Talk to Everybody!

"Talk to everybody. One person could change your life, or you might even change theirs."

Being a car-crazy high school senior with very little career direction, I thought my future was to be an automobile mechanic.

That all changed in one night after I went to dinner at a friend's house and talked to her boyfriend who was in Barber School at the time. He said that barbers could make $100 a week and never get their hands dirty. Bingo! . . . . . you don't have to tell me but once!

After much serious contemplation . . . . the next morning, I signed up for Barber School.

This was a better fit for me because I've always loved talking to people and I could actually get paid while doing it! I continued barbering for six-years.

One day I was talking with one of my regular customers in the barber shop. He was a very successful salesman who always wore Armani Suits and drove up in his big black Cadillac.

He suggested that I might want to consider a career in sales, where money-making opportunities are unlimited!"

So, armed with a big smile, an enthusiastic tongue and my Dale Carnegie Diploma, I began my career in sales with Quaker Oats Company, selling grits and Cap'n Crunch.

While working my full-time job with Quaker, I worked part-time on the weekends at a men's clothing store, where I met a very successful apparel salesman. After talking with him for quite some time, he encouraged me to become a clothing Sales Rep. And three-years later I began selling ladies apparel.

I continued talking to everybody!

Talking to everybody pays off!

And that, my friends, is how I went from contemplating being a mechanic, to being a barber, to selling grits and winding up in apparel sales for more than 54 years.

GET OUT OF YOUR COMFORT ZONE AND TALK TO EVERYBODY!

Break the ice!  By taking the initiative, you might just discover a kindred spirit, a new friend, a mentor or even a new career!

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