Growing as a Salesperson

Salespeople come in all genders, sizes, and ages. In the United States children are taught the art of sales from a very young age. They are taught both traditional sales as well as non-sales based selling. In more of the traditional sense, they are tasked with selling cookies, popcorn, coupon books, cups, and a continuously growing list of items used for fundraising. This is taught to them through different organizations such as sports, boy and girl scouts, and even church groups. On the other hand, they often learn the skills on non-sales selling on their own. This can be seen in things as simple as how they ask their parents for something at the store, or how they approach hanging out with their friends on a Friday night. The importance of non-sales selling is so important that is used every day. It doesn’t matter if you are selling yourself in an interview, pitching an idea to a company executive, or just trying to convince your friends what restaurant to eat at. This skill that has been taught to use form a young age has allowed us to become movers of people not just products.