The most painful sale I ever lost
I got my first sales job at 16. It was an uphill struggle at first, but the moment I made my first sale, I was hooked. The excitement of the hunt, the nerve-wracking adrenaline rush of the close and the elation when the client says yes. It's a high that never gets old, and other than university and a brief stint in banking and real estate (kill me), I've worked in sales my entire adult life. Perhaps the most important lesson I've learned is that...