Can you sell yourself? Answer three questions!

Selling is a complicated business, selling yourself may appear prohibitive.

Gaining a job, getting a professional assignment, being perceived as different from other people competing for the same result can be vital: even in private life!

So

how can we check whether we are prepared to reach the goal we want to achieve?

I am used to asking myself three questions before meeting a potential client; they are the same questions I used to answer in the past, when looking for a job or wanting a new position in the company I was working for.

Want to know them?

Here they are!

1. Do I have sufficient knowledge/skills/expertise to make a difference between my contribution and the one of another person?
2. Who assesses whether to entrust me with a task/assignment/project has enough information to appreciate the difference between my contribution and that of others?
3. Is the client/company ready to pay for the knowledge/skills/expertise I should employ in the task/assignment/project?

If your answer is “yes” to all questions, then you will be successful.

If you have one or more “no” to face, don’t get discouraged:

now you know the situation and you have the opportunity to start working for the future.

By properly preparing yourself!

Don’t you think so?