The Best Salespeople in the World Make It Rain Money — Here’s How They Do It
We’re all salespeople selling something (whether we like it or not)
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8 min readApr 7, 2023
All great careers, to some degree, become sales jobs.
— Sam Altman (OpenAI / CHatGPT)
I’ve been in sales my whole life. Except I didn’t know it.
Then at around 19 years old a farmer sat me down and explained to me how life works.
“You sell a university on why they should accept you. You sell a boss on why they should hire you. You sell a date on why they should sleep with you. You sell your romantic partner on why they should have kids with you.”
I couldn’t sell to save my life.
A farmer showed me how. Here are the principles that helped me make it rain money in my sales career in banking/tech.
The hardest part about sales isn’t the prospect
Selling to someone can be intimidating.
The challenge isn’t them, though. The obstacle in your way is your excuses about why the person will or won’t buy.
