Follow your conscience

It doesn’t take any real skill in business to sell your soul and get paid.

I’ve been guilty of it, and if you’ve been in sales long enough it’s likely you have at times too. Countless salespeople follow this seductive path their entire careers and many are happy doing it.

When bills are bleeding us dry we often resolve to do anything to survive. An alternative is to simply do nothing and let the salivating jaws of procrastination consume us.

Another is to spring into action and carve a path that allows us to live dreams and monetise passion. Of course, never an easy road, yet one of the most rewarding if you have the courage to have a go and see it through.

When we’re under duress it’s easy to feel there is no choice but to take what we can. Sometimes overlooking unethical behaviour or turning a blind eye to poor business practices around us. Should that be the case, it will only be a matter of time before your conscience catches up with you.

Poor service, over charging, mistreatment of staff, inferior quality, lack of duty to customers and greed driven leaders are all signs of a business without a conscience.

It is unwise to suffer fools and foolish to cast suffering upon others.

The business highway is littered with carcasses of those who seek only to profit in their endeavours and will resort to any means to fulfil their own agendas.

I say take the next exit. You don’t need a map, just trust your instincts and believe in yourself.

You can lose many things, but never your conscience.

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Trent Leyshan is the founder and CEO of BOOM Sales! a leading sales training and sales development specialist. He is also the creator of The NAKED Salesman, BOOMOLOGY! RetroService, and the Empathy Selling Process.