Going backwards...

Those of you that do actually read my blogs will know that I use this space as my place to air my emotions and feelings and share my experiences. Winning a year long client is a dream come true for most businesses... Me on the other hand am finding the whole experience very emotional; It is difficult getting up and feeling motivated to go and make someone elses living for them, allowing them to realise their dreams and achieve their results.

I enjoy what I do which is probably what makes me so productive. I enjoy prospecting and making sales calls and could do it every day of the week which is exactly what I am doing. I think the draw back at this moment in time is that I now feel that I am doing it for someone else again, I am being 'managed' and receiving pep talk emails which in all honesty annoy the hell out of me. I set myself a personal target when I first launched Approach to make 120 affective sales/cold calls per day which I always achieve when I can just get on with what I enjoy doing but receiving emails telling me what my target is I am finding a little bit degrading. I am working with two very nice men that I want to succeed even though their business model is VERY close to mine. I have made that sacrifice as I feel it will benefit the UK economy in a major way allowing those MDs that are serious about staying in business to do so. I have passed up on opportunities that would have earned me the same amount of money as I will get over the year with this company and also brought across some of my opportunities to my client so they are fulfilled the way I would like them to be and to maintain the relationships that were already established.

I was told very early on in life that sales is no place to get my emotional needs met which I do agree with to a certain extent but I am also human and this experience is emotional.

Right, off for my bath as I'm up at 6.30 again for a swim. Any advice or feedback (yes, even critisism) is welcomed...