Today in class the concept of buoyancy came up. I feel that buoyancy may be one of the most important skills to develop not just as a salesperson but also as a human being. Allow me to elaborate I struggle with buoyancy in my day to day life. Little things tend to make me very upset and/or depressed for a very long time. I have tried to work hard on this and have far less problems with this than I used to but it still gets be from time to time. I really want to try the self talk aspects more as I feel I am my own worst critic and biggest doubter. I engage in far more negative self talk than is healthy. I need to find the line between pride and encouragement. I do feel that working in more hands on jobs like All Good Things [a local thrift store where I volunteer] has given me a thicker skin to deal with rejections. I try to approach customers there and try sales techniques from the class and that I have learned from other volunteers. It can be hard sometimes people just do not want to talk to someone that works at the store. Others just aren’t in the mood to buy. But being rejected there helps me to separate the role me from the real me in this kind of situation. But practicing rejection and failing can help more than the short term pain would indicate. Of course, being buoyant is a both a state of mind and a skill one which may take years to develop and may never be truly complete. There can and will be situations which you simply cannot be buoyant through. But each opportunity we fail may lead to greater success in the future.
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Buoyancy and resilience kind of go hand in hand for the good salesman or saleswoman. It is so important to be able to bounce back from a situation and keep your focus in sight. Sometimes in a sales situation, it can be helpful to check your previous feelings at the office door and focus solely on your clients. In situations of rejection, it is equally as important to handle the situation professionally and keep your outside feelings separate. (read my recent post The Tomato Incident, based on rejection)
First off, thank you for being vulnerable and expressing yourself here. And second, I think many people are their own worst enemy so you’re not alone. Like we were discussing in class, being positive to yourself can tremendously impact the way we view hard circumstances and situations life. It’s so easy to go through something difficult and just want to crumble because you start to lose hope, I’ve been there. But this is where faith and affirmative and interrogative self talk can come into play. Being able to realize the the situation you’re in a hard but being able to take a step back and tell yourself “it’s going to be okay” and “what is this circumstance or situation trying to teach me and how can I turn this hardship into a lesson I can learn and use in the future?” I think being able to step back and realize that regardless of how difficult it may seem, that there is good that can come from this is extremely important and beneficial to do.