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As one Yoda stated there is "beauty in this industry", if you put numbers up on a consistence basis you can write your own check, take extra days and time off, and have fun doing it. I'm 33 years doing down the street and I still enjoy my job (except when I don't have my numbers).

Art


I have been in the industry about 13 years, I would love to say 33 but I'm only 31 years old (just to rub it in Art!)

If there is one thing I realized in my early years, you can't work somewhere for a year or so and go to the owner/manager asking for changes. You haven't earned your stripes yet, the business has seen hundreds of sales reps motivated with piss & vinegar ready to change the world and they crash and burn in the first 18 months. The typical copier vendors in my area have 50 reps each and Hire/Fire 5 or so a month - that's a huge mortality rate!

As everyone has said, this is a long term industry. You have to keep you head down for at least 2-3 years before you should even consider putting your 2c forward.

That being said, I did 150% of my months target in the first week so I slept in till 10am this morning - so there is light at the end of the tunnel!
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