What is the most important thing you learned in week one of training on your first sales job that you kept using 6 months or a year later?

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To adapt a mindset that’s almost like it doesn’t matter what happens on that cold call. The person on the other end of that line didn’t exist in your mind before you called, if it doesn’t go well they won’t exist a few mins after the call because you’ll forget about them. It makes rejection much easier to bare and success that much more sweet.

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^ agreed with above

Also: don’t over prep in the beginning before each call. I stunted my growth by prepping 4-5 mins before each cold call and then the prospect wouldn’t pick up. You learn more from your failure than 5 mins prep. Now I prep while it rings or for 1 min if it’s really important

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