I am still continuing my writing but more of it happens over at ColoAdvisor these days. I’d like to pick back up on my Corporate Sales Guy rants. A recent work is the guide to purchasing managed webhosting.

-CSG

Just wanted to let everyone know that I am finally doing my own thing. If anyone is looking for hosting, colocation (collocation), or cloud advice or service let me know. Check us out at ColoAdvisor.

We’re also doing a pretty cool blog where many of the same topics that I’ve spoken about here are discussed over there as well.

Happy Selling-

-CSG

A while back I was listening to a song off the Buddha Bar Album called Daydreaming by Rollercone. The song starts off with a short spoken poem and part of it goes like this:

“…and when they do something that they love, because when you do something you love, no matter what it is, you do it well.”

It’s amazing, when you do something you love it stops feeling like work. You almost don’t get tired even if you have an extra long or hard day.

For years I’ve been a comfortable employee of well, uh employers I guess. For a small stint in the early 2000′s I owned a share of a car rental franchise and before that the last venture I had was my lawn mowing service at age 17-18.

Long story short – I’ve joined an old colleague of mine to co-found a company called ColoAdvisor. We are basically agnostic datacenter brokers for all things hosting, colocation, messaging, managed apps and Cloud. Check us out at www.coloadvisor.com – I’m still going to keep the blog up and running and now I may have more interesting things to share.

For a brief video of what we do, check it out below and let me know if you have any needs !

Best wishes, and thanks for continuing to read my sporadic posts and rants that put here.

Is it wrong to hate the suit and the tie? I find myself craving a hot cup of coffee, my MacBook pro, well worn jeans and a true goal for that day. At times I’ve forgotten why I do certain clerical tasks and as I begin to feel satisfied with the accomplishment of these tasks I become quickly saddened. As a salesperson, no deal has been closed, no contract signed, no rectification of the clients issues.

I recently took some major steps to getting closer to my ideal life work. Folks that know what I am doing may justifiably call me crazy but folks that end up doing what they want in life never have it easy.

My favorite part of the official definition from google, ” intrinsic – wholly independent of any other object, action or consequence “

This is what sales folks need these days. Your plaque will become a door stop or occupy space in a landfill for sure.

-CSG

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Mr. Wizard, Get me the hell out of here.

-Neo, The Matrix

I’ve told people in order to excel at sales their body needs to be able to bear the burden of sales planning and execution.  Of course this coming from a guy that’s probably about 25 pounds over weight didn’t seem to have a great effect on folks.

Recently I got sick of being sick of being out of shape and decided to start working out. Its been a tough start but it’s amazing how quickly the results show. Don’t get me wrong, I am still overweight and have  a long ways to go but I’ve felt the following effects.

1. It’s way easier to get up in the morning even without 8 hours of sleep.

2. I have more energy through out the day.

3. My thinking is clearer and I can work through complex issues easier.

4. My attitude is much better overall, my mood swings, bouts of anxiety and stress have been greatly reduced.

5. I’ve lost fat around my arms, legs, face and neck. (The remaining fat is around my midsection and is slowly going away) Makes a better impression when presenting or meeting clients face to face.

6. I am able to do all that’s required at work, come home and put the children to bed. (I used not be able to get off the couch when I came home until bed usually which meant I consumed lots of TV).

I’ve come to the conclusion that we absolutely have to be active as sales people. In the corporate sales environment now we spend so much time in meetings, airplanes, airports just sitting. I remember when I first started working we used to use desktop computers which may have leant itself to a bit of a better posture (full sized monitor and keyboard) but as we went portable and got laptops the posture that I see most people assume is terrible and resembles that of a turtle. This issue in itself caused me about 3 months at the chiropractor before I worked all the issues out of my neck and back.

Additionally, with all the reporting and silliness required in the corporate environment it’s important to get off the desk and to move around. I haven’t found that perfect mix of things to do for a workout and I’ll confess that I am no expert but just hitting the gym or running even without a perfect plan is staring to make a difference. Once I get my rhythm set I’ll be sure to consult a personal trainer on the most efficient ways to work out.

If you want to read my views of where corporate america is going as far as reporting read my past pasts here and here.

Thanks for reading.