A trait I have noticed in happy and high performing salespeople.

There are a lot of miserable people working in sales and all too often, you hear of people who wish that they could leave sales and go to an alternative career. So obviously, the number one ask would be that you are genuinely happy working in sales because it comes naturally to you or because it has some meaning in your life.


Yet, one trait I have seen in most happy and high performing salespeople that I have had the chance to know over the years is how they live a life outside of work that is true to themselves, their passions, and their values; even if the company they are working for may think a different way. Whatever is happening outside of work, it carries over on to work.


One sales guy I was friends with does MMA, goes out on weekends to party, and writes part-time for some big city lifestyle blog. For a while, he worked at a company full of older guys that played golf and drank beer on weekends. As different as he was, they loved him for being genuine. Not only was he a top performer at work, he constantly had friends he met outside of work trying to recruit him to come to their company. The vibe he gave off put others at ease, he wasn't chasing clout, it came naturally to him.


A year later, he almost doubles his base at a new job he got through a friend. He is doing well at his job but almost makes close to 1k a month in passive income based off of his writing hobby and online business (he just started a year ago).


What I see is how unattached to the outcome he is because he feels like even if he got fired, he will find a better opportunity that is true to him and be alright in the long run.

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This can also be referred to as self actualization. Anyone who works to achieve this stage will be just fine no matter what theyโ€™re doing or where they end up.ย 
SADNESSLieutenant
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YES and, This is confidence and self-belief. So many people get into sales to survive and never thrive. People get into it and never improve their skills to differentiate themselves and improve their success or income. So they are stressed out about losing because they have a losers mindset. And they have no life outside of work because work consumes them. I personally have done the opposite and have more of a life outside of work. I'm crazy as fuck, completely different than at work. At work I'm a fucking machine, 2'xing the nearest person next to me and blowing out records with ease. because I believe in myself and put in the work when needed and where needed without excuse. which very few people do, so that leaves people, opportunities and success at my feet.
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Your name brings back memories, god I loved that movie!
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You should watch it again.


BitcoinAddict
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already seen it 5 times to date lolย 
RealPatrickBateman
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Those are rookie numbers, time to pump those up champ!
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Okay, brb going to the bathroom rn
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The higher I moved up the ladder, the more fearful and insecure I got about โ€œwhat if I lose thisโ€

Now, itโ€™s literally zero fucks given, and itโ€™s so liberating. I couldnโ€™t โ€œaffordโ€ to lose my income to termination or similar. And because itโ€™s higher than itโ€™s ever been, the stakes are too. ย Iโ€™ve never felt so light and unconcerned about it.

Show up, kick ass, go home and chill. Iโ€™d be spoilt for choice if I lost my job, so why worry. ย Now I can make moves just for the sake of excellence. ย Feels great!
BitcoinAddict
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And that's how you know you've made it. Man, I'd love to work for you based on reading some of your posts on here, lemme know if you guys are ever hiring for AEs.
TheNegotiator
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Hahaha will do, thanks for saying that
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I just recently hit my 'now' moment. Liberating AF.ย 
sellingsomestuff
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Work is work, passion is passion. Not everyone has to work in a job that is their passion. For many years I thought I had to be deeply passionate about my job, which led to dissatisfaction with being in sales.

It was incredibly liberating for me once I learned to accept that I can be happy in a job that isn't related to my "passions."
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We get sold a bill of goods in our childhood about that nonsense.
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I definitely went this route. During the pandemic I began writing and performing standup at any comedy club who had an open mic. Helped me deal with the disintegration of my self-made career and the transition to working for others. I met so many amazing people and am starting to make a little bit of side money doing gigs here and there.ย 

After having been at that company for 16 months an amazing opportunity to work for a company, owned by a guy I played basketball with every week, materialized out of nowhere. I made the jump and couldn't be happier.ย 

Like the man said, "Follow your bliss."ย 

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Early in my career...the first couple companies I was at, I did the whole "hang out with the team" thing.ย  I wasn't happy because I didn't share the same hobbies and values with them.ย ย 

I'm still open to hanging with people from work, just on my terms now.ย  Of course, currently working remote, so that's not likely to happen.ย ย 
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I wish I lived close to my coworkers as I get along great with 2 of them. Last time I was in Chicago we went to the gun range and had a blast. I would do that every week if I was close enough to these guys.
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That would be fun. I occasionally go shooting as well.

