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My Personal Life Story (cont…) July 28, 2007

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I was getting lot of calls and emails regarding what is next in my life story , Though the secret has not created a hype as big as Harry potter,Whether he is dead or alive . Even Harry potter now we know is alive. I shortly share my experience ,In between one of reader requested me to write about the first 15 days when I was in Chennai . He also added quite number people,who come across this situation can associate a lot. So let me share that 15 days experience here.Yes it was a amazing learning in my life. First time to Chennai. That too first two days was oh my god kind of experience. Let me share an experience hereFirst day I returned from my job and the previous night I spent in the bus so I was tired. I was literally hungry , reached my friends home, I informed them that I Will be with them for a week. That day night you know what was the dinner?

Sandwich , I never knew in 1997 sandwich it self can be a dinner.I grew up in a place where sandwich can be had as a snack. They kept some slices. I was under the impression they will offer dinner after that.After sometime I realized that was dinner. Still I remember I had a sleepless night that day. That time I was associating the value of the dishes what mom made for me. I am the type of guy who wants the food really hot and fresh. The point what I want to make here is , The learning made me more stronger, I had only one goal to come up well in my life. The experience is equivalent to people who are on the swinging log. People who finished Influence and mastery can associate better. My focus was on my Goal , not on the Problems which are around me. So within two days I shifted to my other friend’s house because the Chennai culture took me sometime to accept . I was comfortable there But they had too many guests. I was thinking what to do. One day , I met one of my close relative at a temple,Who recently shifted to Nanganulur( In Chennai ). Then I shifted there .So Take away here is ENJOY THE PROCESS and Focus on your outcome rather than the problems.

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My Personal Life Story July 20, 2007

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This is the first time I am sharing my personal life story. I finished my B.sc Math by 1996 May.

Not a Gold medalist. But Passed with a decent First class. Not much of knowledge about what do further. I decided to join sales. Don’t ask me why I chose to go for sales. I just believed I can do well in sales.

I joined a company which handles the distribution for Godrej Telephones. They are the distributors for

whole of Tamilnadu except for Chennai. That time I didn’t know the value of my position. I was the channel Executive for the entire area. I am sure people who are in sales will appreciate that being the first job in sales the responsibility was quite big. But do you know what my salary was? It was Rs.900. But the learning was Amazing. That was my imprinting age of sales. I consciously modeled so many people whom I know and doing well in sales ,though I don’t know about modeling ( NLP !!!!!).

My biggest achievement there was I appointed distributors in Trichy , Thanjore , Kumbakonam ,Nagai, Madurai , Tirunelveli , Kanyakumari and you name the place in Tamilnadu ,I appointed people there. But I never felt great

That time because I thought it was just part of job. Was this feeling useful? Yes, it was one way, because if you start feeling that it was the biggest achievement, then there is a possibility that you will stop growing. If I had felt that time, it was the biggest thing I could achieve, that would have been the full stop for my growth. I always kept saying this to myself “I want to be the No 1 in guy in marketing”.

People should use my name for reference in sales. So set a target which is big.

In the year 1997, my goal was to work in Chennai. The job I was doing was no more exciting. That was the time I saw an ad in Hindu for an Opening in BPL. I applied for it and was selected. I got Rs.5000 from my dad to come to Chennai.

I came to Chennai with few addresses( of my friends and relatives) in my hand. I needed to find a place to stay and take care of expenses for the first month with that Rs.5000. I was able to manage with Rs.5000 by shifting from place to place throughout that month. Then I got my first salary and found a place to stay for rental and etc…. But the point is if I felt I had sacrificed my comfort, I would not have been where I am today. I always said I want achieve something big in my life and never wanted to compromise on small things.

Fine, My Goal in BPL was to be No1 sales person, I achieved it with in 4 months time. I was awarded as a Best sales Executive of that year. I was promoted as Team leader even before my probation period was over. Within next 3 months I was again promoted as a Team Manager because of the performance. I started earning in 5 digits. Then I was thinking what to do next.

Guess what …….

Wait for my next post. This Blog will be more interactive and you get answer for all your queries on selling. So keep writing more comments so that I will keep sharing more….