I had been hesitant to move on as a sales mainly because of the risks it come with. What if I cannot hit target? What if I enter a bad company which will taint my track records? I would need more time to build my network before starting out as a sales.
Previously, I have always reached a conclusion that I was not ready.
But I realize that I forgot my own preach: you can never be ready. If you wait until you are ready, the opportunity would have already passed. Most of the times you need to jump right into the opportunity and do the job. You cannot learn it by standing at the side.
I have done it before.
I wasn't ready to be an engineer, I went in and completed the projects anyway.
I wasn't ready to be a pre-sales, but I designed solutions and sold to customers anyway.
There is a further insight on my abilities too. I found myself lacking the experience for a pre-sales, as my technical wasn't strong enough. But going back to hands-on will not resolve the issue. I suddenly remembered that my strength is in being able to think on my feet. I am able to pick up ideas and understand solutions extremely fast. I thought that it empowers me to be a pre-sales, but that is the essence that is more needed by a sales than pre-sales.
What ahead is still not 100% decided, but at least it is clearer now where I am heading towards.
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