That's exactly what I wanted!

Hi Gordon and Richard,

> I started my selling career at 7 or 8
> selling flowers door-to-door.

Gordon, do you think being more "child-like" in some ways could help with becoming a better salesperson?

I've read here and there that children seem to be "natural" sales people. They sell you on taking care of them, getting them the toy they wanted, and so on.... (I think Napoleon Hill may mention this somewhere....)

And when I think about it, I *did* have some sales experience as a child. Okay, I used to make drawings and sell them to my Mom for about 10c each (she'd then stick them on the fridge), but I WASN'T thinking of that.... :)

I went on from there. We used to have these little stencil devices, where you would trace through the lines in a piece of plastic. You'd have about 2 or 3 pieces of plastic, with lines you could trace through with a pen. You'd trace through one, then replace it with another piece of plastic and trace through that. In the end, the lines would match up to make a great picture of a race car.

(I don't remember what this toy was called, but I thought it was cool....)

Anyway, when I was around maybe 6 or 7 years old, I used to make these drawings of various cool race cars, and take them to school. There, I managed to sell a few of these drawings to my fellow primary school students. How's that for an early start for a budding entrepreneur? :)

Somehow, as the years went by, my "sales" skill got drummed out of me somehow.... But thinking back, and remembering what it was like to be a kid, I think I can find it once more....

I just thought I'd share that interesting story (well, I found it interesting :)

Do you think a "child-like" approach helps in sales?

Cheers,

Dien