second day of training...still feeling good. did the script almost perfect some people were surprised. well i kind of had an advantage of course. i got the script about a week ago because i wanted to start studying the new company and i already had some experience before. now it's just a matter of applying it in real life!
heard some bad news today...one early morning and another some time in the afternoon. felt sad about it, angry a bit, but then again what can that do? nothing. so i'll just get over it but figure out a way to smooth things out.
i usually play volleyball with friends once a week. for the past couple of weeks though, it seems like our numbers are going down. we can't make a full team sometimes. i'm just hoping to get at least 3 players now on each side. that will be worth it for the exercise part of it i guess. :) played at some other venue with 2 other friends but we didn't get to play much. too many players today. felt bad coz my friend had to spot me today since i wasn't gonna go at all. i've already paid my fees at the other place so if i keep playing somewhere else, doesn't make sense to keep the other one. hopefully it will be better the next few weeks so i don't have to cancel my membership. it's fun to have a distraction at least for a few hours every week.
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Monday, September 21, 2009
the big leap
training started today for my new company. their way is very simple...i come in everyday this week for about 2-3 hours and get acquainted with the company, their products and their processes. by next week, i should be ready to shadow a more experienced person and do some of my own sales as well.
i haven't told most of my friends and family yet about making this big leap. i want to make sure that this works out for me first before i try to offer it to them. i wouldn't want to sell anything to my friends and family only to leave them behind after a few months.
feeling a little sick today though. weather's been erratic lately. someone told me i have a bedroom voice today because of my colds. maybe that's a good thing? if it is, i should've started selling this week then...
i haven't told most of my friends and family yet about making this big leap. i want to make sure that this works out for me first before i try to offer it to them. i wouldn't want to sell anything to my friends and family only to leave them behind after a few months.
feeling a little sick today though. weather's been erratic lately. someone told me i have a bedroom voice today because of my colds. maybe that's a good thing? if it is, i should've started selling this week then...
Monday, September 14, 2009
looking back...only to learn from it
wow, it's been almost 3 years exactly since i wrote something here! i should do this more often so i know my state of thinking when i make decisions about something...so here i go...
...i hate it when i look back at what i've done in the past and blame everyone, including myself, for any failures that happened along the way. i always have to remind myself that i only look back so i can learn from past mistakes, in order to plan better for the future.
analyzing what happened in my life from the beginning of the year, i can see a lot of positives and negatives that came with it. one major decision that i had to do is quitting my current stable job for a not-so-stable commission only job. this had a major impact in my lifestyle this year so far.
why did i quit anyway? #1 reason...i don't like some of my co workers. i work hard (as i always do with every job i've had) but it seems like nothing is good enough for them. i get in trouble with every little thing that i do, or don't do. #2 reason...the job is so easy it's making my brain stagnate.
i thought i had made a good effort researching the companies where i was planning to work for. i interviewed with 2 good companies. ended up joining one that gives some allowance if i make some sales. apparently not the smartest move because the sales are not so easy to come by anyway. i kind of joined this company blindly based on its strength and stability. i should have researched further -- interviewed some people who works or have worked there, worked part time first to test the waters, asked questions.
what happened now?
well...i quit that too. since the sales are so hard to come by, i figured this company would be a better fit for someone who already has experience. i'm not the most pushy salesperson out there. i should've known better...i should've known that the way i've always done sales, is by providing service first. when you work for a company that expects sales right off the bat, there is no time to provide any service. you just go and sell. that's not me. so i quit. i wasn't about to stay on and see how it works while it drains my savings. i made the same mistake before and i'm not about to do it again.
so before quitting this one, i interviewed with 2 companies. one company, i interviewed 2 different people doing 2 different things. i liked the first person mainly because he seems like an easy person to work with, seems honest enough, answered a lot of my questions and he was cute. the second person i liked better though because she gave me a lot of information, both good and bad, about the company. she wants me to make an informed decision whichever way i end up. the second company was also good because they provide leads. it gives me a good head start. and my friend's dad works for this company and has been there for 20 something years. now that says something about a company. i was going to join this company before because i trust my friend more than any stranger. the only thing they don't provide is the allowance. but since they provide me with possible clients, it's worth more to me than the allowance. the good thing that came about me joining the big company first is that now, i have a little bit more experience about the business. and i was able to get an idea of how to market myself in case i run out of leads.
if this still doesn't work, then i don't think that i am for a commission only business. maybe i'll need to set up my own business or just be a career guy.
...i hate it when i look back at what i've done in the past and blame everyone, including myself, for any failures that happened along the way. i always have to remind myself that i only look back so i can learn from past mistakes, in order to plan better for the future.
analyzing what happened in my life from the beginning of the year, i can see a lot of positives and negatives that came with it. one major decision that i had to do is quitting my current stable job for a not-so-stable commission only job. this had a major impact in my lifestyle this year so far.
why did i quit anyway? #1 reason...i don't like some of my co workers. i work hard (as i always do with every job i've had) but it seems like nothing is good enough for them. i get in trouble with every little thing that i do, or don't do. #2 reason...the job is so easy it's making my brain stagnate.
i thought i had made a good effort researching the companies where i was planning to work for. i interviewed with 2 good companies. ended up joining one that gives some allowance if i make some sales. apparently not the smartest move because the sales are not so easy to come by anyway. i kind of joined this company blindly based on its strength and stability. i should have researched further -- interviewed some people who works or have worked there, worked part time first to test the waters, asked questions.
what happened now?
well...i quit that too. since the sales are so hard to come by, i figured this company would be a better fit for someone who already has experience. i'm not the most pushy salesperson out there. i should've known better...i should've known that the way i've always done sales, is by providing service first. when you work for a company that expects sales right off the bat, there is no time to provide any service. you just go and sell. that's not me. so i quit. i wasn't about to stay on and see how it works while it drains my savings. i made the same mistake before and i'm not about to do it again.
so before quitting this one, i interviewed with 2 companies. one company, i interviewed 2 different people doing 2 different things. i liked the first person mainly because he seems like an easy person to work with, seems honest enough, answered a lot of my questions and he was cute. the second person i liked better though because she gave me a lot of information, both good and bad, about the company. she wants me to make an informed decision whichever way i end up. the second company was also good because they provide leads. it gives me a good head start. and my friend's dad works for this company and has been there for 20 something years. now that says something about a company. i was going to join this company before because i trust my friend more than any stranger. the only thing they don't provide is the allowance. but since they provide me with possible clients, it's worth more to me than the allowance. the good thing that came about me joining the big company first is that now, i have a little bit more experience about the business. and i was able to get an idea of how to market myself in case i run out of leads.
if this still doesn't work, then i don't think that i am for a commission only business. maybe i'll need to set up my own business or just be a career guy.
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