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[Leadership] - How to get passed the anxiety and feeling of shame when you first get into sales, with Mark Ackers

Author
Mark Ackers, Duane Dufault
Published
Wed 28 Dec 2022
Episode Link
https://www.duanedufault.com/sellingsaaspodcast

In todays episode of the SellingSaas Podcast, Duane sits down with Mark Ackers, the author of best selling book "Problem Prospecting," and previously the Director of Sales at Allego. The conversation talks about the shame one feels when getting into sales and how society looks down upon the industry, how you try to hide the fact you're in it by creating different descriptions and titles for yourself, and how you can get passed the internal anxiety you have from that conversation.  

 

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS:  

1:30 - Just because you're not Digging holes or some labor intensive job, doesnt mean sales can't be a noble and amazing profession.  

 

3:00 - Trying to hide being in sales by masking your title or shying away from the career question.  

 

4:30 - How do you get passed the internal anxiety or feeling of shame when you first get into sales, or if its something that has never left you.  

 

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