{"id":780,"date":"2018-07-12T22:06:06","date_gmt":"2018-07-12T14:06:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/salesninja.asia\/ninja-blog\/?p=780"},"modified":"2018-07-12T22:06:06","modified_gmt":"2018-07-12T14:06:06","slug":"how-you-can-persevere-through-dark-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salesninja.asia\/how-you-can-persevere-through-dark-times\/","title":{"rendered":"How You Can PERSEVERE Through Dark Times"},"content":{"rendered":"

On the\u00a023rd<\/sup>\u00a0of June 2018<\/strong>, a terrible fate took place that garnered the attention and prayers of every soul living in the modern world: a football team of 13 people was trapped in a cave in Northern Thailand. It was Nine Days<\/strong>\u00a0later that they were approached by a single diver and told them the most relieving news they can hear: \u201cWe have come to save you. We are the first but there are many more coming.\u201d<\/p>\n

Although now, an international joint rescue mission is underway, you must wonder what was going on through the boys\u2019 minds. Because it is not full-grown adult men (there is only one and that is the assistant coach) that are trapped four kilometers\u00a0<\/strong>inside narrow caves but young boys between\u00a011 and 16 years old.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mind Over Matter<\/strong><\/p>\n

They were not warriors who were chasing sales or a dream but little boys who only wanted to do one thing: survive. Despite the cold, the thin air, the blinding darkness, and the rising waters; they wanted to survive and live to see the sunlight and their families again.<\/p>\n

It was a simple\u00a0wish\u00a0<\/strong>but one they were\u00a0determined<\/strong> to achieve. Without knowing the time, low on food and water, and losing morale; the team waited for 9 whole days before being told that they had\u00a0been stuck for NINE WHOLE DAYS!<\/strong><\/p>\n

In sales, you face similar challenges even in brightly lit offices. You want sales but so many things are stopping you: customer objections, financing, doubts, personal troubles, management troubles, etc\u2026 Most of the troubles you face are either in your mind or out of your control but most of them can still be manageable.<\/p>\n

Triumph With Perseverance<\/strong><\/p>\n

After 16 days, the \u201cWild Boars\u201d Football team have all been successfully rescued! 16 days in the dark, cold, malnourished, and weak; the team has all been pulled out one by one with the assistance of dozens of pro divers from across the globe.<\/p>\n

The team\u2019s assistant coach, Ekapol Chanthawong, was a monastery monk and many have credited him to be the pillar of faith and patience for his young football team. Without him, the team would have been lost to despair and probably drowned trying.\u00a0The perfect example of calm yet determined leader<\/strong>: just what every sales team needs especially when the going gets very rough.<\/p>\n

But what has this got to do with sales?\u00a0EVERYTHING!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

If a team of young teenagers can persevere through harrowing and life-threatening times, how can you as a salesperson, not be able to face similar challenges in a \u201csafer\u201d environment?<\/p>\n

The WHY To Survive<\/strong><\/p>\n

The entire process of sales is like this rescue story itself. Hard and dark times are those days you do not get any leads or inquiries, the wait for the rescuers is exactly like how you desperately wait for that pending sale to come in and the rising muddy waters are all the doubts and challenges stopping you from achieving your goal.<\/p>\n

In our\u00a0Sales Ninja Warrior\u00a0<\/strong>Public Program, you will learn a taste of what that determination is like:<\/p>\n