Chris Smith says sales positivity comes from three things: compartmentalizing failure, believing in what you sell, and redefining wins as daily actions like booking appointments or having five meaningful conversations instead of waiting for big deals.
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People think sales is about being slick and making money, and it's like, no, it's about basically compartmentalizing failure and continuing to keep your head up despite of it. And this is why it's so important that you work for a company that you love and you sell a product you believe in. So when you find that, it just gets way more fun because it isn't necessarily that you're mad when someone doesn't move forward because you understand that they're just not the right fit. Best way to be in a great mood as a salesperson is to have constant wins. I would say you got to put yourself in a position where you can at least book a quality appointment or get a deal every day. Sometimes when you're in B2B, or let's say you're a realtor, not everybody's buying or selling a house right now. You may not be able to get a win every day as far as an actual deal. So you have to say, okay, what's the new win? What is a win that I can get every day? Because I would call a win 5 meaningful conversations with people that might