Sadly, most young people are not encouraged by parents to pursue sales as a career. Instead, they are directed to professions with presumably more safety, security, and less rejection. Not only is selling a great (and necessary) profession, selling skills give an edge in almost any interpersonal relationship.
No one knows this better than Sales Leadership, Inc. CEO Colleen Stanley. In a recent two-minute video Ms. Stanley offers five compelling success tips for those beginning a new career in sales (or trying to breathe life into an old one).
And if you know a young person who perhaps doesn’t appreciate the importance of sales in business (and nearly every other aspect of life, I suggest this terrific video by Daniel Pink summarizing Mr. Pink’s equally terrific book “To Sell is Human.” Watch the video. Read the book.
