I am not selling
It is April, and it has been 3 months since I resigned from my day job to be a unit trust consultant.
My sales have been slow, and seems to be going downhill. The weird part is, all the enthusiasm and eagerness that I have (had?) seems to be diminishing… that is weird, I always thought I am a very-very positive minded person.
My sales for March was below 50k! And that is terrible, no sale means no commission, no commission means very-very bad life.
I got no place to run (I have no backup plans remember?) However I do got a few good job offers from my old contacts.. but I rejected it all. This is not the time to change my plan.
The good news is I have been learning quite a few things.. met interesting people from all kind of backgrounds, successful people, business owners.., and these people love to give advice. One of them told me how he get started in business, how he almost went bankrupt, and how he get up again, inspiring! Another one told me it is easy to earn money, how he could earn 100k in a week, as long as we are willing to look for it. ‘Jangan malas lah!..’ (don’t be lazy).
So it is not all bad and gloomy, I believe I am learning a lot, and these lessons are far more valuable than money. Another good news is that some of my clients are investing regularly every month through auto debit (standing instruction). This is good, it means steady streams of commission for me. But more importantly, I am helping people to discipline themselves. Some people never save money, they come up with many excuses, some save money for a few months and then withdraw all of it a few months later. With auto debit, people will save and invest money regularly and in the long term their money will grow.
This month (April) will be a serious month for me. For the past 3 months I was nagged/bothered by a few old projects that was not quite finished. Now I have finished it all, I have no more excuse.