Sales is the job you do every day. When I used to work in multi-level marketing, looking to recruit team members, often people told me, "I wouldn't be any good at that. I am not a sales person." The fact of the matter is every one of us is a dynamite sales person. You sell yourself and those in your world on whatever you want or need all day long, day in and day out.

First of all, you sell yourself on being able to accomplish the tasks you set out to accomplish that day, the next day...year after year. You cannot possibly succeed unless you know, at your core, that you will succeed at any task.

When you meet someone you like, you do everything you can think of to get the person to like you too, yes? So, you are selling your good qualities as a friend-maybe your loyalty, your dependability, your good mood, etc. Basically, you tell the new person, "Here I am. These are my benefits to you."

Hmm. Sounds pretty much like a sales pitch to me-only much more subtle.

When you want someone to love you, you have to sell them on why you are the best lover they will ever find anywhere! You want them to know you care, you respect and honor yourself, and them too.

When you go for a job interview, you sell your skills, talents, loyalty and whatever else the potential company wants in their employees.

The list of places where the sales person side of you steps forward may appear obvious once you stop and think about it. However, that part of you has no limits in functioning to make you well and happy on a daily basis.

Think about these instances of super salesmanship. Let's say you would love to own a new food processor that promises to cut hours of food preparation done by hand. You tell your partner or best friend all the details of the machine-including where to buy it at the best price. You don't just talk about it once. You talk about it every few hours-or, at the very least, every day. Each time you let the potential buyer know not only how much your life will be better, but also how great this appliance will work out for him or her, too-because with you spending less time in the kitchen, you will have more free time to be together.

The next time you feel the words about to come out of your mouth, "I am not a sales person," stop yourself and consider whether the opportunity may be a gift rather than a burden.

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