Who Says That?

I like my job. I know a lot of people think it's nuts to admit that but I really do. It turns out I'm pretty good at it as well. In a few days I'll receive my first quarterly bonus and I did quite well. Without boring you with the details, basically I finished at 111.9% of the target. I think that's pretty good.

As I grow in the job I realize that it is much more a job about leadership than a job about sales.

Yes, it is a sales position and yes, I sell paint. However, in Canada, Valspar paint is available exclusively through Lowe's. A Lowe's store is open about one-hundred hours a week and I service five stores so that's five-hundred hours of of potential selling time. If you do the math that's almost three times as many hours as there are in a week. So, I can't be there to sell all the paint. What I can do is enable the Sales Associates in the Lowe's stores to sell Valspar paint. I can be there on the phone when they need support or information. I can bring information and assistance.

It also helps that I represent very good paint. It's a lot of fun say you have the best paint in the store. There is no 'it's not quite as good but look at the price point.' Being part of the best leads to the best results.

I have autonomy and flexibility to do it my way. The amazing thing is my way works. It is easy for a boss to try to make you do it their way and a lot of people don't realize that just because it's different, it doesn't mean it's wrong. There have been people I've come across that couldn't seem to figure it out. That's their failure. Now a great company has my services and the results show it.

I've turned some heads, I've made a difference. I'm having fun while I do it and why wouldn't you like a job that gives you that.