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Have you ever asked yourself what you cannot
do? Seriously, there is nothing that I cannot do provided I am assured of
legitimate income. Hustling on my part is real. I have to juggle a lot of tasks
concurrently. I guess I have no rest metrics. Many people I have talked to have
hustled in different ways, I think I have been only through a struggle that
though I find tough, it’s quite below par in comparison to what others have
gone through. All in all, it’s interesting though I think I may burst sometime
because of over commitment.
I have seen some wear mascots; standing in
risky positions in order to sell to customers. The reality is there is a problem in the job
arena. Then there were this chaps who used to wear rolling skate shoes to
market products to individuals gliding perilously notwithstanding the
possibility of being knocked out by a deranged oncoming driver. What I know is that there
are many who are being exploited
by profit-making scam artists and individuals who put the gullible youth at
risk of injury and death especially with regard to marketing using
skates. Let me not talk about the Airtel agents who
sell phones and mobile phone lines in strategic lanes and streets that have
human traffic amid the issue of probity being an underlying factor.
Albeit, no one notices this guys, they are salespeople, a Kenyan youth who is in need of something called money. Yet, many don’t last long in the job. Frustration and pressure highly contribute in the high turnover in some of the jobs people take. If you don’t meet your daily target, you are as good as spent cartridge.
I hate to say this but we have been reduced
to a Nairobi that has turned many a youngster, straight from high school, college
or university into lackadaisical and disillusioned individuals who are having
hopes that tomorrow will be better. And it will be if you can sell more to many
clients while the truth is the person you are enriching that guy who pushes you
to the edge to bring in the figures so that he is also not rendered jobless
because as at now, I fear being jobless more than I fear quitting. The average
proletariat will do anything to maintain the status quo, a scenario I am in and
I am entangled and when I feel like exiting, I remember that there are really
no jobs for a no tall relative proletariat like me. So, I have to wait for my
blessings where I am or when they will shuka.
The truth about sales is that you are normally
on your own. Once you are bequeathed with product knowledge, you are required
to go roam the streets and offices to find clients. Nobody knows rejection
better that a salesperson. Whether on phone, by some receptionists who are as
cold as ice, civil servants in offices or guards and sentries who have to
follow instructions because the job depends on it.
Why have we been reduced to job seekers and
salespeople. Could it be because we love the easier route? Guess someone needs
to find out why there are more sales positions than any other position being
offered by many organizations. And you sometimes don’t get a retainer just commissions.
What is worse is that even the reputable brands do not have better terms for a
rookie. On the contrary, what is good about established brands is the fact that
they give you a leeway in some situations because they may be an easy sell.
In short, Nairobi has become a micro sales
economy, which is not a bad idea given that many manufacturing industries have
been rendered redundant and I am also finding myself enrolled in many Facebook
groups with many multi-level sellers with a lure of easy quick money until…...
Salespeople are however broke and disheveled, apart from a few whose pockets
run deep they never know the trials and tribulations of the non-performer. I
know of many who will go and take a nap in open places just to forget about the
fact of finding unwilling clients. That’s a story for another day.
I know this may sound harsh but while a
salesperson is sweating it out, in the field, there is another person who is
seated waiting to reap from the sale and piling pressure if targets are not met
because that’s how they get paid and you also get paid as a salesperson. What I
know about sales is that it is more about passion that ability to earn. It’s
skewed towards one side of the curve and if you are not willing to soil your
hands dirty, sometimes get arrested and all that, the truth is try it at your
own risk. If you sincerely know your personality, it’s sometimes better to give
it a wide berth. But if you are in for adventure, making lots of cash, not
fearing to get frustrated, loving what you do, then it’s the best job ever. You
can work very few hours achieve results and you will be smiling all the way to
the bank having surpassed the targets earlier on while someone is busy trying
to close the first sale.
Hasta la vista baby.
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