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Random Thoughts About Sales People
The first thing I ever "sold" was as a door-to-door 13-year old selling Current stationery to my neighbors, because I loved it and could get it for a better price if I had others' orders as well. My genuine enthusiasm for their stationery won over my neighbors and I did pretty well at my first "job". 
Never did I think at that young age that this would always filter through my entire life's careers. In different forms, but sales and marketing is in my blood and it didn't matter the product or service, it seemed a natural fit. 
 
Did you ever notice though that when you say you are in sales or real estate some people don't look react positively?  I can base that on the types of people that "sell" with a completely different mindset than that of "serving" or building a relationship.
 
We can all attest to having an experience of a hard sell. Pushy, controlling, won't take no for an answer...whittle you down, beat you up, til you succumb. Hate that! 
 
Or trade shows. Oh dear. My heart goes out to those single people in a booth whom no one is talking to. They are sitting there, hovering over their computers, trying to ... more

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