If you could go back to your first year in sales, what’s the one piece of advice you’d give yourself? I’m trying to figure out if I should focus on volume or if I should be hyper-targeted with my outreach.

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My one piece of advice to myself would be don't take every no so personally. I used to spend way too much time getting hung up on every no that I got. Now I realize that every no is one step closer to a yes.

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Yes! I’m trying to thicken my skin!

The one piece of advice I'd give my younger self starting out would be to become a better listener. And to listen more. I had the common tendency to talk too much, and I probably assumed I could control the situation by doing that. I probably would have done better by relaxing a little.

I would say volume, but that might be where I work.

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