What are the biggest frustrations you have as a sales professional?
6 Answers
Notion Mid-Market Sales Leader • 3y
Being in sales, we experience challenges on a daily basis. One of the bigger frustrations is having a great quarter or year and then seeing the dial goes back to zero, kn...
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Carta Senior Director of Sales - Venture Capital at Carta • 1y
From a mental perspective burnout is definitely a real challenge in sales. I answered another question in how to handle burnout, as a career in sales is a marathon not a ...
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Hedra Head of Sales-Led Growth • 2mo
My biggest frustration is hearing exactly what a customer needs and not being able to deliver it instantly. I’m not a one-person engineer/design/GTM team, and even in fas...
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Adobe Director, Adobe Sales Academy • 2y
One of the biggest frustrations in sales is handling all the requests and tasks you have, which compete for your time and attention:You need to do what your prospects/cus...
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SurveyMonkey Director, Expansion Sales • 10mo
It's often too easy to blame sales when targets or other leading indications are missed, as we carry quotas and KPIs that are easy to measure against. However, across the...
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HubSpot Senior Director of Sales | Midmarket • 1y
Sales can be a rollercoaster. You and your company are always judging your performance by what you've done lately. Missing quota is impossible not to take personally, and...
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