This happens to me every time I go work a trade show (so about three times a year). I think to myself, “Sales. I could do sales. Pssssh. I could be amazing at sales. Why don’t I do sales?”

The reasoning behind my belief that I wouldn’t be so half bad at sales. Well to put it frankly, I sometimes pull in more leads at these trade shows than our legit day-to-day sales people do. And then about once a year, our team members go on ride-alongs. This means that we go on sales calls – prospecting, closing deals, and saving clients from leaving. Today was one of those days. Today I thought I probably could have done better than the person I shadowed with just a tiny bit of training.

So then I start to think about being a salesperson. I think about how I like to be around people. I like to make people like me and socializing in general. The phone doesn’t scare me. I write really convincing emails.

Not to mention I would be making way more money. So that’s a huge plus.

While I was being all cocky in my head this afternoon, the salesperson I was on the calls with and I started to have a conversation about why she liked being in sales. She said something that really struck me. She said, “you’re doing what you’re meant to in life when you know you would do it for free.” This salesperson…let’s just say she’s not in it for the love.

This whole concept got me thinking. Would I do events if my salary was a whopping $0? The honest truth: yes. Truthfully, I do events all the time. I plan dinners, nights out, vacations just for the fun of it it all the time. I actually like making reservations and doing the research for all this stuff. I honestly and thoroughly enjoy doing site visits and the nitty gritty of an event. So I guess I shouldn’t really be in sales…at least not sales at my company. Maybe someday event sales or something might be in my future.

But for now, I think I’ll stay in this field that makes me happy.