Looking forward to another day...

I am on my way to bed but i thought i would thgrough my thoughts out there and get them out of my head. today was sort of a bomb. I really did not do much other then learn some of the ropes, make a few calls and send a couple emails to prospects. I was kind of hoping I would land the Big Johnson account and save the day...Oh well, maybe tomorrow!

Anxious, Nervous, excited, and ready to make a difference...

Alright, So tomorrow starts the beginning of a new life. Commercial account manager, it sounds so important...How lame am I that i am stoked to get in and set up my new desk, email, and office? I am really looking forward to getting to work and also helping to start on a new web page,brochure, and getting my name out there so that it is synonymous with painting.

Metro Painting, Inc. is the company that has hired me. Fresh off the boat. Wet behind the ears. Head full of promise and ideas, ready to burst into an elongated elevator speech emotionally charged due to the quality I have seen performed by their team.
The long list of clients served and the years of experience make my company a true leader in the industry.

Wow, that is the stuff I will be sharing with my prospects. I hope to make some great contacts early on so I may comfort my boss in his decision to bring on someone so green at such a bad time for the economy.

Another New Beginning!

That is me with my best friend in the world. The Great Prince Pupup. My whole life I have never been a "little dog" fan. It was the big ones I loved. The Rots and The German Shepards, those were dogs a man would be proud to be walking. Dogs that would give people the impression that I was "bad" or "tough" and I would command respect walking such a large beast.
Well, my taste in dogs, as well as many other things has changed, and change is what brings me to this point in my life. A point were my career as a Store Manager of a well known coffee company has ended, and a new journey into sales has begun.

My friends and family have always told me, "Pat, you should really go into sales." or " you are so personable, you should be in sales.". So here I am, two days away from starting what I hope to be my crowning achievement.

There is so much information out there regarding sales and the right way to go about it, but for me I feel i must do what comes natural to me, or it will seem fake and rehearsed. I know my service, I'm proud of the people I work for, and the work we do, and I know a lot of people so I plan to use that to make some connections. I'm a natural net worker, and it seems that in sales, it's the people you know and the relationships you build that get you to the top.

I have researched a few prospects, I have discovered their needs, and some of the problems they have faced and hope to use that to get in the door, along with my charm. I hear a lot about personal branding and honestly, that is what I'm doing here. Is this the right way to go about it? I don't know, but I have some wiggle room in the beginning so I am trying something a little differently....honesty!

This is who I am, my logo would be a picture of my family and I. I have a gorgeous wife, and three beautiful little girls (13,8,1.5) and my buddy Prince Pupup are my life. I have another passion, and I speak of that on my other blog The Zen Citizen. Feel free to venture in, or check out my social network of volunteers on www.citizenzen.ning.com . This is something I feel very strongly about, so give it a look.

I teach First aid and CPR, and help out a buddy of mine, Curt Newport of Newport Enterprises. I planned to start a emergency preparedness consulting firm, but it seems most people don't think of being prepared until they are wishing they were, so that is at a stand still.

I have worked as a paperboy, shipped mail order spices, bussed and waited tables, bartended, worked every aspect of a print shop, barista, taught classes in food safety, CPR and First aid, and managed a coffee shop. I owned my own cleaning service, delivered flowers as a freelance flower guy, and worked as an electrician laborer during the coldest winter of my life. I have lived in 9 states and 1 island. I've been married twice, 2nd times a charm, and we did it the right way, in Vegas. I have seen some very bad things and I have witnessed perfect beauty. I am experience.

I have a mission statement for me, my volunteer group, and my family and we stick to it, for it is our roadmap in life. I am working to get my kids to stick with this type of planning and I believe that everyone should focus at least 30 minutes to an hour a day on their own personal development, because if your not trying to be better then you were yesterday, then your regressing, and that will get you no where.

I have a lot more to say and do, more stories to tell and experience to share but for now, this is me, and this will be my story.....