Sales conference (day 1) - Mascot

Today the first challenging day of a 3-day conference in Mascot. There are still some things to understand about the sales stack the consultants Connekt Coaching inroduced surprisingly during a meditation session. To be honest this was the first time I had entered into such a physical and mental state. Because it was so new I really don't know if it worked.

Material covered in the conference was often new but there were some aspects of the curriculum I felt I already knew. It was good to get a refresher. I couldn't afford a one-on-one training program but the presence of other people was sometimes obtrusive.

Organisers broke tasks down into manageable chunks so that it was easy to move through the program. 

Sometimes it felt like I was looking at early abstract paintings. At other times it felt like being in an episode on 'I Dream of Genie'. You know, butcher's paper and diagrams. All very analogue, which is actually part of the day I most enjoyed.

One element that had me intrigued was an alignment between the idea of sales with taht of enjoyment. Well I had never heard of this before, but as Conor (see top photo) said often enough, "People like to buy things."  Personally I have not felt like this about consumption since I was a kid. As an adult I have always been too present in the same moment the cash leaves my wallet or else when it departs my bank account on its way to that of the vendor.

Being a father immunises you against the allure of shopping.

There were things I could not reconcile with experience but won't go into all the details here as, like I said, this was just the first day of training. We'll see what the next day brings.