Some people think I am successful, some people think I am a total failure, but no matter what others think I don't mind, because I have happy and grateful to where I am today.
My journey is not an easy one, maybe I have to overcome much more obstacles to get to where I am today, I have highs and I have lows, along the way I made mistakes, learned from it and moved on.
I write blog posts for the audience of one, if I just inspire one reader, then I am fulfilled. here is one of my life stories...
I started working when I was 14, I was in my third year in high school and summers are spent in helping out customers with their orders in hardware stores in our area, this was not a big deal as quite a number of my classmates are also doing the same thing, the only difference is that they are working for their own family business while I am working for others.
These brief summer jobs gave me my first learning opportunities in realizing that a "customer" - someone willing to pay money for a product or service is the lifeblood of any business.
High school ended and college began, because of the need to self-support my studies, I opted for night classes so daytime can be used to find employment.
A high school graduate in the job market really does not have a lot of options. Safe/regular clerical jobs are often for people with higher educational attainments, so I ended up as a salesman.
My first job is selling "Collier's Encyclopedias", yes! this is the pre digital age and encyclopedias are still the main resource materials. With the confidence I learn in my hardware store stints dealing with customers, I enthusiastically went out and look for my first customer!
Obviously, the skill set needed to sell a high-priced set of encyclopedias is much higher than the skill set to sell hammers and nails, I was not able to sell any.
The second realization I have is that to convince a customer to pay for a product or service, the salesman must be very knowledgeable with his product and be able to find ways to demonstrate to the customer how this product can help them. We are told by our trainers to approach parents and convince them that by buying a set, they are giving their children a heads up in learning and may help them better themselves academically.
The third realization I have is to be able a convinced a customer, we must know the customer, understand how a customer thinks and what he values. Then be able to position our product based on these.
Let me be the shoulder you stand on, as you scale greater heights!
Thank you, my friends. or is it Thank you my friend.
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