Lousy Salesmen Make Great Artists
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Life Changing Moment # 6 - You’re Fired!
Go Professional, Young man
I couldn’t believe that my boss had urged me to quit. He didn’t offer to help me. He didn’t offer training. He didn’t offer encouragement. Instead, he offered me asphalt. Hit the road, Jack.
This was another low moment in my life. I disagreed with him and told him so. His reply was pretty clear. He said, “Not only are you not a good car saleman, you are not a salesman AT ALL.”
Not too long after that I was called into the office on a Friday night and was fired. They told me to clear out my desk and head straight for the door. I wasn’t even able to say goodbye to the co-workers that I had worked with for the past two years.
Needless to say I was devasted. I felt like a complete failure. I went home, closed the curtains, and sat in the house for 3 straight days without going outside one time. On the bright side, my wife and children were happy to have me back in the real world. They would actually be able to see me a few hours a week.
Shortly after all the turmoil, my wife checked into unemployment for me and said I could get it for 18 months because the economy was so bad. Perhaps that was God’s way to say “go for it, this is what I ‘ve got for you.”
I then called my friend who was already a professional artist and asked him what he did to turn professional. I just figured I would have to join some association or sign papers at the courthouse or something.
He told me that he would never forget the three things someone once told him about becoming a professional artist. You have to have:
1. God given talent
2. Desire
3. Commitment
I wrote those three things on a piece of paper and put it in my studio…I still have that paper.
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