The Quota Killers

Issue #9

Hello fellow Quota Killers...

Welcome to issue #9! This week we discuss creating your own success through aggressive action, doing the hard things, and the perception of your role with a "game" mindset. 

Enjoy 🚀

"The Game" Mindset ♟🧐 ♟

Imagine simplifying your role into a single daily block of time. Within this time block, you have the ability to choose your own rules, ethics, missions and tasks. This equates to the definition of your "game". Compartmentalizing your role into this "game" gives you the ability to manipulate your mission, and make it aggressively actionable. .

A key principle of my game as a SDR is being opportunistic; Defining the rule book, not letting the rule book define me...

Check out this great article on actionable ways to approach your day like a "game"

Doing Hard Things 💃

Without planning it, this week’s overarching theme is about doing hard things. Why would we do hard things? Doing hard things allows us to adapt to even harder realities. In the context of being in sales, there are ebbs and flows. Months where everything seems to work out and we are on a roll. Other months, where no matter what you do, nothing seems to go according to plan. 

These situations will never go away but our ability to handle them can get better. Ultimately, making it easier to tackle the unknown. To build the skills of handling said difficulties, we can expose ourselves to adverse situations. 

For me, it looks a little like this: wake up (early), take a deep breath & contemplate staying in bed, get up instead, make my bed, brush my teeth, and drink a glass of water. From there, I make it a point to take an hour to myself, before the day gets started to take care of me. This looks like either a morning walk, a workout, reading a book, etc. 

Where this got hard was the initial contemplation of staying in bed or waking up before I actually had to be awake. That split-second decision is the difference between my life taking control of me or me taking control of my life. A hard one, nonetheless, but such an important piece to tackle the day’s daily struggles. So whatever that is for you, find the hard thing. Even though it doesn’t initially seem that great, it will always make you feel better. 

The result? When true hardships come your way, you have the mental stamina to push through because you consistently make tough decisions. And who knows, maybe the months of minimal success won’t seem as bad and your rollercoaster of expectations will be put on cruise control.

Weekly Podcast 🎧

In case we didn’t talk about “hardships” enough, check out this great podcast featuring actor Rob Riggle. He started his career off in the military then transitioned into his true passion of stand-up comedy. He goes into how the challenges he faced in the military gave him the confidence to be an actor in several well-known tv shows and movies. Check it out.

Secrets To Chasing Your Dreams with Rob Riggle

Listen to this episode from THE ED MYLETT SHOW on Spotify. What are the SKILLS and ATTRIBUTES you NEED in order to LIVE OUT YOUR DREAMS? Rob Riggle is going to teach you by sharing his story of chasing after his dreams and SUCCESSFULLY changing careers, from serving in Kosovo and Afghanistan as a highly decorated lieutenant colonel to becoming one of the most recognizable and successful comedians today.You know him as an actor who’s appeared in dozens of movies and TV shows, including SNL, Dumb and Dumber, the Daily Show, Modern Family, Holey Moley, and many others.  But what you may not know is that he retired after 23 years in the MARINES to launch into a full-time comedy career.I’ve never met somebody with such a unique career path as Rob’s.You're going to learn what it takes, Rob explains how any success comes from doing these things…➡️ Doing the HARD things➡️ Pushing PAST your perceived limits âžĄď¸ Not being afraid to LEAVE IT ALL BEHIND and go after something NEW➡️ Having a RELENTLESS work ethic➡️ CULTIVATING your NATURAL talents➡️ Being good to work with, HONEST, KIND, and it doesn't hurt if you have some HUMOR➡️ Rob’s unique take on ABD… ALWAYS BE DEVELOPING. He applies this to his entertainment career, but it’s a STRATEGY you can add to ANY ASPECT OF LIFE. âžĄď¸ We also talk about attaching EMOTIONAL MEANING to your goals, which we both use to GENERATE MOMENTUM and accomplish the most important things in our lives.➡️ You’re also going to hear about Rob using improv to create characters that ultimately landed him a gig on SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE.  It’s a cool story of how a creative mind, under pressure, responded to an in-your-face challenge when there was a lot on the line.➡️ Rob can teach you a lot about PUNCHLINES.... Punchlines of your life by TAKING CHANCES and BELIEVING IN WHO YOU ARE.You’ll be blown away by Rob’s story about how doing hard things in the military created the CONFIDENCE he needed to give acting a try, including how he traded in one BIG DREAM of becoming a naval aviator for an even BIGGER DREAM of becoming a comedian.You're not going to want to miss this episode, it's a FUNNY and ENTERTAINING hour. Hearing the UNBELIEVABLE and 100% TRUE story of how Rob chased his dreams. 

Tip of the Week 📝 🤓 📞

{a closed mouth doesn't get fed}

A common saying, visualized...

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See you next time, 

Skylar & Grant