Day 2: "A" for effort, "C+" for results.
I used to have a mind like a steel trap. Nothing would escape my memory. I could recall the most obscure trivia from ages ago at a moments notice. I used to be likened to a yellow post-it note. I used to have the prices for gasoline memorized and where the cheaper stations usually were. Now I can barely remember what I had for lunch yesterday, without taking a goodly amount of time to think about it.
I still had a good memory about a year after graduating, and at first I thought it might be because of some unknown intoxicating effect from my significant other, but a better theory has surfaced. My theory is that since leaving formal education, my mind is no longer in a receptive mode. My mind used to be primed to accept information, but since starting in the working world, I haven't been forced to think critically on a daily basis. There are times I still need to work my mind around problems, but not as often as I did when I was in school.
This might be a problem, but today, after doing some cold calling, I think it might help a bit in selling. I know I've walked into lots of places where the first person I talk to is curt and dismissive. I've walked into places where the person was a downright asshole. Some of those places I remember and I avoid because I don't like talking to mean people. However, maybe that day I got unlucky. Maybe I got the right person on the wrong day, or maybe the wrong person altogether. I should be giving these places I cold call a poke every month, or every other month. At least if I forget who was rude or mean to me, I'd be more likely to try cold calling again at that place.
Selling is like looking for a job. I hated it when I had to do it, but at least this time, I'm getting paid to do it. However, it is nice to get out of the office and explore, and get paid for it.
20 places, 2, maybe 3 appointments.
I still had a good memory about a year after graduating, and at first I thought it might be because of some unknown intoxicating effect from my significant other, but a better theory has surfaced. My theory is that since leaving formal education, my mind is no longer in a receptive mode. My mind used to be primed to accept information, but since starting in the working world, I haven't been forced to think critically on a daily basis. There are times I still need to work my mind around problems, but not as often as I did when I was in school.
This might be a problem, but today, after doing some cold calling, I think it might help a bit in selling. I know I've walked into lots of places where the first person I talk to is curt and dismissive. I've walked into places where the person was a downright asshole. Some of those places I remember and I avoid because I don't like talking to mean people. However, maybe that day I got unlucky. Maybe I got the right person on the wrong day, or maybe the wrong person altogether. I should be giving these places I cold call a poke every month, or every other month. At least if I forget who was rude or mean to me, I'd be more likely to try cold calling again at that place.
Selling is like looking for a job. I hated it when I had to do it, but at least this time, I'm getting paid to do it. However, it is nice to get out of the office and explore, and get paid for it.
20 places, 2, maybe 3 appointments.