Are you pretending to be someone else?

So many of us spend our lives pretending that we’re someone else…

I’m not talking about the ‘you’ that you present to others, I’m talking about the ‘you in your head’ that controls what you do, or don’t do.

It took me close to 40 years to finally understand that I can be the person I want to be in life.

I went to school in Early, Texas, population 916, on the outskirts of the big city; Brownwood, P 12,000.

I lived on a farm, rode the bus until I was 14, went to school with 26 other people and couldn’t play any sports, because I had to ride the bus home. I never stood out like my cousin, the cool quarterback. I
never took a book home, but I still managed to graduate.

I needed attention, so I became the cool kid who was always in the principal’s office or doing something else to get attention. At 17, I’d gotten too much attention, so the judge suggested I join the
Army, Navy, Air Force or Marines.

So, I joined the Army. When we got off the bus at Fort Polk, this giant drill sergeant was literally throwing people off our bus, and there was a stockade (jail) instead of a principal’s office right across the street. My first 3 minutes there scared the cocky right out of me.

I took every course I could to avoid crummy duties, like cleaning the bathroom or peeling potatoes all day.

Next, I went to school on CH-47 helicopters and became a mechanic.

Then I spent 809 days in Vietnam, flying around in a big flying target dropping supplies in very hot spots and I became a ‘more serious’ me.

Got out 7 years later, and spent a year as a bartender in a very busy Vegas type bar. That set me back, and I lost the disciplined version of me again.

A year later, I started selling cars, and lost 5 years going nowhere with zero skills and low pay.

I liked being around dealerships though, so I started installing sunroofs, stereos, and moldings, etc., and got serious again. I did well, and was looking for a book on accounting to do my business.

Luckily, I also glanced through “See You At The Top” by Zig Ziglar, and it rang bells on success and selling. That book led to 100 others; half were great, the other half, not.

I quickly learned from Zig that I could be the ‘me I wanted to be’.

My work ethic from farming and the Army, plus a heavy education on selling and success from the most successful people from Plato to Ben Franklin and dozens of others, gave me the opportunity to be that successful person I’d always struggled to become.

You can do the same.

When you’re ready to become ‘the best you’ in sales…

1) Unless all of your peers are high achievers, walk away from the crowd.

2) Attend my “How To Sell Cars” workshop (fastest). Or spend a month with my online training program with JVTN® so you can practice and develop your skills.

3) Know what happened every ‘yesterday’ to guide you to more success every tomorrow.

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