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Most people can't sell.
And that is why their businesses fail.
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Most people can’t sell.
And that is why their businesses fail.
Everyone should do a sales job at least once in their life.
- Even if you despise the idea.
- Even if you have no plans to start your own thing.
- Even if you’re a creative, who hates the idea of selling what you’ve created.
Because everything is sales. Hiring, interviewing, dating, marriage, negotiating with your toddler over whether or not they should eat their broccoli.
Everything in life is sales.
And getting good at it will make you the most successful person in your peer group. Here’s why ↓
- You master rejection.
When I had my first sales job, I was given a list and told to cold call 100 people. Every single one of them hung up on me. Most people avoid “no” like the plague. And that is why they fail. In sales, you hear it daily—and you learn to push through. And it’s that resilience is the difference between people who win and people who wish they could.
- You get paid to develop thick skin.
My first year in sales was brutal. I was shouted at down the phone. Blocked from emails. Missed sales targets - went home with no commission after working 12 hour days for 3 months straight. Sales will chew you up if you let it. But if you stick it out? You become unshakable. Criticism, tough conversations, high-pressure situations—none of it fazes you anymore. And that is why my business now, wins.
- You become an expert communicator.
Most people don’t know how to communicate - particularly when it comes to money. If you’re running a business or ever have to negotiate your salary (you always should) you need to be able to articulate this in a calm, unemotional, clear way. No corporate jargon. No pointless waffle. State your price and then shut the f*ck up. Sales forces you to be direct, persuasive, and clear. And trust me, as someone who’s been through a divorce, a number of lawsuits and a few friendships in the past 10 years - that’s a life skill, not just a work one.
- You become confident in exactly who you are.
One of the best products of getting good at sales is you stop questioning if you’re “good enough” and start owning your value. Because you learn that your value is not based on whether or not someone says “yes”. You don’t care if someone hung up. Or the deal fell out. Or you didn’t get a reply - or likes on your post. You care about finding a way to make all of those things happen. You no longer base your self-worth on external factors but your own internal ones. Imagine what that level of self-confidence would do for your career - and for your life?
- You become ridiculously resourceful. In sales, no one hands you a playbook.
You have to figure it out, pivot, and adapt on the fly, depending on who you’re talking to. You have to listen more than you talk, understand why someone is talking to you and then work the solution you’re selling around that point or motivator. It’s a real-time PHD in psychology. And it’s that understanding of human beings on a granular level that separates the ordinary from the extraordinary.
- You’re never broke again.
It’s not about the money. It’s about the mindset. I know for a fact that if I lost EVERYTHING tomorrow, I’d get it all back in less than a year. Sales teaches you that money isn’t “given” to you—it’s earned through skill, effort, and persistence. Once you get that, you’ll never rely on luck - or a handout, ever again.
Most people avoid sales because it’s “hard.”
And that’s exactly why you should do it.
Because once you know how to sell—your ideas, your value, yourself—you will never be at the mercy of anyone else again.
Here’s how →
Stop waiting to be saved, learn how to sell - and save your-damn-self.
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