The Birth Of A Salesperson
Posted on | August 29, 2008 | No Comments
Ever wonder how someone you know made the decision to go into sales? Here is my best guess of the internal dialogue that must have taken place leading up to that career move:
“OK, let’s see … I didn’t pay attention in school and my grades were awful … I don’t have an aptitude for math or any of the sciences … hell, I can barely balance my checkbook. I’m really not interested in doing anything with my hands … you know, manual labor of any sort would be beneath me. I don’t have any specialized skillsets, unless you consider golf and gin as skills.”
continuing:
“What could I do that would involve someone paying for my new car, my fancy meals, and my booze? Oh, and I want the best corner office, even though I won’t be there to use it, and the newest laptop, even though I’ll only use it play solitaire. And I want to make more money and take more vacations than all of the professionals stuck in those cubicles, who are actually working all day.”
and then, in an epiphany:
“I know, I’ll go into sales!”
and finally:
“Now … how will I convince everyone that I deserve all this, despite having a lower IQ than the cleaning staff? I know! I’ll tell them that the sales department is the only one that brings in revenue! Everyone else in the company COSTS money. Ha ha!”
Thus a salesperson is born.
Tags: sales department > salesman > salesperson > saleswoman > stupidity
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