Being a Salesperson Sucks (Think Like a Farmer Instead)

Ugh.

Do you feel like that on Mondays?

You wake up, take the kids to school, and off to the office you drive.

After downing several cups of coffee, you muster the inner strength you need every day to make a living.

You start with the emails to prospects, make a few cold calls, and zip off to an appointment … all with the hope of “closing the deal.”

Some days the tedium wears on you like a musty coat. Other days, days when a sale is made, the “thrill of the kill” makes it all seem worthwhile.

But that momentary exhilaration is replaced with the thought that tomorrow, it starts all over again.

Day in and day out, it’s the same. And yet you know that there has to be a better way to make a living selling.

There is.

The death of a salesman

Long before I …read more

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