I'm completely comfortable with selling now, but felt weird about it for years. Not because I thought sales was "icky," but because the way I'd been taught to do it was a COMPLETE mismatch for my energy and my personality, and the way I prefer to interact with people. I wish more business coaches would emphasize that what they teach is only a template, and one among many possibilities, at that. Working someone else's system held me back for a long time before I woke up and realized I could do things my way.
Ellen, yes—what you shared is such a clear example of why so many think they hate sales when really, they just haven’t been shown a way that works for them. That moment of realizing “wait, I can do this my way” is exactly what shifts everything. We don’t have to match their bravado note for note and word for word! Thanks for naming it so directly.
I'm completely comfortable with selling now, but felt weird about it for years. Not because I thought sales was "icky," but because the way I'd been taught to do it was a COMPLETE mismatch for my energy and my personality, and the way I prefer to interact with people. I wish more business coaches would emphasize that what they teach is only a template, and one among many possibilities, at that. Working someone else's system held me back for a long time before I woke up and realized I could do things my way.
Ellen, yes—what you shared is such a clear example of why so many think they hate sales when really, they just haven’t been shown a way that works for them. That moment of realizing “wait, I can do this my way” is exactly what shifts everything. We don’t have to match their bravado note for note and word for word! Thanks for naming it so directly.
Yes yes and yes again. You did a GREAT job of calling out all the old school, push marketing and sales that is full 💩