Thinking of starting on a sales career path.

ok, here's what I would do

1. put together a good list of sales books, see what you can get from the library, and read them. when you run out of those, buy some from amazon. look for books that address sales from different directions.

2. see if any of the community colleges in your area have sales programs, try to take a course.

3. get a job selling something that, effectively, everybody buys - phone service, cable, something like that. those are hard, but they teach you a lot.

once you get some experience, you can upgrade to a better sales job, then to a better one.

good luck (oh, and try not to punch anybody on the way)

How thick is your skin?

eventually. just messing with you

Sales a strange one. You will know within 6 weeks if you love it or hate it. Personally, when someone hands over their hard earned cash to me, with a smile and thanks, there is no better feeling. Knowing that they have had an experience that cost them a weeks wage and they thought it was good value - thats my job done well. I've worked in a few environments, first on a dairy counter, then selling fine art, then high end suiting and now tech contracts. When you've had 30 people walk away from you and your targets are shot to pieces, thats when you know you are made for sales. Because normal people will be job hunting. Salesmen will be waiting for the next big client.