Top 12 methods to stay motivated in sales: the journey of life

 An excellent reference not only for the mindset of selling, but also for living life.

We all know that a sales job is not the most motivating seen the number of deceptions:
Missing to close deals because thousand reasons
Not getting enough leads
Short and thin pipe line
Half empty funnel
Successful colleagues
Management pressure to close deals
Social pressure to be successful
Bad investments made with hard earned money
Hence staying motivated in Sales is a challenge.

In order to be motivated think about these methods:

1. Think positive – have a positive attitude
When you notice your negative thoughts turn them around or replace them with positive ideas and thoughts.

2. Speak positively
Stop saying negative things about business, competitors, government, regulations or other people.
Just don’t do this as it will only pull you further down.

3. State your goal in pubic
Tell your goal you really want to achieve to a few people or mention it on Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn.
It will give you a bit of extra social and personal pressure but you will get support and accountability from the others

4. Daily journal
Keep track of your activities on a daily basis: what exactly have you done and achieved today ? how much time have you wasted on nothing productive ?
Normally you should see a progress towards your goals as you will start to eliminate the wasted time.

5. Competition
Most salesmen need competition to get going or to stay in the lead. It drives them.
• If you have no competition around then look beyond your social environment.
• If your peers are Masters of the Universe then focus on people comparable with yourself.

6. Perplexed deception
Don’t get demotivated by the apparent success of others.
Sometimes it is only an appearance made by the others.
People do pretend to be successful but they are not.
You aren’t doing so badly in reality: investigate out their success and convince yourself of your success.

7. Spare-time
Use your spare-time like weekends and a few hours in the evening to do something completely different. Preferably a physical activity.

8. Alcohol / drugs
Don’t drink or use drugs it will only will make you feel older and uglier afterward.
Happiness based on alcohol or drugs is only for a short amount of time.

9. Enjoy
Enjoy the power of your youth even if you are sixty: be glad you still can enjoy and live these challenges. Many people haven’t got the chance to keep going as you do.
Life has still so many more challenges and discoveries for you.

10. No worry
Why worry about the future as you can encounter the next lead in a few seconds or this day.
Worrying won’t help. Don’t worry be happy.
Take decisions to change your future.

11. Don’t look back
Only the future counts as you can’t change the past.

12. Make plans
Making plans is positive thinking for the future.
The journey of life is important

It is not the goal it is the journey of life that is important.

Closing the big sales deal, your retirement or wealth is not the goal.

The journey to achieve these goals is the most important.

The meaning of life.

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