{"id":15912,"date":"2017-01-26T22:45:22","date_gmt":"2017-01-26T22:45:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sendoutyourroots.com\/?p=15912"},"modified":"2021-10-13T13:31:28","modified_gmt":"2021-10-13T17:31:28","slug":"distinguish-yourself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sendoutyourroots.com\/distinguish-yourself\/","title":{"rendered":"Distinguish Yourself"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"The successful have learned a very important lesson:\u00a0\u00a0To distinguish themselves.\u00a0\u00a0In other words, they have learned how to set themselves apart from others.<\/span><\/p>\n

In today\u2019s competitive market it is vital that you find ways to set yourself apart.\u00a0\u00a0I am not talking about how well you dress, how beautiful your makeup, if you have six pack abs, or anything outward.\u00a0\u00a0I am talking about distinguishing yourself by who you are within.\u00a0\u00a0It has been said that we are all the same value from the neck down.\u00a0\u00a0What matters is the way we think.\u00a0\u00a0It\u2019s our thinking that truly distinguishes us from the crowd and determines our value in the marketplace.<\/span><\/p>\n

Years ago when I was seeking work in management, I was approached by a head-hunter in Atlanta who asked me if I considered a sales career.\u00a0\u00a0Prior to that others said that I would be good at sales, but I was scared spitless when considering becoming a salesman.\u00a0\u00a0The unsteady income made me feel uneasy.\u00a0\u00a0And even more so I was wondering, what if I fail?<\/span><\/p>\n

At the time the head-hunter approached me I was ready for change and was willing to take a risk.\u00a0\u00a0I met with a security company in Cincinnati.\u00a0\u00a0Now keep in mind, I knew nothing about security and little about sales.\u00a0\u00a0Eventually I was hired.\u00a0\u00a0I found out later, that based on my resume, the sales manager had NO INTENTION of hiring me.\u00a0\u00a0They were interviewing me based upon a favor to the head-hunter.<\/span><\/p>\n

Why then did they hire me?\u00a0\u00a0Well, during interview the sales manager and I got into a conversation about books and audio tapes (no cd\u2019s at that time).\u00a0\u00a0He was impressed with what I was reading and who I was listening to.\u00a0\u00a0It was not on paper, but in the interview, that what was within me came out and that is what distinguished me from all others.\u00a0\u00a0Others had the credentials, the nice resume\u2019s and sales experience, but I had something they didn\u2019t have:\u00a0\u00a0I was different.<\/span><\/p>\n

What separated me from all others was what I had sowed into my mind during the prior 2 years.\u00a0\u00a0I listed to Zig Zigler, Tom Hopkins, Anthony Robins, Earl Nightingale, Stephen Covey and many others.\u00a0\u00a0My knowledge and enthusiasm won me that sales position!<\/span><\/p>\n

Here I was with little sales experience; no college education, taking a sales job in a field I knew nothing about and I went from a low 5 figure income to a six figure income in a very impressive period of time.\u00a0\u00a0What made the difference?\u00a0\u00a0I invested in my mind and by doing so, I distinguished myself.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I looked average, but I didn\u2019t think average and it\u2019s my thinking that made me uncommon and valuable in a competitive market.<\/span><\/p>\n

What are you doing to DISTINGUISH yourself?\u00a0\u00a0Are you doing what everyone else is doing:\u00a0\u00a0Going to college, having fun with your friends on weekends, watching television in your spare time, or playing endless games on your mobile device?\u00a0\u00a0What are you doing to set you apart from the pack?\u00a0\u00a0Until you willing to do what the common person will not do, you will never stick out when opportunity comes knocking.\u00a0\u00a0Success is seeking the uncommon person with uncommon dreams and uncommon knowledge.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I don\u2019t care who you are.\u00a0\u00a0I don\u2019t care what you background is.\u00a0\u00a0I don\u2019t care how many times you failed.\u00a0\u00a0And guess what, neither does success!\u00a0\u00a0Success will come to anyone who will pay the price, invest in themselves to set themselves apart from all others.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The successful have learned a very important lesson:\u00a0\u00a0To distinguish themselves.\u00a0\u00a0In other words, they have learned how to set themselves apart from others. In today\u2019s competitive market it is vital that you find ways to set yourself apart.\u00a0\u00a0I am not talking about how well you dress, how beautiful your makeup, if you have six pack abs, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15913,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[202,201],"tags":[340,339,341,206],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sendoutyourroots.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15912"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sendoutyourroots.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sendoutyourroots.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sendoutyourroots.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sendoutyourroots.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15912"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sendoutyourroots.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15912\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sendoutyourroots.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sendoutyourroots.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sendoutyourroots.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sendoutyourroots.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}