posted on Saturday, March 10, 2012 at 10:12 PM
I did sales and promoting for the past 2 days for the first time in my life!
All i can say is that every hour was an experience.
I've realised that doing promotion is not always about sales, but more about meeting people.
Good things about this job? It improved my chinese, charisma, patience, attitude and my verbal projections. It sure is difficult at times accepting
'No' for an answer, but at the end of the day, we can't let that affect the rest of the day. So we got to be positive and tell yourself that it is normal for people to say
'No' and push on because the whole day is for you and have lots of potential
'Yes' out there.
It was really an exciting moment when you get to sell your first few deals! There's a motivational factor readily available, which is also why i liked this job.
Of cause, we have to lie at some point of time and is totally not my kind of field, which is why it has brought to my decision that i should stop this job. Another reason being super tiring, aching legs and bones. However.. i'm actually thankful for all the experience and skills the seniors have thought me. 2 days may not have been a lot but i did picked up precious knowledge on the way..
So i guess i'm back to being jobless again. I still have driving lessons and traffic police to pay for.
Being in the working field again actually made me realise and reminded me of how difficult it is to earn money.. Then again i'm only 21 this year..
Look, yesterday when i was doing my job, i actually met this almost-gay-but-not-gay guy in a hair saloon. He was in his early 40s. Nice guy, chat a bit as he talked more about himself, saying that he feels time is running out and he should stop
'chionging' for money. He also said that nowadays young people these days, teenagers especially, are already pushing themselves so hard like he is now at his age. Then he said something like,
wow, how will they feel when they reach my age? Wouldn't they be all sickly and too tired to enjoy even with all the money they have?..
This man actually made me ponder a little.. not saying that i should totally idle all of my time.. I still have to cherish every period and make myself useful. Yes, young people should have fun, but balance it with wealth, because we will only be young once. Oh yes, he bought a deal from us in the end.
Mhmm, time has changed, we are all in a situation that we really need to save up for the future regardless of how old we are, for because everything is getting so competitive nowadays.. Oh well, i'll just hope for the best..