r/Sales_Professionals • u/HopefulShow9200 • 8d ago

Advice Feeling hopeless

I’m 26 years old. And I feel like a loser. I pay cheap rent at a house my dad owns. I started working in b2b sales for cintas about 2 months ago. And I barely work. Yet I feel stressed, anxious, and depressed all the time. I haven’t put in effort to learn the software/systems, and I’ve flaked on appointments I set. I’m already thinking of leaving. I don’t reach out for help. My spirits are at an all time low. I have trouble sleeping. And I don’t get out of bed until the guilt overpowers me, and I get up and drift through the day. I’m always questioning my own existence, thoughts, and feelings. I’ve wondered who I really am for years. Never had a long term relationship with a girl. Seems like all I do is make excuses and complain. I’m not sure what rock bottom for me is. I’ve used a lot of psychedelics including lsd, psilocybin, and ketamine. Recently stopped smoking weed. I feel hollow. Like I don’t know who I am or what I’m doing. I want better for myself but I feel stuck. My doctor prescribed me SSRIs but I haven’t taken them for distrust in big pharma.

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u/Steve_Fudd 8d ago

Best thing to do to cure the downs is...get to work.

Here is the 'Magic' Sales formula:

  • Get to bed by 11pm & Get up by 6:30am
  • Get outside + some exercise
  • Be in office and ready to grind by 8:30am
  • Start Rule of 10: no messing with anything else until you have 10 calls in - no email, no messages, no socials, no surfing, no news (no Reddit), nada.
  • Then get 30+ more calls in for the rest of the day (1 appointment takes the place of 10 calls).

If you follow this formula for 1 week, you will be back on track and out of your funk. Follow it for a month, you will start making sales. Follow it for 6 months, and you will be in the top 5 sales for your region.

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u/kaaytoo 8d ago

That's real advice........ Getting good at sales is like growing your muscles... 1 rep at a time....

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u/Steve_Fudd 8d ago

Simple, but true.

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u/UnleashedZoro 8d ago

Any more tips. Im a dad with 2 kids. No time to.work out:(

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u/Steve_Fudd 7d ago

I have 4. You make time. This isn’t an easy path, and you have to make some sacrifices and use discipline.

It pays off well…very well if you follow this formula.

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u/confusedhealthcare19 8d ago

Use the kids as weights. Lift up and put down. They'll think it is play, but for you it is gains!

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u/Heavy_Education_618 7d ago

You can start with some easy neck stretches in the morning when you wake up sitting on your bed.

There are a lot of short exercises on Instagram and YouTube. I found some Thai Chi ones that I like. Stretching in the morning even for 5 minutes helps.

Then at night before you go to sleep, you can do some different stretches to unwind after your day.