What motivates you to sell?

oh yeah.

the money I make and how little time it really is selling then outsourcing.

can do anywhere

no one tells me what to do

I can call anybody anywhere

satisfaction that I do what most can't or want

that it's like sports - performance based

that all I need is the phone and the internet to sell any product any service

freedom to pick and choose clients

learning about new niches and becoming an expert

This is really such a deep insight. People think just doing something for the money is simple or obvious. But really, it isn't.

For me at least, it wasn't until I really understood the value of making money and what it can do for my life, that I became much more successful.

People who are struggling (just like I was) probably don't really have a grasp on how good money is. It's good. So good. It's like a foundation on which we can build a truly happy life unlike at any other time human history!

Once I got past all the other stuff holding me back, and realized how beautiful money is, everything changed. Yes I love helping clients. I love serving people. I get a great deal of joy from the process of earning the money.

But in the end....it's the money. Serving them makes me happy because I know if I do a truly excellent job, I get to have more money in my life.

Now, instead of just using money to house and feed my son, I am really trying ingrain in him how wonderful it is to have money. I want him to understand that he will grow up and he will either have money, or he will not, and the choice is up to him. I want him to choose to have money.

I'm out of thanks for the day.

"It ain't bragging if it's true."

I find it repulsive that you just copy what I say to you...word for word.

By the way, I immediately read that in Jon Lovitz's voice as Tommy Flanagan, the Pathological Liar.

Now we know what misterme really looks like:

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You have a huge advantage over others. You'll learn sales techniques and understand them intellectually. You'll study human nature, body language, and social cues. You'll learn how to tell if someone is telling you the truth.

Having social skills is a huge detriment to high level sales ability. Why? Because high level selling is not intuitive. It's complex. It requires a whole spectrum of related skills, and areas of understanding.

At first, it will take you more work to even begin to make a living. But eventually, you'll surpass even the most talented of your competition.

Or you'll quit. Most quit.

You think being a tad autistic is bad? Try being incapable of feeling empathy. You have to learn how to sell as a purely intellectual endeavor, not a social one.

10,000 hours sounds about right. But I promise you, it's worth it.

First, smart questions.
It's possible to reach a very high level in selling, by just trial and error. Some salespeople, even at high levels, attribute their success to charisma, but it's usually that they are very sharp, and learned things along the way. Studying selling just shortens that curve. And the people that are "naturals" (at least the ones I've met) aren't really at the top levels. They are doing very well, but they are plateauing, when they could be growing.

Some great salespeople had Mentors, and that can take the place of learning from other sources.....but one Mentor, limits what you learn. I can't remember a truly star salesperson who didn't make selling a study, not just a vocation.



There are tons of psychiatric theories. And many Pop Psychology books promoting each one. Psyhology is more art than science, and many people writing the books are not even trained. These men aren't gods. Just because some are educated, doesn't mean that what they learned isn't wrong. They have their pet theories. This is where critical thinking comes into play. Critical thinking is more important than any theory, because it keeps you from believing things without good evidence. So, you read stories of treatments, anecdotal evidence. You have to ignore all that. It's about the principle involved. Can you find a flaw? If there is any flaw in the reasoning presented in an argument, or a book...you have to discard the whole idea presented

So....I read about Primal Scream, EST, Scientology, Transactional Analysis, Silva Mind Control...I hear terms like inner child, left brain/right brain, emotional intelligence, Freudian slip, and enneagram.

You have to be careful. Every claim has to be examined. You look for contradictions, flaws in reasoning, sloppy thinking.

When I study psychiatric books, I'm looking for causes for behavior. And sometimes, the cause is wrong. But I keep looking. Recently I count more on brain pathology, it's a much more exact science...and it explains most activities we go through.

Remember, the mind is what the brain does.