The always present compromises
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What is making me scratch my head is the timing, what a time of the year to walk back into retail. This time however, I won't be pursuing managerial positions, I don't want them, not anymore. The retail system is quite enslaving and I don't want to be one of the ones holding the proverbial whip anymore.
You see, to get your salesforce to do good, to kick some butt, you have to be able to serve them the kool-aid. Tell them how if they apply themselves they can one day go up the corporate ladder and be someone, but none of that verbal jargon will escape my mouth because I don't believe in it one bit, and I guess I'm not that good at faking it.
Probably by the weekend I will be walking back into a store, looking at the walls and wondering how the boomerang just had to come back once more. Sales, always sales. I'm good at it, I like people, I like instruments, I play a ton of them, it's not hard for me to be excited about them because I love them but at the same time, I've grown to dislike consumerism so much, I don't know how to put the puzzle back together.
But.... here we go again... Recalibrating
Dude, you could sell people a turd with your verbal skills..
challenging getting back in the game again, dont ever see it as a loss. See it as different times! (and kick some ass!)
At least you're selling something you're passionate about. If you're not working for commissions (I know they are more common in some countries, in the Netherlands you simply get an hourly wage, no commissions) you can have genuine conversations about music and instruments and your honest passion will either connect to the buyer or not - which is fine either way.
Good for you that you now know you don't want to grow into management positions. It will make the experience more relaxed, making sure at the end of the day your energy is still up, so you can be present here, you know, the only place we really want to be ;-)
Good luck <3
Thank you Rosa,you are always too kind
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@meno I have been there. Once you see the inside of retail you will never look at it the same. The wife was management at a big blue/red store, and to meet payroll expectations before Christmas they were told to cut hours/let people go. If it works for you @meno I am happy for you, but I have bad memories of just how tough you are supposed to be. Just to keep the people at the top rich🙃
You are just a number so sad......
Recalibrate ... a perfect them for these times.
Well, we have this sayig in Spanish, "no digas: de esta agua no beberé!"
Whatever you end up doing. best of luck, man.
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I wish the best for you bro. I was having some of those thoughts myself for the last two weeks. I'm not going to get into all of it here because I'm not trying to influence your decision to do what you need to do. I respect that and I got nothing but for love for you. Ultimately I don't think I can do it though. I'd rather be homeless and figure it out if it comes to it.
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