Working remote is a mixed bag. Work mates are built in friends if you share something else in common with them outside work.

But for me personally the lack of commute, minimal politics, etc makes remote working too appealing.
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Remote work is only a setback if you are one of those few rare people who has the best coworkers and amazing team. Overall though, I would not trade it for the world.
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Agreed, I wouldn't trade the option to work remotely for a chance to hit the range with my work buddies more often. A lot of fun but distance is my friend more often than not.
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I've got some awesome coworkers. I make the occasional trip to Chicago simply because of that.
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Minimal politics? I'd argue there's more politics remote than when in the office as a result of less visibility. Trust is harder to form and questioned more easily, resulting in more politics/jockeying privately - sometimes in good faith, but usually as CYA.ย 
Pachacuti
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I have found, for me personally, that people focus more on actually doing their job when working remote. Maybe your experience is different. But itโ€™s easy to hold people accountable when there is a paper trail of emails rather than dealing with water cooler chats.
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I agree that people focus more on doing their job & that it's easier to hold people accountable w/ a paper trail - and I don't think always means 'less politics'.
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Alcoholism???
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Yea those who find hard money (bitcoin)๐Ÿ˜‰
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Love this bro great post!!!
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It has less to do w/ the job/company than it does where you are on your own 'journey' - stuff like 'phase of life' and 'background' come into play. Hero syndrome, imposter syndrome, etc...ย 

Gotta understand yourself before anyone can understand you. Once you 'know yourself' it's apparent to those around you, including prospects. As evidenced by this post, it's 'not common', so people are drawn to it, and said person finds success as a result.ย 

The key to 'knowing yourself'? Overcoming the fear most people have to truthfully evaluate themselves from a 3rd party perspective. It scares people. Gotta overcome that and get comfortable exploring the discomfort. Once you do... game on.ย 
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the best sales people I know aren't the ones putting in 60 hour weeks. They're the ones who use their vacation time, spend time with their friends and family, and don't get fulfillment from their job.ย 

Taking pride in your work is important. But your job shouldn't be your identity. If it is, you'll get burnt out fast
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Could not agree more I think happiness and money meet you exactly where you are in your life, if you're not happy or unfulfilled that will bleed into and poison every other part of your life. Just my 2 cents...
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I also 10x my entire life on opiates.....
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Work to live!
ChickenDinner
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I agree! I notice when I'm merely trying to please my sales VP or just be better than my colleagues I feel pressure and anxiety. But when I am trying to help my prospects and just work hard using the gifts God has given me just to please God and not man, I have sooo much more peace and happiness with that type of work
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Solid post Bitcoinaddict.

Sounds like he's found his worth and value in something other than his success or performance. This is huge; it helps you detach from the outcomes (in both the day to day sales and in life) giving you more confidence and minimizing the voice of imposter syndrome. Sounds like he's also pretty disciplined and opportunistic, great combo.
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Man I needed to hear this. My personality very quickly became my job and I was feeling burnt out af. Beyond being a gross cliche, life is too short and now that Iโ€™m here thereโ€™s plenty of options.
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Touchรฉ and RT! Come me in as your next AE with @BitcoinAddict!
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In my 9 years of corporate, I've only seen 2 types of people:

1. Those who don't have their **** together, and have to let their talk work more than their work. They're also usually fearful, especially of their direct supervisor.ย 

2. Those who know their **** pretty well, and let their work talk more than their words. They're also usually fearless, respected more than others and have little to no direct dependency on their supervisor for promotions, pay-rise, growth, etc.ย 

@BitcoinAddictย - you make a great point of detaching from the outcome. This usually comes from fearless employees - since they are masters of and enjoy the process more, they know the outcome is only a by-product. Magic is in the process to reach the goal.
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Trust in the process. This is what I see from this.