The reality of being a woman in sales

When I started in sales, I actually don't think I had an appreciation for how tough it often is for women in sales because I was lucky enough to be surrounded by so many good ones. It wasn't until I got years into selling. I was working often like Midwest territory. I had a lot of manufacturing companies where I'd walk into these meetings and I wouldn't even see a woman on the floor. And I'll never forget the worst meeting I ever had. I was helping onboard a new seller, walk in the room, sat down side by side. The two EVPs sat across from us. I started talking and they did not looking me in the eyes once. And when they had a question they asked him. And luckily he said, look, I'm like two weeks into this job, I don't know any of these answers. I'm here to shadow her. So Jen is probably the better person to ask. Even still, when I answered, they wouldn't look me in the eyes. Stuff like that happened enough where you just, you feel it. It's largely why women second guess themselves in this job. And I hate that because women bring a lot to sales.