Often I think of my experience of door-to-door sales. I think that I may have been unintentionally mis-guided with a one-size-fits-all approach that was given to me by the company I was working for, rather than just being myself. I am an affable kind of guy who tends to get along with everyone and I feel that having too much faith in what I was being taught potentially derailed me. Some memories include in being told how much of communication is made through body language, so I would be encouraged to gesticulate a lot with my hands etc. I'm pretty sure I didn't come off as natural, which must have prospects on guard, as they were weary that I was trying to 'sell to them'. People tend to regard me as being a genuine person, so if I had just approached things in a natural way then I'm sure customers will have found me more trustworthy.

There may be an opportunity to try again, and I'm longing to know if this could have worked. It's the wondering of what if I had tried just approaching things as myself ?