Have You Ever Disliked A Fellow Salesperson For Being Luckier/ More Successful Than You?

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☕️ 🐸 I like to think sales is 50% luck and 50% skill when it comes to succeeding. As humans, it's hard not to get jealous or feel down when you see other people crushing it and you're struggling. Curious if other savages have felt similar emotions and what they have done to remind themselves you shouldn't compare yourself to others. "It is what a man thinks of himself that really determines his fate." -Henry David Thoreau

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Love to see the dogs eat, but this is a competitive game. if you aren't at least getting a little frustrated when others are having success and you're not, you gotta check your own drive

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Meh I think anyone is going to get a bit jealous over certain things...

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Unless they rub in their success during my down month/q. Then they can eat shit

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I've stopped being jealous like I was when I was younger. It's easy to think 'must be nice' when you see someone with better numbers than you. But if someone is consistantly crushing I tend to be the curious type and try to figure out how. Maybe some of it is luck, well how they hell do they keep finding it?

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Anyone who says they've never been envious/frustrated is lying lol. It's normal, especially if you've been having a shitty month. The difference is how you handle it. Seeing someone close a huge deal and thinking "aw man, I wish that was me," but then also thinking "good for them, my turn next" is different than "ugh everyone closes deals but me, I suck, screw them, they're all just lucky."

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Nah, them making sales doesn't shrink my pie, lets go out there and get it. If anything my competitive nature makes me ramp it up a bit when I see someone else's name at the top of the lists.

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There's usually some form of jealousy involved. But that'd only motivate me to work even harder

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I’m only jealous if I feel someone doesn’t deserve it. If you’re grinding hard and succeeding, good for you.

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I only get irritated when somebody is clearly less polished/doesn't know the product/etc

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I had this one guy I used to work with who would go around telling the entire fucking office how he scored a qualified meeting with an amazing company and then would call it a day (this was extremely annoying when I was having a shit day cold calling) and I never rooted for him to lose but whenever that meeting would yield zero outcome I couldn't help but get a little joy because of his utter cockiness.

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Sales is Timing, Talent and Territory.

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What's better than being surrounded by successful people around in every aspect?!

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I love to see my teammates doing well, don't get me wrong, especially since we are a smaller company looking to grow. But that is also a double edged sword. Being a smaller company, seeing my colleagues do well is amazing, but I also feel like I am constantly being compared to them as well (both in the positive and negative respect). When I am in a slow period, and they are doing well, I feel like there is additional pressure on me. So yes, I love to see them do well, assuming I am doing well also. This may be attributable to my competitiveness as well lol

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don't hate the player, hate the game

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I mean if you are in sales, it’s because you are a competitive person so totally normal to feel a bit of jealousy, just don’t go crazy

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If people work hard and are pleasant and helpful, I'm super happy for them. If they have easy quotas and good patches/territories then it gets a bit harder.

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Have You Ever Disliked A Fellow Salesperson For Being Luckier/ More Successful Than You?

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Have You Ever Disliked A Fellow Salesperson For Being Luckier/ More Successful Than You?

I like to see my dogs eat

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