Ok, genuine question. (actually more genuine than you might think).
So I work for a multi branch kitchen wholesaler, this is a legit situation, and I need to understand wether this is actually a thing; Here's the situtation.
I work in a out-of-london branch, both my neighbouring branches are inside the M25. Region 1 (lets call it region 1 and 2), is repped by a overweight 40-something who hustles pretty hard, takes samples to site, supports on designs, starts early, finishes late etc goes the whole distance (when I first joined last year, I spent time with him and his rapport is decent).
Region 2 is repped by a nice fella in his early / mid 30's who plays football at a semi-pro-ish level and is very in shape, but frankly does the minimum level of activity to get by, and offers basically no support to developers. Rarely hits activity KPI's. However guy 2 is (often) at the same sales level as guy 1. Not always, but mostly, but for genuinley a fraction of the effort.
Here's the question - I really mean this - is appearance that important? Just looking from the outside in, am I better off focussing my energy mainly on appearance, or does hustle win the day? I'm 28, so my instinct is to stay in shape and let the hustle come later, but something tells me this is bullshit. However, if it's the way people are / buy, then so be it.
So give me your headspace in the comments on this one fam.
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