{"id":5544,"date":"2019-03-19T16:22:16","date_gmt":"2019-03-19T16:22:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/?p=5544"},"modified":"2019-03-25T16:39:02","modified_gmt":"2019-03-25T16:39:02","slug":"selling-is-scary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/selling-is-scary\/","title":{"rendered":"Selling is Scary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"307\" height=\"164\" data-src=\"http:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/download.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"5545\" data-link=\"http:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/?attachment_id=5545\" class=\"wp-image-5545 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/download.png 307w, https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/download-300x160.png 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 307px) 100vw, 307px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 307px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 307\/164;\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Rejection. It&#8217;s not\na word that is pleasant to anyone. Whether it&#8217;s on a personal or professional\nlevel being rejected never feels good. It is an inevitable aspect of life\nthough and ultimately helps us to learn and become better people and\nprofessionals. Albert Einstein once said that &#8220;Anyone who has never made a\nmistake has never tried something new.&#8221; In sales you have to go out of\nyour comfort zone at some point or another to expand your prospects and selling\ncapacity. The only road to growth also includes mistakes and rejection. The\nbest thing about those two setbacks is that you can learn from them and\nhopefully even in future rejections not make the same mistakes that lead to\nthem. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Selling is scary at times. It is important to keep a positive mental attitude and detach yourself personally from the rejection you may face. The product or service that you have to offer is not going to be the perfect fit for all of your prospects and that is okay. The only way to reap reward is to put yourself out there and take risks. Over time not only will your past rejections make you a stronger individual on a personal level but you will be able to handle it and adapt professionally as well. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The fear that you may face entering a sales situation can be managed by preparing ahead of time and also approaching each sales call as an opportunity to meet the needs of your prospect and learn along the way. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rejection. It&#8217;s not a word that is pleasant to anyone. Whether it&#8217;s on a personal or professional level being rejected never feels good. It is an inevitable aspect of life though and ultimately helps us to learn and become better people and professionals. Albert Einstein once said that &#8220;Anyone who has never made a mistake [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":217,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[106],"tags":[159],"class_list":["post-5544","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-buoyancy","tag-buoyancy-salesidentity"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5544","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/217"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5544"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5544\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5546,"href":"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5544\/revisions\/5546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}