold calling, one must have very, very thick skin, and ignore the majority rejection.
- colordrops 2y agoI thought I was similar to you until I founded a startup and started doing sales. It didn't take as long as I thought to get used to it. It's a muscle you build with any customer facing job - yeah, better to think of it as a muscle rather than a skin callous.
- CyberDildonics 2y agoHow do you know this if you've never done sales?
- sirspacey 2y agoI’ve found framing this as “signal hunting” as helped tremendously. Now I’m asking questions with genuine curiosity & continuously learning. Finding little moments of signal that convert to momentum is a fun positive feedback loop that has helped me find PMF.