Sales Career? There’s plenty to be proud of

Pride is a contentious subject especially when it is associated with the sales profession.

On one hand, Pride is defined as a feeling of deep pleasure or satisfaction derived from one’s own achievements, the achievements of those with whom one is closely associated, or from qualities or possessions that are widely admired.  Associated feelings like Satisfaction, Content, Fulfillment, Pleasure, Delight and Joy also spring to mind.

On the other hand, Pride, or the more accurate term Vainglory, describes excessive or ostentatious pride especially in one’s achievements resulting in vanity and potentially arrogance, conceit, pomp, ostentation, egotism, narcissism, pride, vanity, ego trip and boastfulness.

We’ve all seen vainglory writ large when it comes to the general … read more by subscribing.