HTSS61 - Should I get a job in sales and will it work for me - Scott Sylvan Bell

<p style="text-align:center;">What holds people back from getting into sales </p> <p>Plenty of great salespeople are out in the wind and they just don’t know they could be in sales. It comes down to most people don’t think they would be good at sales when they really would be.  For some people they have never thought of going into sales. When you are out in the sales world it isn’t you against 100% of salespeople, its closer to you against 20% of the salespeople out there. It isn’t that hard for you to be better than they 80% who don’t close deals.</p> <p>There 3 common areas that scare people from sales </p> <p>Rejection </p> <p>One of the most common fears people have when talking about getting into sales starts with the fear of rejection. Being told no freaks people out to the point they are scared to even try something new. Most people don’t see the dance for what it is because they have never been through it.  You are told no all of the time and don’t realize it. You are rejected all of the time from different places and it doesn’t bother you at all. It does take some time to learn how to go through the emotion if rejection but it can be done with some work.  </p> <p>Fear of money and commissions </p> <p>Most people who work in an office can be stuck at making 60k – 100k a year. For some people this is enough money but there may be the inkling to make more. Some people have a no base pay to live off of and this freaks them out. It comes down being conditioned to making a pay check and knowing what the amount will be.</p> <p>There are some people who feel like being paid commissions is evil.  It does take a bit to get used to being paid commissions. There is a learning curve and there are also times where you will make a significant amount more then you would if you were not in sales.</p> <p>Fear of something new the unknown  </p> <p>The saying of “If you always do what you have always done you will always get what you already got” comes to mind when staying at a job or staying in an industr