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My Problem with the Sales Industry

Let me establish some facts first.

Salling is good
Sales only amplifies who you are
Sales changes lives

That being said, I want to show you what I've experienced talking to the many sales reps and sales managers and sales coaches within the last 13 months of my career.

Having made 5-figures in my business and continuing, I've experienced a lot of hectic out in this space.

All of themhaves taught me the problem with sales and what you want to avoid, rath,er I say, the type of sales trainers and sales people you want to avoid.

I want to go over mainly 2 parts:

The sales industry as a whole
The people in the industry

As they say, "hate the players, not the game"

Starting with the sales industry

Imagine I'm advertising the super soldier serum. For those of you who don't know. The serum is a fictional serum where whoever takes it turns strong physically, but as a side effect, it 100x your personality. For example, if you're a loving person, you'll become more loving. If you're a pitiful person, you'll become more pitiful.

And now back to advertising, you have 100s of people wanting the serum. What are you going to get if those 100 people take it? A mix of mabitious people, sad people, hopeful people, angry people, caring people, calm people, etc.

You'll have 100 more of those people with their personality and traits maxed out 100-fold

The sales industry is the same way.

As money does not make you more evil or more good

Only enhances who you already are

If you're a more anxious person about money, having more money will make you more anxious.

Back in early 2024, I was a spendy person; every dollar I gained, I spent

Having made my first sale of $500 virtually spent every dollar within a month. And I was barely spending $100 every month for the last few months back then.

Now, how is this about the industry? It sounds more like individually, well,l that's where the gurus come in.

As in our human nature to want more, and sales being such a lucrative niche, a lot of the industry people will overpromise you what you can get for your money's worth

House, cars, more time, more opportunities, etc

Are these things bad? Not by any means, but when they use it as a means to sell you their high-ticket program overpromising all these things, there's a point where you have to be careful to see if they're trying to serve you, or just sell you

Unfortunately, the top players in the sales industry do this best.

Does that mean all big sales guys are bad? No. Some of the biggest guys are good people (Christian values) like Jeremy Miner

They don't feel the need to sell the house, Lambo, cars, etc. Because they sell who they are

The other sales trainers, however, forgive me, sell the HAVING of those possessions and what they're DOING.

HAVING and DOING. Most likely because of their EGO and PRIDE within themselves to achieve more and more.

But the real trainers sell you who they are BEING. How they convey themselves is attractive. Jeremy Miner, Alex Hormozi, Steve Jobs, Elon Musk, the great people of today's society never showed what they HAVE and what they are DOING. They show who they're BEING.

Where am I going with this?

Be careful falling into the marketing scheme of the sales industry. And just to broaden that gate, the entrepreneurial industry overall

The money they flex is empty. Only to feed their ego and their self-image of endless pursuit of more

Find someone who moves and inspires you in a profound way.

People such as Ingvar Kamprad, founder of IKEA, a global home furnishing retailer known for its affordable, ready-to-assemble furniture and household goods

He was named richest man on Earth at one time before the 2000s, as a person of humility and genuinely wanting his work to outlast him, he got pissed at being the richest person. He always had a dream and a passion for IKEA and for his idea, not to chase the endless pursuit of more and more

Ingvar's company IKEA is still a private company to this day, meaning no stocks are available for listing, not able to be pressured by shareholders for profits. He has made it like this in the beginning because he wants to keep IKEA's values.

I don't have the full details, but someone like this is someone who I would recommend you look into and up to.

So in summary:

Be careful of the salespeople people overly promise you the lies of the opportunity.

It is not bad to want the house, the cars, whatever. But when you're so obvious that some of them might have evil intentions, that's when you have to be careful.

And make sure,e before you take the super soldier serum, that deep down you want to help people.

Part 2: The people in the industry

The sales space is full of great people who want to help you, and also want to use you

My motto is "to serve, not sell."

I've experienced a lot of salespeople in the industry trying to sell me without seeing if I can truly benefit from this or not

Here is a list I made of how you should be selling vs not how to. These go beyond ethics and practices and sales techniques

Keep the human #1

You're here to serve them; that's the reason the prospect needs you. To help them make a transformation, not make a sale.

2. Don't be too joyful because you had a good day in sales

Do it enough times and you'll worship the money than the lives being transformed that day

3. 10k isn't pretty

As someone who's made 10k in my business, it's just another number, It won't make you happy. It will only magnify the type of person you are. For me, I spent it all, without care

4. Think long-term

There are people in the sales industry who think short-term; these are the wanna bes. They wanna have but never put in the work. Realize that sales is a long-term thing. You're going to be in sales for a couple of years before you start hitting 20k/mo consistently

5. Be contempt in Jesus

We can start to raise our standards of what it means to live, especially for me having made a lot of $$$ in 2024. I wasn't contemptuous in Jesus but in money. My bank account dictated my happiness. But when you find Joy in the Lord, you won't just want and be contemptuous, you'll strive harder, because you see sales as a means to help people

Now, the 5 I listed are traits of a quality salesman, many of whom I've met and studied. But this is just the beginning for you to start off.

I want you to write those on a piece of paper and stick it next to your screen for the next time you're actively on a sales call or in any sales conversation

Stay blessed and know that you're in this inudstry to make an impact that outlasts you and your children, to your grandchildren. Don't see yourself, see your grandchildren.

Remember, you're serving, not selling.

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