Over the last few days I’ve been feeling a sense of dissonance surrounding me. I think it’s that I have closed everything in my pipeline and my August has been horrific and my September doesn’t look much better. I need to get back into prospecting mode but I am struggling. Does this make sense to the non-sales professionals out there? Sales is such a wacky job. You fly high and then crash, over and over again. You are only as good as your current month. And when you are riding high at the end of the month and everything is great, the next month comes and the clock resets back to 0. And when you are crumpled into a tiny ball, with an empty pipeline and no prospects, you are frightened that you’ll never get back up. And if all that isn’t horrible enough, your pay comes from what you bring in so if you aren’t selling, you aren’t earning. Of course there are some really nice parts about sales. You are in charge of what you make and so when you do well, you earn more. It’s nice to know you are directly responsible for the revenue of your company. Sales people are typically left alone and manage themselves. I guess it all balances out.
I was flying high in June and July. Now I gotta climb back up.
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Your post has put me in a Rat Pack frame of mind.
That’s Life (That’s Life), That’s What All The People Say
you’re Ridin’ High In April, Shot Down In May
but I Know I’m Gonna Change That Tune
when I’m Back On Top, Back On Top In June
that’s Life (That’s Life), That’s Life And I Can’t Deny It
many Times I Thought Of Cuttin’ Out But My Heart Won’t Buy It
but If There’s Nothin’ Shakin’ Come This Here July
i’m Gonna Roll Myself Up In A Big Ball A-And Die
my, My!
Hmmm…and I think I know just the perfect pair for a remake of a vintage Rat Pack
movie (sans Sinatra and Martin)…they are starring in Denver this week…
Rat Pack 2008.
http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=6793451
Awesome video – good luck with the sales!
But on the bright side, here’s something interesting from AOL Jobs:
Careers Where Women Earn More Than Men
Sales engineers $89,908
Statisticians $49,140
Legislators $43,316
Financial analysts $69,004
Aerospace engineers $78,416
Advertising and promotions managers $42,068
Donna, it looks to me as if you have a sales engineer type job…if so, then you’ve got the wind at your back.
Geez, you and Steve make more than twice as much as me with just a Bachelors degree. THAT’S life…or, that’s capitalism. That’s non-profit community based mental health.
Well, now that I’m home I can contemplate a career change. The election coverage is inspiring me. Maybe I’ll get into politice. With enough persistance, someday I may marry a strong black woman and run for President.
Heh, I wanna be a strong black woman– the man sitting next to me watching the Democrat Comvention couldn’t stop talking about how nice Michelle Obama’s hair looked. 🙂
But on the not-so-bright side, if stealth candidate B. Hussein Karl Marx Obama becomes Prez, he and his comrades will seize up to 60% of your income and redistribute it because, as we all know, you don’t “need” all that money…and besides, Donna, they know better than you what to do with your hard earned dough. Different year, same old Bullbleep.
“From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs.”
Warning: don’t feed the politicians.