Are any of you succeeding in a sales role?

No drinking, no smoking, only know of halal restaurants mostly, and my parents never taught me about sports or older pop culture.

Do you find similar constraints have made it harder to sell, develop business, or network in your career? How do you compensate or use this as a strength instead of a weakness?

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Look gang I hear y’all out on the alcohol or let’s say college football connectivity but don’t approach the interaction with the presupposed mindset that you’re super different from them.

At the end of the day I guarantee you have far more in common than apart. Remove the booze and bacon and what do you have: humans that work, have families, with interests and dislikes likely informed by Judeo-Christian values. We all are on the same hamster wheel with shitty commutes and annoying bosses and disillusioned politics.

Calming the “I’m alien” nerves is critical to coming off as relaxed and approachable thus being easy to connect with. If your boss loves skiing but the closest you’ve been to snow is the ice cream in your freezer then ask em to tell you what it’s like!

When all else fails nothing makes people happier than talking about themselves. Engage em and hook em my friends.

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ROLL TIDE

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I have friends and family in corporate tech sales. Feels like most never leave their house lol

One of them makes over $400k and almost always WFH (Microsoft) and they have foreign academic credentials

Fundamentally, I believe it comes down to your own competency. Are you intelligent and sharp? Focus on solving your customer's problem and that should get you through most hurdles.

Just because you don't have the same "strengths" as someone born and raised in an American family, that doesn't automatically make it your "weakness" my friend

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A1 - can I dm you? I’ve been trying to get into sales specifically with Microsoft. Would you be open to connecting me with your friend?

Can relate but not sales role tho. So many of my coworkers easily strike conversations they wine, alcohol or “let’s go for a drink”.

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