After one week at the new job I have learned lessons that people spend years trying to understand and today I am going to share them with you. When in the pursuit of being Simply Different it is important to learn the things that not everyone sees. The things that other people toss right behind them are the ones that you should put a little extra thought in because those thoughts are what sets you apart and propels you forward.
Lesson 1: Not every day is a successful day; that does not make it a wasted day.
Today marks the completion of my official first week at the new job. For those that do not know it is a sales job (even though I am not selling anything that 80% of the world doesn't already have). Not only is it sales, it is F2F (face to face) sales and in my particular situation, door to door. Certainly an interesting concept, going door to door because in my personal experience I do not like the doorbell of my house being rung all that much even though that is what it is there for. Surprisingly, most people just peak there head out the door with skepticism. Anyway, I am off track, when you spend 6 hours a day knocking on doors in the hot sun you learn something quickly, just because you put in the effort does not mean you get the results. There were two days this week I learned that. In both of those days though I learned a lot about human interaction and how to diffuse a potentially nasty situation which is why lesson one is titled the way it is. A wasted day is one in which you learn nothing. And just because you can't recite word for word what you learned doesn't mean it is not there. Don't waste your days! They are limited.
Lesson 2: Everyone has a reason and a story to learn from.
Knocking on doors and waiting for an answer so that you can speak to someone creates one situation at the minimum every single time. An interaction. You can learn a lot about someone in even a one minute interaction if you are aware and know what is going on. For example, I knocked on a door and the home owner answered it yelling. This is a person I feel sorry for, why? She did not even know who my partner and I are or what we are doing. Her life is so sorry and unfortunate, for whatever reason, that she was angry before opening the door. Happy people don't do that, controlled people don't do that, respectful people don't do that. Only someone who hates their life and what is going on it does and the way someone acts is a reflection of what their outlook on life is. Put yourself on the other side of that mirror and understand.
Lesson 3: Self respect, control and confidence mix to make a human that has no limit.
In the Simply Different Lifestyle it is about standing out, being exceptional and pursuing your dreams for the better of yourself and the people around you. It is about people looking to you for help and you providing it. It is about being responsible and accountable for most importantly yourself but also the people under your wings. This comes with time, a lot of time and a lot of experience. Both of which I have not achieved, however I am on the path and I know the destination which is 75% of the battle. When you are in control of yourself that opens you opportunities in life to the entire world and that is what life is all about. When people want to talk to you, want to be around you and want to see you succeed you can know fully that you are running in the right direction and for everyone who has read this blog up to this point I hope that for you.
Focus on what needs to be done to succeed and do it. Ditch the phone, ditch the tv, ditch the distractions and succeed. Anyone who has the where-with-all to do these things in 2024 will have the best year of their life in 2025. Stay humble, stay happy and be a witness to your own life.