I'm legit wondering if I have some degree of it after watching this. Also: my sister has diagnosed ADD so the chances I have something are definitely there.
But am I lazy? Not really. I used to work a sales job where I was working like 10-11 hour days six days a week. It's not that I'm not able to bust my ass. I didn't leave that job because it was too much work, I left because after a while I realized I'm just not good enough at sales to get anywhere with it. My performance was always spotty and inconsistent. Not because I wasn't putting in time. I had too much trouble closing on a sale for someone who had worked there that long.
Should I have called anyone working 40 hour weeks lazy?
That's why I suddenly want to find out, am I a procrastinator or have a bit of ADHD? (Or as he puts it, IDD.)
I had too much trouble closing on a sale for someone who had worked there that long.
I wouldn't call you lazy or anything. In my opinion, sales isn't a job anyone can excel at, some people just have the perfect personality for it. One of my business partners is a very acceptation salesmen. I go through planning with him, strategize with him, the works. He explains everything he does and why he does it and how to do it. I understand everything and why he does it, but I could never be the salesmen he is. Sales is definitely not something everyone can excel at not matter how much time you put in.
Sales is also pretty easy to get burnt out on. If you run into a rut and can't close deals, then it is really going to kill your moral and burn you out even quicker.
Try not to blame yourself or think that there is something wrong with you. Sales just wasn't your thing. Maybe you would have excelled better as a sales manager. You obviously aren't lazy because you worked your ass off and tried your best. You just have to find something that you're good at that also makes you happy.
I don't beat myself up about it. My bosses were very inspirational so it took me a long time to realize that sales isn't for me. I was just trying to drive the point home that I'm not alien to working long hours. I just have poor motivation to work toward things that are off in some indefinite future.
Oh okay. Honestly I struggle with the exact same thing, so it could be a possibility. This was one of the main reasons that I struggled in school. I could never see the end game of any of knowledge I was being fed, so I didn't have the motivation to do it.
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