Jeremy Miner
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Podcast Appearances
I didn't have nice watches until like seven or eight years ago, and I made a little bit of dough as a salesperson before I retired. The number one thing that is tied to how much you make as a salesperson is what? Your skill level. So all you should be doing, especially in your 20s, is reinvesting back in your skill level.
I didn't have nice watches until like seven or eight years ago, and I made a little bit of dough as a salesperson before I retired. The number one thing that is tied to how much you make as a salesperson is what? Your skill level. So all you should be doing, especially in your 20s, is reinvesting back in your skill level.
If you keep reinvesting back in your knowledge and skill level, I always say, what's the number one problem in sales? The problem that you don't know you have. Because if you don't know you have the problem, how do you know how to fix it, right?
If you keep reinvesting back in your knowledge and skill level, I always say, what's the number one problem in sales? The problem that you don't know you have. Because if you don't know you have the problem, how do you know how to fix it, right?
So if, if I'm in my twenties again, like I did is I just reinvested back into my skill level before I started investing in anything, especially buying watches or cars. Right. I think, you know, up until my early thirties, I was driving a Volvo, you know, and I was making a couple million dollars a year in commissions as a W2 rep, still driving a Volvo.
So if, if I'm in my twenties again, like I did is I just reinvested back into my skill level before I started investing in anything, especially buying watches or cars. Right. I think, you know, up until my early thirties, I was driving a Volvo, you know, and I was making a couple million dollars a year in commissions as a W2 rep, still driving a Volvo.
It was a nice Volvo, but nothing crazy like my boy over here driving the Lambo. Chris, I love you. You know what I'm saying. But, you know, so it's reinvesting into your skill level. Like, that's what you have to do, especially when you're young. Keep investing in your skill level and your knowledge. It's like, you're just going to get more successful, more successful.
It was a nice Volvo, but nothing crazy like my boy over here driving the Lambo. Chris, I love you. You know what I'm saying. But, you know, so it's reinvesting into your skill level. Like, that's what you have to do, especially when you're young. Keep investing in your skill level and your knowledge. It's like, you're just going to get more successful, more successful.
And then you can, you know, start investing in other things for sure. That's what I did.
And then you can, you know, start investing in other things for sure. That's what I did.
Are you asking me like, is there a better industry than maybe they're in?
Are you asking me like, is there a better industry than maybe they're in?
you know, about what niche to go into? I just, I mean, I think to each their own. It just depends on if you're happy with the company you're with or if you're not happy. But I will always tell you, and I made this mistake, you know, I sold in four different industries in my 18-year career before I started 7th Level.
you know, about what niche to go into? I just, I mean, I think to each their own. It just depends on if you're happy with the company you're with or if you're not happy. But I will always tell you, and I made this mistake, you know, I sold in four different industries in my 18-year career before I started 7th Level.
And there was a few of them where I thought the grass was greener on the other side, especially earlier on. And it wasn't necessarily, there might be other things that were greener, but other things that weren't. So I think a lot of salespeople, they think like, oh, oh, yeah, I'm going to, you know, I'm selling pest control now, but everybody's making all this money in solar.
And there was a few of them where I thought the grass was greener on the other side, especially earlier on. And it wasn't necessarily, there might be other things that were greener, but other things that weren't. So I think a lot of salespeople, they think like, oh, oh, yeah, I'm going to, you know, I'm selling pest control now, but everybody's making all this money in solar.
And that might not necessarily be the case. And they get over in solar and like, oh, why am I not making so much money? Well, because your skill level. It's your skill level. Now, some of it a little bit has to do with the industry here and there, but most of it is just your skill level because salespeople always like, oh, well, you know, that guy's selling this.
And that might not necessarily be the case. And they get over in solar and like, oh, why am I not making so much money? Well, because your skill level. It's your skill level. Now, some of it a little bit has to do with the industry here and there, but most of it is just your skill level because salespeople always like, oh, well, you know, that guy's selling this.
If I go sell that, they think it's like the product or something. Like if I just sell, if my thing would do this, I would sell five times more. And then when they go to a company where it does something better, they start to start to realize that, oh, maybe it's maybe it's not the product. Maybe it's my skill level needs to improve, you know.
If I go sell that, they think it's like the product or something. Like if I just sell, if my thing would do this, I would sell five times more. And then when they go to a company where it does something better, they start to start to realize that, oh, maybe it's maybe it's not the product. Maybe it's my skill level needs to improve, you know.