open for business
And what do I mean “open for business”? I want to make two clear points in this Blog entry. One, we all are sales people. Two, with found us I never stop selling, never stopped selling, and look forward to uncertainty. Thus we are always “open for business” and need to be aware of this.
Question: Are we selling? How are we selling? What about uncertainty?
We can all sell something, we can all sell ourselves, we can all sell for another. But what and how are we selling? Life is a game of sales, where each and everyone of us must realise they sell all the time. We can all wear masks, after all Shakespeare himself said “All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players” (Act 2, Scene 7 As you like it.)
found us
I currently hunt (sell) for head hunting briefs and candidates. and excuse the alliteration. I make it my mission to find good honest ethical senior people in the Advertising, Marketing, and Media verticals. And to deal with good, honest ethical people and their companies who wish to grow and give back. They need talent and talent needs them. My mission is to put these two types together so creating a mutual relationship of benefit - do not hesitate to give me a try. I do this by being able to adapt to people, places, and things - read below for more on this. I may wear a mask to facilitate this bringing together of people; the “helping you, find them” is the foundation of found us.
I have a knack for spotting people, opportunities, and connections.
Now onto selling. For me core to my very being. And sales does not have to be a bad thing. The British do have a funny aversion to the word selling.
Salespeople…
You have to realise that life is about selling yourself, not I hasten to add in a literal fashion. You may sell your personality to the person serving you coffee before your train to work, to your children in a gentle or angry manner, to your boss in order to obtain a desire or need, and so it goes on. Your wear the mask that Shakespeare and Society commonly talks about, with you the person behind it.
Who am I? You must always, every day, ask who you are as you move through life. Behind the mask has to be someone…
What masks do I wear and do you let people see behind them? Is the mask you wear a true reflection of who you wat to be? This is vital for people to see, realise, and understand you since this mask at any one time is an expression of you. A mask of empathy for a troubled person creates synergy and underlies you as a giver. A mask of heartlessness does not lead to synergy and belies what lies underneath and what people see of you (and in this case it ought to be for you to examine your inner Soul.)
Do question what negative masks you wear. Is it one of arrogance, or of hate for example? Look behind these masks you may wear to see what changes you need to make, or simply why you have worn such masks. Negative masks do not warm people to you and are not conducive to selling. Remember you are always on stage and what impression do you want the audience to see with the mask you wear, and what actor (the person who you are/aspire to be) are you behind the mask. Do people use the following? “He is kind, she is thoughful, I like running things by him” by way of example. We can create one true actor (ourselves) and characters to meet people and situations on top of our ourself, or our actor. It is our choice to focus on the selling.
Anyway enough of the metaphysical. Point is to always remember who you are or wish to be, to then express yourself through your sales masks as you seek to acquire what you need or desire. Remember you are selling who you are, how you feel, what you want at that moment in time; even if it is to your Mum.
You sell all the time in life to obtain what is needed. But also always remember the foundation of this - it has to be bilateral. What is it that you give to the other for them to give to you? This is the contractual side of every relationship, every human moment during the day. Right down to you moving out of the way of a stranger in the street who also does the same - a human contract of mutual interest has been formed.
What are you selling?
People don’t always know what you are selling, or for that matter want it…
You may have sussed out who you want to be and the masks you may utilise, and in theory selling yourself. But what if you are selling something outside of you? Most of us work for other people and organisations and we sell ourselves in that environment, culture, or what a company provides by way of good or service.
You cannot sell something that is crap or riles against your morality for example.
So, we must always examine what we are selling, for if we have no faith then our mask slips and we cannot create relationships, and people in our personal and work spheres buy from people they have a connection with.
Uncertainty
Always in life, for life is constant change and flux. And we should accept this and enjoy the ride. If we think about selling and bring it from the unconscious into the conscious as we polish it and refine it, we are able to handle life’s uncertainties, and can act on a pin head in a interpersonal situation that may change on a whim.