{"id":586,"date":"2024-04-17T15:46:28","date_gmt":"2024-04-17T15:46:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sywil.com\/?p=586"},"modified":"2024-04-17T15:58:06","modified_gmt":"2024-04-17T15:58:06","slug":"dont-limit-your-career-by-saying-and-believing-i-am-not-good-at-selling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sywil.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/17\/dont-limit-your-career-by-saying-and-believing-i-am-not-good-at-selling\/","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t limit your career by saying and believing, \u201cI  am not good at selling.\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"586\" class=\"elementor elementor-586\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ac600a9 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ac600a9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d9bb36 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5d9bb36\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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elementor - v3.20.0 - 26-03-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Don't limit your career by saying and believing, \u201cI am not good at selling.\u201d\n<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eb849b5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"eb849b5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3346d0d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3346d0d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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Such thoughts and beliefs create a self identity of <strong>\u201cnot good at selling\u201d<\/strong>. So, when the opportunity comes to sell and grow we pull ourselves back.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-112dbb8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"112dbb8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ebafb74 elementor-blockquote--skin-border elementor-blockquote--button-color-official elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"ebafb74\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor-pro - v3.20.0 - 11-03-2024 *\/\n@charset \"UTF-8\";.entry-content blockquote.elementor-blockquote:not(.alignright):not(.alignleft),.entry-summary blockquote.elementor-blockquote{margin-right:0;margin-left:0}.elementor-widget-blockquote 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.e-q-footer{flex-direction:row}.elementor-blockquote--align-right .elementor-blockquote__content{text-align:right}.elementor-blockquote--align-right .elementor-blockquote .e-q-footer{flex-direction:row-reverse}.elementor-blockquote--align-center .elementor-blockquote{text-align:center}.elementor-blockquote--align-center .elementor-blockquote .e-q-footer,.elementor-blockquote--align-center .elementor-blockquote__author{display:block}.elementor-blockquote--align-center .elementor-blockquote__tweet-button{margin-right:auto;margin-left:auto}<\/style>\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\tMy proposition is totally upside down: SELLING IS SERVICE. Period.\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8ef55c7 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8ef55c7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-befe0e5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"befe0e5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">If we don\u2019t sell or talk about our products, services, ideas with our clients and colleagues we are depriving them of the gift of god or universe that we have.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Procter &amp; Gamble (P&amp;G) spends nearly ten billion dollars in advertising and marketing. Are all their products bad? No! Far from it, their products are fantastic but they have to talk about them and their benefits to invite the customers to buy and try them and continue to do so.<\/span><\/p><p><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We all love <\/span><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/feed\/hashtag\/?keywords=tedtalks&amp;highlightedUpdateUrns=urn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A7160629194568179712\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">#TedTalks<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, its speakers and the ideas they share. If we look at them objectively, the<\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cc40e1d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cc40e1d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-53c1e3b elementor-blockquote--skin-border elementor-blockquote--button-color-official elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"53c1e3b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\tTedTalk speakers are doing nothing but selling their ideas with the wider humanities to help them improve their lives.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c5e140 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2c5e140\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23c801d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"23c801d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">\u00a0 So, one last time stop saying or even thinking, \u201cI am not good at selling.\u201d Always remember, <strong>\u201cSELLING IS SERVICE\u201d<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">\u00a0 If you are:<br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">&#8211; Salesperson looking for closing a <strong>large deal or achieving your sales target\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">&#8211; Director or an MD trying to get your <strong>project\u2019s budget approved\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">&#8211; Manager or Sr. Manager <strong>trying to get promoted<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">&#8211; Trying to <strong>improve your gravitas<\/strong> in meetings or presentation\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">To learn more about such ideas and to have some fun, please register for a taster session and consultation\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Don&#8217;t limit your career by saying and believing, \u201cI am not good at selling.\u201d Some people take pride in defining their brand by saying, \u201cI am an introvert with an academic bent, I am not good at selling.\u201d I would say not just stop saying but delete such thoughts. 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