Glengary Glen Ross

WARNING! Clip below contains naughty language!

Without a doubt one of the most famous scenes depicting sales in Hollywood history.

You can't write a sales blog without including it somewhere.

I started watching this movie before I started my first sales job. It freaked me out enough that I worried if this is how sales is, did I want to do this for a career. Kind of like watching the first hour of Full Metal Jacket before leaving for military basic training. I didn't finish watching Glengary Glen Ross for three years!

Indeed there are sales mangers and environments like this. There are times when this is appropriate to motivate a staff. Ultimately sales is not a career for people without a thick skin to take rejection, criticism, and pressure.

Some salespeople thrive with a manager like this, others don't. Some people are successful in  an environment like this.

It is up to you to make sales something you are passionate about, enjoy, and make money doing. If you can't make a sales career do any of those three things for you then it is time to try a different career, or at least find a different sales environment.

Thanks!

Ev