Taking over the World - Seduction to Business/ Politics/ and everything else

[14sherif]

Girlschase has helped me tremendously and I could not imagine where my life would be without it. Im getting laid regularly, I work out, eat well, travelled a ton and just graduated. Now what next?

Im 22 and as far as education is concerned ive done well - always had good grades went to a good uni and in the end studied engineering. But I feel settling for the next job that comes my way is going against everything ive learned in the last year. Now I do on the otherhand have a scholarship to a masters im interested in which I deferred until next year but the course is two years and I wonder surely there must something better I could do in those two years - to develop myself further.

I hear and read suggestions of SALES SALES SALES. It seems to me too that you can really develop skills from it that are helpful in all aspects of life. One area that id like to and NEED improving on is public speaking. Im not awful but I do get nervous and the only way i nail them is with A LOT of preparation. Anyway im getting off subject..

What im really asking for is your opinions and thoughts - tips and websites and book for me to read myself. For example something on Sales, Pitching to people and public speaking. Girlschase has showed me that if you put your mind to something you can do it - and this is what I want to do again - I just need a mission.

Would love to hear the opinions of admins too with their experiences

Thanks, all your comments are appreciated

 

[Thedoctor]

14sherif,

The vast majority of the content on Girls Chase transfers directly over to sales.

A few things that I also recommend:

"Sales For Dummies" (A lot of people dismiss the "For Dummies" books, but I've never read one that didn't thoroughly cover a topic and make it super easy to understand and apply)

Jeff Shore - went to one of his seminars and read one of his books. He has some good stuff, though it seemed more geared towards beginners. It's quite possible he has more advanced stuff that I haven't read.

Tony Robbins - I've heard good things and I've been meaning to see if I could read one of his books. It's on my list if I ever get around to it.

"The Art of War" by Sun Tzu - I think everyone should read this one. It translates very easily into the business world.

-John

 

[Miguel]

Hey 14sherif:

I think you could become an entrepreneur, as you are tired of settling for jobs. Given you are an engineer, the Lean Startup approach to business creation can be useful, as it originated in the tech industry. So I would suggest you look at the Wikipedia entry for "Lean Startup" and if you like what you see there, then get Eric Ries book of "The Lean Startup". If you want to start creating business models for your ideas, then get Alex Ostenwalder's "Businness Model Generation" book.

Sales can help you to make ends meet, but to be honest it's lame. You won't learn much and you risk losing a lot of money and time. Better focus on learning online marketing, Neil Patel blog "Quick Sprout" has good guides (for free) on a lot of topics related to that subject. He gives lot's of free advice on his blog as well, so I would suggest you follow it.

For a more general look on marketing, you should read some Seth Godin (get his books), that guy is brilliant. You can watch his TED talks first to see if you agree with his style before buying. Other recommendation would be Guy Kawasaki (watch his TED talk). He has some ideas for making your business more interesting and appealing to yourself and potential customers, so if you like his thinking, then get his books.

Keep away of politics (waste of time), unless you are really into it.


Check out this free course on the Lean Startup method:

How to Build a Startup


Miguel