Reasons to embrace a career I sales .

While we all sit In awe of the technological advancements happening around us and there is a gold rush
like situation to learn these technologies and be one step ahead of the game which is not bad and the
best profiteers of this boom in technologies like AI , ML and data Science are the companies that offer to
teach these courses .

There are a lot of data available surrounding these tech’s and the jobs availability I this field .

But in all this rush to be ahead we forget the one career choice that is the oldest , non-changing skill
since probably the invention of trade , This skill Is available in abundance is also most sought after pays
highly or even more then the techies it is SALES .

Below I have listed a few reason why you should be in sales .

1-

Non-stop Personal growth

If you are into sales and you do well over a period of time, I can guarantee you non-stop personal
growth. There are so many different types of people you will encounter, so many barriers, so many
challenges – that it is not possible to do well in sales without focussing on growing yourself as a person.
Whatever limitations you may have – lack of patience, anger issues, self-esteem issues, lack of
persistence, lack of social intelligence, lack of focus, attention deficit, lack of charisma, problem with
public speaking, fear of clowns, problem with authority figures – whatever it may be, you will have to
work on each and every limitation and sort them out to continue to grow as a sales person.

There is perhaps no job other than sales that bring you in front of your worst insecurities, fears,
rejections and failures every day. To survive all that and then to succeed one has to continuously strive
for buddhahood.

2-There is never a dull day

Work in sales never gets boring because people are different and they will always throw new challenges

at you. Hence, you must stay sharp and think on your feet. You cannot memorise some lines and say to

everyone the same thing and call yourself a salesperson. That would be disgrace to sales. Sales requires

one to master the art of persuasion. And the art of dealing masterfully with a constant stream of

surprises. Every person you sell to or fail to sell to will give you unique experiences to learn from
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You become an excellent conversationalist

Surviving in a sales job means you push your boundaries every day and become really good having
amazing conversations. This makes you an attractive personality. This also helps you to develop
leadership and charisma. If you want to improve your conversation skills, sales is the best job.

Develop initiative

A huge complain of the people of Generation Z is that when they join a job they find that they are a cog
in the wheel, that their work is not meaningful or satisfying. This always happens because in most jobs
there is not much scope to take initiatives. Taking initiatives outside one’s boundaries can be looked at
negatively at some places too. However, that’s not the case with sales. Everything anyone cares about is
getting the numbers. If you take initiative and make dollars roll in, you are the boss. How to take
initiatives all the time is an amazing skill that every salesperson must learn.

Sales jobs are safest jobs

Imagine the company you are in is not doing well financially. Who will they fire first? Non-performing
employees. What if there are no non-performing employees? What is to be done in that case? Whoever
they may fire, they are not going to fire sales people. They might hire more, give you more budget –
because in times of troubles companies must focus more on sales, not curtail it.

Quick reward and fast growth

If you want to grow fast and live well in life quickly, sales is probably the best job. If you don’t perform
well, it is difficult to hide if you are doing a sales job. Similarly, it is difficult to deny you rewards if you
do well as a salesperson. Salary and stature of good sales people rise very fast compared to those in
other professions.

Unlimited job opportunities

Sales is the most critical function is almost every company. People do not shy away from hiring more
salespeople. Every business needs them. There is no industry where sales people are not needed. You
can find sales jobs at every level of salary, responsibility, designation and there is no shortage of
opportunities for people who know how to sell things. Especially if they can show that they have a
proven track record of good sales behind them.

Note - Sales is also a relatively high turnover field, so new positions are constantly opening up. Try not to
see the turnover as a bad thing. Look at it as an opportunity. If you’re good in sales, there will always be
a job for you.