How 5 Days in Loans Transformed My View on Sales
Old school sales techniques Ugh. Old school sales techniques. Overcoming objections. Convincing people they want something they don’t really want. Wounded masculine on the hunt, getting high off dopamine-chasing and closing. There’s a reason we all hate being sold to— and a reason so many of us hate doing sales. (Yes, me absolutely included.) What I’ve been telling myself The stories I tell myself about sales have landed in the space of “I only want to sell to people who already value what I have. I don’t want to convince anyone to want what I’m offering,” etc etc. And yes, those things are true. I’ve hired coaches who teach how to completely manipulate people into buying through hypno techniques, camera angles, trance induction and so many fucked up things that prey on people’s unconscious responsiveness rather than getting a conscious and clear yes. I have worked for people who try to teach me to sell the way they do by overcoming objections, turning a “maybe, but I...