NotCreativeEnough

Professional Day Ruiner

Stop Overthinking and Just Do The Thing

I see so many posts in here looking for advice about whatever random thing.

Should I call 50 people or 60 people?

Should I use this email subject line or that one?

What's going to happen to my job if the economy keeps getting worse?

Should I wipe front to back or back to front?

Which job offer is better?

Stop over thinking and just do the damn thing. The time you spent trying to figure out the perfect formula for how many people to call, or what phrasing works better in an email, or whether or not you need to be worried about your job, would be so much better spent just making the dials, sending the emails, closing the customers, and getting shit done.

Yes, sometime's feedback is great. And yes, discussion on some of this stuff is awesome and makes us all better. But damn, sometimes people over think things on such a granular level that they could accomplish what they wanted to in the first place by just putting in the work and doing it.

Now get out there and kill it you freaks.

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CuriousFox

WR Officer

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🦊

Flight, Fight, or Freeze. Sometimes folks freeze. We ultimately are here to help, even if it's via tough love. 😉

NotCreativeEnough

Big Shot

2

Professional Day Ruiner

agree whole heartedly. the discussion is great for all of us, no matter how experienced we are. I think a lot of the time people use it as a way to procrastinate from just sitting down and actually making the dials or whatever it may be. Actually I don't think, I know, because when I was first getting started I did the same thing. Spend all this time trying to figure out the "perfect" way to do it because you're anxious and don't have the confidence yet to sit down and do it.

That was more the point of this post. To have the confidence in your self to do great things and learn while doing them.

bandabanda

Tycoon

3

Senior AE Mid Market

Yup, paralysis by analysis. Trying to make the perfect decision when all you need is some action paired with “good enough.” I’ve struggled with this a ton in the past. I’ve moved forward to asking to hear all sides in case there’s a perspective I hadn’t thought of yet. Then move on.

This post also feels a little like a subtweet about my job choosing post from yesterday that you commented on 😆 but hey, respect the tough love and your perspective.

NotCreativeEnough

Big Shot

1

Professional Day Ruiner

not a shot at yours in particular. You were the one with 3 really solid offers you were trying to choose between right? More a shot at those in general 🤣 I saw one the other day where there was like a 50k difference in OTE and they were trying to decide which to take.

bandabanda

Tycoon

0

Senior AE Mid Market

Yeah that was me. Oh for sure, I agree. Pull the trigger and move on!

paddy

WR Officer

2

Director of Business Development

Would u care to watch me shower

NotCreativeEnough

Big Shot

3

Professional Day Ruiner

do you even have to ask?

paddy

WR Officer

2

Director of Business Development

It's polite.

CuriousFox

WR Officer

2

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funcoupons

WR Officer

1

👑

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Sunbunny31

Politicker

2

Sr Sales Executive 🐰

Sometimes people just have to vent, too, and I'm here for that.

But to your point, hopefully they're not breathlessly waiting next to their monitor for a response, but are doing other things after they've posted.

Pachacuti

Politicker

1

They call me Daddy, Sales Daddy

Wiping from front to back is usually what is recommended. But any wiping is better than no wiping. Unless it causes a urinary track infection. That would be bad wiping and not recommended.
Wipe away!

NotCreativeEnough

Big Shot

0

Professional Day Ruiner

wiping back to front just makes no sense. it will cause some things to smell awful that shouldn't smell. Yet people still do it....

Pachacuti

Politicker

0

They call me Daddy, Sales Daddy

yes, it can go VERY horribly wrong.

TennisandSales

Politicker

1

Head Of Sales

most of the time when ppl are posting that stuff it sounds like they have already made up their mind haha.

But I am in agreement. Just go try it and then change it and try it again.

NotCreativeEnough

Big Shot

0

Professional Day Ruiner

agreed. I am all for asking the questions. the discussion is great for all of us. But a lot of the time, like you said, it feels like they already made up their mind. They just don't have the confidence to act on it without the outside reassurance.

Justatitle

Big Shot

1

Account Executive

The cost of doing nothing is far worse than the cost of potentially doing something wrong.

NotCreativeEnough

Big Shot

1

Professional Day Ruiner

"you miss 100% of the shots you don't take - Wayne Gretzky" -Michael Scott

DungeonsNDemos

Big Shot

1

Rolling 20's all day

Imma go kill it now. Good reminder though! We all get too in our head sometimes.

NotCreativeEnough

Big Shot

0

Professional Day Ruiner

yep I am definitely guilty of it. Especially when I was a little earlier on in my career. I was so worried about making sure I had the perfect call script that I would never actually end up making calls.

Gasty

Notable Contributor

1

War Room Community Manager

@NotCreativeEnough - I'm new here. And i get the frustration. But then, I remind myself this is a community. And I signed up for it. Like literally. But again, I get you.

NotCreativeEnough

Big Shot

1

Professional Day Ruiner

oh no I totally get it. And I'm all for asking questions and discussing things. I've just noticed a trend of a lot of questions being asked that seem more like they already know the answer and are just scared to act than actually looking for advice. Which was more the point of the post. Just trying to encourage people to be confident in their decisions/ideas and act on them instead of looking for the validation from others that it will work. Try it and see if it works instead

Blackwargreymon

Politicker

1

MDR

Would u care to watch me shower

Error32

Politicker

0

ISR

I have a brain I don't need notes

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