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\"Scott“The next time you find yourself pretending and putting on a face. Think about being more honest. Think about opening up, especially to your friends and hopefully even your boss if you\u2019re fortunate enough to have that kind of relationship and talk about what\u2019s really going on.” – Scott Ingram in today’s Tip 1657<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Scott Ingram: You’re listening to the Daily Sales Tips podcast and I’m your host, Scott Ingram. Today I want to tell you about a conversation I had earlier in the week with a very close friend. We were actually talking about my presentation at the Sales Success Summit on Getting Defunkified. He shared that he\u2019d had a recent episode himself and as we were talking through that he said something that I thought was really important for us all to hear. He said that \u201cpretending takes so much energy.\u201d Meaning he\u2019d been faking it. When people who were genuinely there for him sincerely asked how he was doing, he said he was fine, rather than opening up about his recent struggles and asking for some help, asking for some additional support.<\/p>\n

This is a big thing for me, because I\u2019ve found that when I\u2019m in a funk or I\u2019m feeling depressed, that\u2019s the most acute point when I don\u2019t want to talk about it, and I\u2019m actually trying to become consciously aware of those moments because even though it\u2019s hard, those are the moments when I most need to talk about it.<\/p>\n

I need to reach out to my support system and let them know what\u2019s up and that I need help before it gets worse and I start to spiral further. We\u2019re getting into that time of year when the days are shorter, it\u2019s getting cold, it\u2019s dark all the time and these things have an impact on us.<\/p>\n

So the next time you find yourself pretending and putting on a face. Think about being more honest. Think about opening up, especially to your friends and hopefully even your boss if you\u2019re fortunate enough to have that kind of relationship and talk about what\u2019s really going on. It takes way less energy and with any luck, you\u2019ll get that little boost you need to break out of your own funk.<\/p>\n

Hope that helps. Thanks so much for listening and be sure to come back for another great sales tip! Oh wait, one more thing. The video of my presentation on getting defunkified as well as the rest of the videos from the Summit are ready, and they\u2019re free thanks to our sponsors. All you have to is click over to top1.fm\/stuff<\/a>, fill out a super short form and we\u2019ll get you access as quickly as we can. Thanks again for listening!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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