A few newsletters ago, we talked about expanding our personal brands. Enlarging our footprints in our local areas can be a huge benefit to our sales efforts. We become "the expert" in all things marketing.
One of the salespeople I am blessed to coach is a young lady named Mandy Choat. I have watched her grow and progress over the past few years to become a Level 5 salesperson. She regularly receives referrals from her clients because she is known for taking excellent care of her customers and for creating campaigns to grow their businesses.
Last month she was named "Ambassador of the year for 2023" for the Chamber of Commerce in her market. She works tirelessly to promote her city which in turn promotes her business. We congratulate her on this award.
Mandy received a comment after she received the award which elicited this response. She posted it on LinkedIn. We thought it insightful and wished to share it with you.
"I just had someone make a comment to me that made me really want to share what’s on the backside of success. They said, “It must be nice to always succeed and have things just come natural to you.”
Starting with Number Five: When you're wrong and you mess up, admit it and apologize. Do your best to fix the problem. No one is perfect. Even though I try to be for everyone around me.
Number Four: Surround yourself with people that do it better than you. Choose people for friends that fight for you when you aren’t in the room. Choose friends and mentors that make you want to be better and make you believe you can be.
Number Three: Nothing comes natural to me other than breathing. I have to work at being a human everyday regardless. Life is hard. Life is busy. No one wants to wipe bird poop off our heads, but sometimes you have to focus on the positive. “Maybe this is a great way to condition my hair.” Attitude is BIG.
Number Two: I fail all the time. More than I ever succeed, but I am convinced if I weren't failing and learning I would never find the path to success.
Number One and most important: I pray like a crazy person and sometimes my conversations with God probably sound like it. Don’t judge: He loves me anyway, even if he shakes his head while listening to me. So if you see me in my car having a conversation with him mind ya business. He is probably giving me answers I don’t like and I am throwing a red -headed fit about it.
This is my road map, broken as it is. It works for me. I don’t ever pretend to have all the answers. In fact most of the time when clients or friends ask I have to say I am not sure but I will find out. 90% of the time I do, but sometimes I have to admit I can’t. I have also learned to set healthy boundaries for myself and my family. Saying, "No" is okay. Let me say that again: Saying, "No" is okay.
There is no easy way. Only hard. Learn to love the hard. Learn to enjoy the lessons you're learning. One day you’ll look back and say “Okay God I get it now”.
Having said all that….. 10 minutes from now something will happen and I will have to remind myself I just preached to all of you about loving and learning from the hard. So stop whining and just get it done.
If you’re seeing this and actually reading it, I love you and I believe in you. Whatever battle you’re fighting you’re never alone. Sometimes you just need a little kick in the seat of your pants."
Thank you, Mandy, for your words of wisdom.
Happy Selling!
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