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#241 S2 Episode 110 - Never Be Scared To Fail with Karen Kelly

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In this episode of the Sales Transformation Collin podcast, Collin Mitchell talks to Karen Kelly, a passionate result-driven sales expert specializing in the art and science of sales. Karen’s exposure to sales began on an unexpected trip with her father who also worked in sales. The seed of interest in the sales and marketing world was planted as she witnessed his father close deals and give out advice to his colleagues. Karen leveraged her years of experience in teaching and customer service to navigate the internal complexities of the sales and marketing world. She is unafraid of hard work and gives it her all, leaving nothing on the table, the threat of uncertainty and failure be damned.

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HIGHLIGHTS

  • Embrace the learning
  • Be strategic and intentional
  • Failing is all part of it
  • Sellers struggle because they tie their self-worth to their numbers
  • Reflect and remove the bias
  • Seek to get better, not be scared to fail
  • Have self-awareness and willingness to be reflective.
  • Educate not convince

QUOTES

Karen: “I left no rock unturned and I made it impossible for them to say no to me and that desire to always push myself never left me that’s why I had a great career.”

Collin: " I think the biggest thing and such an important skill if you wanna be an elite seller is not being afraid to fail because if you’re scared to fail, you don’t get your bat or you never take your shot, and if people can get over that and test and experiment and push themselves farther than they thought possible, which can lead to very successful results in whatever it is your doing in your role.”

Karen: "If you’re not willing to fail then you can cross off your willingness to succeed because it’s all part of it. " 

Karen: "You gotta build it from the ground up based on how your buyers are buying. You can’t just retrofit it. You got to start from the ground up with your buyers in mind." 

Collin: "Mapping out the buyer's journeys and building the sales process around that. So many sales organizations get stuck around trying to make the buyer's journey mapped to their sales process."

Karen: It’s common upon us, sales professionals,  to take our future in our hands. For whatever reason your company is not supporting you and not giving you your sales force navigator, take the $300 a month and invest in yourself. Don’t be afraid to spend on that. You’re developing you as a person. The stronger you are as a person, that’s gonna spill over your professional world.

Karen: “I think a lot of people start at the behavioral level. Back it up and start with a belief. The behavioral level is going to be short-lived because willpower will only take you so far. Really look inward and ask if there is a bit of self-sabotage going on? Do I believe in myself and my abilities? That belief will influence the behavior and that will drive the results.”

Karen: “Believe in yourself, and if you don’t, lean into why, what’s holding you back. Whether you can get that awareness of yourself, or you can talk to a friend or a mentor. A lot of the behavior stops because the belief is missing.”

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#241 S2 Episode 110 - Never Be Scared To Fail with Karen Kelly

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