Selling yourself is hard, especially when you are in a position where people already have presumptions about you. Those in sales face this every day by being ridiculed as “sleazy” and “annoying.” Infamous quarterback, Tom Brady, faced a similar hurdle as well. To overcome it, he displayed his consistency.<\/p>\n
In College<\/strong><\/p>\n From the beginning, Tom Brady was always seen as a backup. When he played at the University of Michigan, there were originally 6 other quarterbacks ahead of him. So, he began as a backup and rose to become the starter in 1998 through 1999. To ascend, Brady worked hard. He would ultimately achieve an All-Big Ten honorable mention and appear in the Orange Bowl.<\/p>\n In the NFL<\/strong><\/p>\n Every analyst predicted Brady would be the least likely to succeed in the NFL. He was skinny and his times were slow. Ultimately, Brady was selected 199th for the New England Patriots in the 2000 NFL draft. He became the Patriot’s backup for their franchise quarterback, Drew Bledsoe.\u00a0 Bledsoe was one of the most highly paid quarterbacks in the league; no one suspected he was going to leave anytime soon. After an injury, Brady had to step in. He proved he was a worthy contender. Once Bledsoe recovered, the Patriots decided to place Brady as the starter. Why? Brady effectively sold himself to fans, opponents, and his coaches that he could lead the Patriots.<\/p>\n The Lesson Here<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n In both college and in the NFL, Brady’s consistency asserted the length of his capabilities. The same applies to sales. However, we must be careful with what is meant by “consistency.” In sales, consistency does not mean constantly calling your clients. It does, though, mean always showing a smile, putting your best foot forward, and having a good work ethic. Adopting consistency allows you to appear more favorable than competitors. If selling is a business of “moving others,” clients would much prefer to work with someone who is consistently kind and hard working.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Selling yourself is hard, especially when you are in a position where people already have presumptions about you. Those in sales face this every day by being ridiculed as “sleazy” and “annoying.” Infamous quarterback, Tom Brady, faced a similar hurdle as well. To overcome it, he displayed his consistency. In College From the beginning, Tom […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":828,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[298,51,441,376,29,163],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-influence","category-perspectives-on-sales","category-positivity","category-sales-growth","category-selling-yourself","category-trust"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9109","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\/828"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9109"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9109\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9150,"href":"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9109\/revisions\/9150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}