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Possibly one of the most asked questions of a child. Most common answers include teacher, doctor or nurse, police officer, firefighter, ballerina. If you had asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up, the last thing I would have said was \u201cI want to be a salesperson!\u201d\u00a0\u201cI want to sell those annoying interruptions on TV!\u201d\u00a0\u201cI want to call people and ask them to talk to me, to meet with me, to eat with me, do anything with me!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Noooooo, not me! I wanted to be ON TV. I spent over 17 years taking dance classes and studied theater in college. There were no business, sales, or other similar classes in my<\/i> liberal arts education.\u00a0<\/p>\n
A brief internet search shows that I am not alone. Omitting \u2018Salesperson\u2019 from the \u201cwhat do I want to be when I grow up\u201d list seems to be quite common. Flash forward [an incoherent number of] years – and here I sit with not only YEARS of sales experience, but years of sales experience in advertising and marketing. Gasp!<\/p>\n
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