Below is a blog that Tamara wrote about her work with me. Since Tamara has started working with me, she sold more in one week than she did in one quarter last year.
It is difficult for me to explain the work Anna does with clients. That’s because I am in the midst of having my brain’s hard-drive completely rewired in this process. Sound scary? You bet.
Last spring, I kept having the same odd (and dissatisfying) sales experience with shopkeeper after shopkeeper. What is my remedy when you don’t know what to do? FIND A COACH. So, after hearing about Anna’s sales work from a friend, I signed on.
Oh my gosh. HARDEST. WORK. EVER. Way so much harder than pull-ups.
Because it’s not really “about sales.” Nope. It’s about how we relate to each other. How we send out signals, energies, vibes pretty much like dogs that we read off of each other. That I have had absolutely no clue about in my entire life. It’s like finding out that something else has been running you forever.
And finding out something else has been, too.
Here’s the deal: despite the gusto, passion, color, and enthusiasm that pours out in my art work . . . . it turns out, I am not so great with people. Who knew?!?!? As much as I love the idea of people, the deep, dark truth when it comes to dealing with them individually is that really, I AM TERRIFIED OF YOU!!!
As you can imagine, this is not a very effective vibe with which to operate in the world of actual people.
Because here’s how it goes in my energy: I’m-going-to-be-open-even-though-I-am-scared-sh*&less-and-then-I-know-you-are-going-to-fail-to-meet-the-challenge-and-be-brave-and-kind-back-and-so-I-am-not-even-really-going-to-give-you-a-sincere-chance.
Peremptory rejection. That’s me. And for that, I totally apologize.
Not good for sales. Not good for people. Really not good for love.
I’ve got a long way to go. But if I could learn to do pull-ups, I’ve got to believe there is hope for me here, too.
Small Business Owner – Tamara Holland