Work - When it's good, it's great - well, not this month!
Posted by Mary Rogul on Fri, May 21, 2010 @ 08:14 AM
It's been a tough month at work. As most of you know, I'm a sales rep for a software company in Cambridge. I love the work, the culture and all the amazing perks, but when the month isn't going well, it all seems - not so great.
I've been very fortunate in my short tenure with this company to have earned the ability to work at home, however as the final days of May approach and I'm at a big fat -0- for the month, I'm thinking that may be short-lived.
As an experienced sales person, I have been through the ups and downs of this cycle for about 15 years and I've been very lucky to have worked with smart, inspiring and incredibly energetic colleagues, but today as we approach the last week of the month, I'm trying to dig deep and soul search remembering the funadamentals of the lessons I've learned and see if I have it in me, to get to 10 by Thursday. (We all know Friday most people will head out early with the holiday weekend approaching.)
Many of you have been there! I know I'm not alone, but I could use some words of wisdom, tidbits of advice or anything you can offer up to get me there. I never give up, but I'll admit, I'm discouraged and starting to get concerned about hitting my number.
As an aside, sort of a funny story. I was on a close call at home Wednesday evening with one of my managers and my contact (the prospect), was unable to join for 15 minutes. As we waited on the GoToMeeting, my manager had to listen to two screaming kids in the background, while I got my boys settled for the night. I then had a dinner engagement to attend, so within a span of about 40 minutes, he dealt with screaming children, a late prospect, and dropped calls from my cell phone while he carried the conversation. Bad news - they didn't purchase the software!!!
All in all, not a great showing from me. =(
Would love to hear from some of you with similar stories since I really do need some inspiration.