May 31, 2004
Memorial Day with SW
Today was kinda rough.
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May 31, 2004
Quit
A number of people in our Org have quit in the last three weeks. We were told that roughly 1/3 of the people we leave sales school with will quit in the first three weeks. I was nearly one of those people.
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May 31, 2004
Border War #1
In Southwestern there are these things called Border Wars. They are basically a competition set up in such a way so that people contribute to the program and feel more like a team. This Border war was held against three different “org”s and we all drove to Memphis, TN for it. That was a four hour drive for me and my two roommates, but luckily I am a first year and I got to sleep on the way.
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May 29, 2004
Following Mike Yandre
I zeroed out again Thursday, so today I spent the day in Huntsville, AL following Mike Yandre. It was a pretty fun day. My first day in the rain. We only had one customer all day, which I guess should make me feel better about zeroing out.
It’s midnight. I need to sleep now. I’ll have to write more about this later.
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May 27, 2004
Liars
Everyone says and thinks that salespeople are liars. They’re right! Some salespeople are, indeed, liars. One crazy thing I’ve learned in the last few weeks of being a salesperson is that people confronted by a salesperson are often liars too.
I think I’ve been lied to more in this one month of May 2004 than I have in any given year of my life. I’m obviously not sure of this, but it is a strong intuition that I have that I think is worth expressing.
Friends, please — make sure that I do not pick up on this practice.
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May 27, 2004
Quote
I wrote an e-mail to Jessica the other night trying to help her out with a situation she was going through and wrote line that she really liked. I think now that if she liked it so much I might as well share it with everyone else.
‘Don’t let the fog of your human understanding keep you from walking boldly down whatever path you think is God’s path for you.’
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May 23, 2004
Crazy Experiences
Whenever something absolutely mind-blowing happens when I follow a student manager for the day I get a laugh or maybe even a profound dumbfounded expression followed up by the saying, “the bookfield by Southwestern.”
Now I am starting to say that myself at times, because it is kind of funny.
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May 23, 2004
Exerpt of an E-mail
In the main body I have clipped a large portion of an e-mail that I sent to Jessica. I think that it is worth keeping in my blog, because it conveyed some of what was going on with me earlier this week. Also, I want to keep it as a reminder of how I felt and a goal that I have.
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May 23, 2004
Followed Again…
I followed Clerison again yesterday. The kid is weird. I have to say I liked him better before following him yesterday — mainly because he did a few things that crossed the line with me. That situation was disussed and reconciled, but it will take some time and some more positive interaction to get it out of my head.
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May 23, 2004
Second Saturday in the Bookfield
Today was my second Saturday in the bookfield. Saturdays are the best days to sell a lot of books because everyone is home at some point in the day, and catching up with families is one of the trickiest parts of selling these things.
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