12 Things You Should “Let go of” If You Want Growth In Sales Leadership.

This article is for anyone that wants to grow in sales leadership. What do I mean by sales leadership . I mean to grow into a person that leads self or others into being able to influence self or others into an outcome by conversation. Not just in business but life. If you can sell commercially then you can sell privately to anyone you want a better life for.

To grow into the person you want to be and get closer to the person you can become, you don’t need to add more things — you need to give some of them up. I remember reading about the statue of David story and how the artist Michelangelo said “I always saw David in the rock , all I had to do is remove everything from it that wasn’t David”. It’s so true for life.  Particularly for sales leadership. There are certain things that are universal, which will make you grow if you give up on them, even though each one of us could have a different definition of growth and success. For me the fundamentals of letting go are the same. I honestly believe in sales leadership you wont realise your full potential until as these are slowly released and then re - released over time. 

1. Give Up On The Unhealthy Lifestyle

“Take care of your body. It’s the only place you have to live.” If you want to achieve anything in life, everything starts here. First, you should take care of your health, and there are only three things you need to keep in minds. A mind thats light sells right. It can’t do it over a sustained period without the following. 

• Quality Sleep
• Healthy Diet
• Physical Activity
• Coach or mentor to download 
• Technology used for 3 hours maximum daily

2. Give Up On Playing Small

Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people will not feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. It is not just in some of us; it is in everyone, and as we let our light shine, we unconsciously give others permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our fear, our presence automatically liberates others.If you never try and take great opportunities or allow your dreams to becomerealities, you will never unleash your true potential.And the world will never benefit from what you could have achieved.So voice your ideas, don’t be afraid to fail, and certainly don’t be afraid to succeed.

3 . Give Up Your Excuses

“It’s not about the cards you’re dealt, but how you play the hand.” Successful people know that they are responsible for their life, no matter their starting point, weaknesses, and past failures.Realising that you are responsible for what happens next in your life is both frightening and exciting. And when you do, that becomes the only way you can become successful,because excuses limit and prevent us from growing personally and professionally. Own your life; no one else will.

4. Give Up The Fixed Mindset

“The future belongs to those who learn more skills and combine them in creative ways.”People with a fixed mindset think their intelligence or talents are pre-determined traits that cannot be changed. They also believe that talent alone leads to success — without hard work. But they’re wrong. Successful people know this. They invest an immense amount of time on adaily basis to develop a growth mindset, acquire new knowledge, learn new skills and change their perception so that it can benefit their lives.Who you are today is not who you have to be tomorrow.

5. Give Up Believing In The “Magic Bullet.”

“Every day, in every way, I’m getting better and better” I’ve never seen in my time one thing I teach just blow the client out of the park with success. Overnight success is a myth. Successful people know that making small continuous improvement every day will be compounded over time and give them desired results. That is why you should plan for the future, but focus on the day that’s ahead of you, and improve just 0.5% every day. Will will make you over twice as good every year on year.

6. Give Up Your Perfectionism

“Winning is just beginning” . Nothing will ever be perfect, no matter how much you try.

Fear of failure (or even fear of success) often prevents you from taking actionand putting your creation out there in the world. But a lot of opportunities will be lost if you wait for things to be right. So “begin and success will of won’t be coded by with what went wrong”

7. Give Up Multi-tasking

“Most of the time multitasking is an illusion. You think you are multitasking, but in reality, you are actually wasting time switching from one task to another and losing around 7 mins as you do so. Successful people know this.That’s why they choose one thing and then beat it into submission and complete what they start. No matter what it is — a business idea, a conversation, or a workout. Complete what you start. Being fully present with the person and idea that you are with is a great start to suggestion. 

8. Give Up Your Need to Control Everything

“Some things are up to us, and some things are not up to us.”Differentiating these two is crucial. Detach from the things you cannot control, focus on the ones you can, andknow that sometimes, the only thing you will be able to control is yourattitude towards something. Remember: nobody can be frustrated while saying “Bubbles” in an angry voice. Executive assistants can be the key here. In all sales leaders their EA will usually create the wind benighted their winds to at time quadrupole the output. 

9. Give Up On Saying YES To Things That Don’t Support Your Goals

“He who would accomplish little must sacrifice little; he who would achieve much must sacrifice much; he who would attain highly must sacrifice greatly.”Successful people know that in order to accomplish their goals, they will have to say NO to certain tasks, activities, and demands from their friends, family, and colleagues.n the short-term, you might sacrifice a bit of instant gratification, but when your goals come to fruition, it will all be worth it.

10. Give Up The Toxic People

“Stay away from people that have never achieved at a level that you are looking to achieve at “ People you spend the most time with that have ambition to grow will passively hold you back. If you spend time with those who refuse to take responsibility for their life, always find excuses and blame others for the situation they are in, your average will go down, and with it your opportunity to succeed. However, if you spend time with people who are trying to increase their standard of living, and grow personally and professionally, your average will go up, and you will become more successful. Take a look at around you, and see if you need to make any changes.

11.Give Up Your Need To Be Liked

“You can be the juiciest, ripest peach in the world, and there’s still going to be people who hate peaches.”Think of yourself as a market niche.There will be a lot of people who like that niche, and there will be individuals who don’t. And no matter what you do, you won’t be able to make the entire market like you. This is completely natural, and there’s no need to justify yourself. The only thing you can do is to remain authentic, improve and provide valueevery day, and know that the growing number of “haters” means that you are doing remarkable things. The best clients who buy you however are the ones that you need to listen too adjust your character or product.

12. Give Up Wasting Time

“The trouble is, you think you have time” You only have this one crazy and precious life. That’s why you owe it to yourself to see who you can become, and how far you can grow.

However, to do that, you need to ditch meaningless time wasters and stop allowing them to be an escape from your most important goals. To do that, you should learn how to take control over your focus, attention and make the most out of your 24 hours within a day. You have to start by giving yourself permission to live life how you want to live it. Ie. I give myself permission to be with my family 6 hours per day. I give myself permission to exercise for 1 hour per day. I give myself permission to put my phone down and not look at it between appointments etc. 

The best part of growth is the bit where you can feel change, others begin to notice it and at the same time you feel good about it. Which is why happiness is so damn hard to attain. As what we want changes as we grow , so is happiness not what life is all about, rather growth of the person we are to become?.