I recently wrote that “selling is like sex; until you’ve actually done it, you can’t possibly understand what the fuss is all about.” On second thought, that’s wrong. Selling is not like sex… it’s better than sex. Here’s why:

1. You usually have a pretty good idea of what you’re doing.
2. If you’re “successful” you don’t have to take care of the result for the next 18 years.
3. To increase your chances, you don’t have to spend 2 hours at the gym each day.
4. You can post photos of your “wins” on a website and not get a letter from a lawyer.
5. A customer won’t get angry if you make a sale to a different customer later that afternoon.
6. Zig Ziglar isn’t nearly as creepy as Hugh Hefner.
7. The worst disease you can catch is a cold from the handshake.
8. Nobody complains if you make the sale in one minute rather than two hours.
9. You can generally manage to do it more than once a day.
10. You can take a multitude of positions and not pull a muscle.
11. You’re not embarrassed if your mother spots the sales tools you left on the night table.
12. There’s nearly always a new person at the other end of it.
13. You don’t have to shower afterwards.
14. It’s just as good over the phone as in person.
15. You don’t have to stay the night.
16. At the end of the act, both participants are always happy.

Original post by Geoffrey James