Jacqueline ElliottLeadership Strategist | CEO, Mother, Wife, Legacy-Builder

The Reality of being a woman in sales 😔 #shorts

18 Nov 2025 · 0 min

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A short YouTube #shorts interview (created/uploaded by Jacqueline Elliott) in which a woman in sales recounts early experiences of customers refusing to work with her, feeling embarrassed and resentful, and initially hating sales because of gendered expectations. She describes a turning point when she began treating sales as a game, became addicted to competing, and adopted a mindset of being "number one" — shutting out doubt and using ambition and service excellence to prove herself. The video emphasizes resilience, self-belief, and the pressures women face being tested or doubted in sales roles.

What did it look like for you, like, when you first jumped in?
I actually had customers that said that they didn't want to work with me. I felt really embarrassed, shy, hurt, and that kind of created, like, a grudge inside of me. Then I kind of started to hate sales because I'm like, why? Why don't these people. Why wouldn't they want to work with me? All I know is to business is done by men. Men. Men carry out business, not women.
So what was the turning point?
I saw sales as a game, and I started to fall in love with the game. Then I became addicted to the game. Then I can't stop. I was chasing the title of saying, I'm number one. I' if you want excellent service, me to serve you at the highest level, I'm number one. You do business with good people.
You had to believe you were number one before you were even number one. You had to shut demons out of your head and be like, hey, you know what? I'm here to prove myself. Because I think a lot of women, they start something, and people are always going to test and poke at them, right? They're going to test and poke at them. They're going to make you doubt why you're there.