Will Sales Make Me More Confident and Improve My Social Skills? Sales is a career where people develop their social skills and deepen relationship building. What happens, however, if you’re starting from a place of anxiety and it’s hard for you to talk to people?  Is it still possible to have a successful career in sales? Unfortunately, sales isn’t the solution to these issues and in this episode, we’ll talk about the reasons why.    The wrong idea of getting into sales Sales is a career that deals with interacting with people and the point of it is not to boost your confidence. Being a salesperson who is looking for ways the customer can benefit you means that you’re thinking more about fulfilling your needs rather than helping the buyers solve their problems.    Nobody should get into sales exclusively thinking about what they’re going to get out of it. This mentality makes sales reps people pleasers. They’re afraid of offending their prospects so it keeps the sales rep from asking the important questions. Wanting to please people means losing the ability to speak of the problem upfront in fear of ruining business relationships. In the long run, this doesn’t serve your customers well.   Sales is more than just talking Just because you love talking doesn’t mean you should get into sales. There are other career opportunities that would give you the platform to talk. Get into sales with a desire to succeed and with existing mental fortitude. Sales is a demanding job - it has deadlines, pipelines, and goals that need to be met. If you go into sales without the right mindset, it will be difficult to improve and succeed.    What sales is  There’s a lot of processes involved in sales. For example, administrative work involves emailing clients and prospects, cleaning up the CRM, and more. Sales is a great career but it isn’t for everyone. Don’t get into sales if you just want to help boost your confidence and build social skills. If you are shy, don’t like talking, and you have anxiety, these are things you’ll need to resolve before you think about a sales career.  Otherwise, it could exacerbate the problem for you and any future clients. Anyone going into sales should want to help other people find solutions to their problems.  “Will Sales Make Me More Confident and Improve My Social Skills?” episode resources  If you are interested in more sales stories, you can talk to Donald directly. Reach him via these channels: LinkedIn, Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook about any sales concerns.  This episode is brought to you in part by IntHerRupt, a podcast designed to empower women leaders to take their seat at the table and talk about timely topics, challenges that women face in the workplace towards leadership, and more. Guests come to the show to share their stories and personal experiences of overcoming the challenges and beating the odds.  This course is also brought to you in part by TSE Certified Sales Training Program. It’s a course designed to help new and struggling sellers to master the fundamentals of sales and close more deals. It will help them elevate their sales game. Sign up now and get the first two modules for free! You can go and visit www.thesalesevangelist.com/closemoredeals also call us at (561) 570-5077.  We’d love for you to join us for our next episodes so tune in on Apple Podcast, Google Podcast, Stitcher, and Spotify. You can also leave comments, suggestions, and ratings to every episode you listen to.  You can also read more about sales or listen to audiobooks on Audible and explore this huge online library. Register now to get a free book and a 30-day free trial.  Audio provided by Free SFX and Bensound. Other songs used in the episodes are as follows: The Organ Grinder written by Bradley Jay Hill, performed by Bright Seed, and Produced by Brightseed and Hill.