The beauty of a career in sales is that your income is a direct result of your efforts and your skills. If you are watching your numbers and performance, you will uncover areas where you will want to increase your skill. Rather than wait for your sales manager to train you, take the initiative to train yourself.

This doesn’t mean that you will have to do it alone, and it does not mean that you need to reinvent the wheel. In fact, the key to successfully training yourself in sales is to learn from the experience of others. Here are four ways to accomplish this.

1. Look up books and audio programs on selling. Find magazines and trade journals about your industry. Search the internet for books, CDs, video programs or even computer based training. Order materials that you think will help and then READ THEM.
2. our search will also uncover hundreds of seminars, workshops and even personalized coaching programs offered by training companies and associations. While these programs vary in quality, depth and scope, many are excellent. Contact your industry association or successful people in your industry to ask what training they recommend.
3. Taking this route will require an investment of time and money on your part. No one ever succeeded at anything without paying a price. If you are serious about achieving your goals you need to invest in training. If your company will assist you, that’s great, but ultimately, the responsibility for your own growth belongs to you. Don’t expect someone else to do it for you.
4. Find a mentor. Identify people whose success you would like to emulate. Invite one of them to lunch. Tell them that you admire their success, and would like to ask how they did it. Many successful people are glad to help someone who sincerely seeks to improve themselves…especially when you are picking up the tab. Keep it simple. If your mentor is willing, meet with them periodically. The information and ideas you will learn can be invaluable to your success.

Identify your challenges, and then actively seek the solution. It’s up to you, so fire your sales manager and move your business forward.

Be Free!

David Denis

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