I’m Proud to be a Salesman
How Salespeople make the world go ’round
What do you think of when you think of a “Salesman?” Do you think of the fast talking used car salesman with the plaid suit and slicked back hair? Maybe you think of the door-to-door salespeople that have a suitcase with sample products that use “revolutionary” new technology that has been “kept a secret,” until now.
Change your perception
What I want people to do is to start thinking about sales as what it is: the profession that turns the wheels of industry. When Thomas Edison invented the light bulb, nobody was beating down his door asking him to install such a device. As a matter of fact, he was ridiculed and made fun of. He had to sell the idea of the light bulb which was a long and arduous sales cycle for him, but aren’t you glad he sold the idea? Well, maybe some naturalists aren’t too happy about that! 
That chair your sitting on had to be sold to the business you bought it from and then to you. People thought that computers would never be very popular… but a salesman sold the idea that if they could make them smaller and affordable, people would buy them. I think he was right.
Everything you can see or use had to be sold. Every product and service started out as an idea in someones head, and then was brought to the market by salespeople. I am not ashamed to be a salesperson. I make cold calls every day offering my services. Do the people I call need my services? Maybe not. Maybe they don’t know they need my services yet. It takes a salesperson to fulfill the needs of people that don’t realize they have the need! My hat goes off to salespeople; don’t ever be offended if someone says they don’t like salespeople. Just imagine them donning some form of animal hide as clothing because that’s what they’d be wearing if it weren’t for salespeople.
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Good post. I agree we need to help other people because what goes around comes around!...
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