Don’t Sell Yourself Short

Posted on August 31, 2008 One Comment

I realize this isn’t really a personal improvement type site, but I just had to share this little story.

Last night the wife and I were at the wedding of one of her co-worker/friends. We were seated with the other co-workers and their spouses or S.O.’s at a table and had some time to socialize while at the reception.

As we’re making idle conversation (and keeping keen eyes on the open bar) one of the gents shares a little story in which he mentions that he sells windows.

A little while later there’s a lull in the conversation and my wife asks, “Say, you mentioned you sell windows. Who are you with?”

His response? “Oh, a little company you’ve probably never heard of.” He then changed the subject.

Don’t sell yourself short!

This guy blew a potential sale. Wife and I have been talking about replacing a couple large windows in our home and here we were, socializing with a window guy. Perfect! We could learn a bit more and he could’ve had a solid lead.

But no, he immediately killed the topic.

Perhaps he doesn’t like to mix business and pleasure? Lord knows, I don’t care for diagnosing your network or PC issues while working on a scotch either. But you know what? I’ll fish out a card and suggest we talk the next day or real soon about that issue. I certainly won’t respond with “Gee, I stink at that stuff, how about them Packers?”

Tags: sales, self-improvement