Success in Sales

Success in Sales (Willy Loman and Chris Gardner) I dont know the key to conquest, precisely the key to failure is trying to please everybody Bill Cosby. Few of necessity of the person argon greater than the need to be understood. To contri neverthelesse a voice that is heard, respected and wanted to have an influence. Most of us believe that the key to influence is communication getting your point across clearly and speaking persuasively.Initially the both characters -Willy Loman in Death of the Salesman and Chris Gardner in Pursuit of Happiness wanted to be understood and change their lives, so they dismiss have influence on the world around them and became successful. provided Willy Loman is hopelessly woolly-headed in his past. Chris Gardner lives today. He is not sure what tomorrow will take on merely he knows that its up to him to change his future. His jockey for his little boy helps him survive and makes him stronger. Unlike Willy Loman Chris doesnt predict his s ons future just does what he can to make his sons spirit brighter and happy.We can find some similarities between Willy Loman and Chris Gardner. They both work very hard to pursuit their dreams of a better life. Willy Loman drove many miles to try and sell things to maintain his family while Chris Gardner also would do anything to meet ends meet to help his family to survive. Willy Loman carried two heavy suit cases with him all the time, even though the business didnt go to well, his dedication to his family kept him going. Chris Gardner assay to do everything possible to sell his x-ray scanners so he could get the money to pay for apartment and family needs.Obviously Willy Loman loves his son Biff and wants him to have a successful life. Its instead sad that Willy favors one son over the other, but he still shows great fatherly love and forethought. He wants his son to succeed and become a big man, no matter what. Eventually aft(prenominal) everything fails, Willy commits a suicide to get Biff money Oliver didnt give him. Chris also loves his little boy and endures many hardships to provide for him. He is trying to teach his son everything he knows, because he knows that the life might be rough for his son in future.Eventually Chris finds a new job opportunity so he can provide for his son. These both man have the same great desire to succeed in sales business. Willy Loman wasnt wrong, he had mental issues but appearance does play a big part in Salesmans life. appearing is one of the major principles. His whole life Willy tried to please everyone, so he would be successful. scarcely I think that ultimately he became obsessed with his appearance Chris Gardner experienced minor success at the start of his carrier. But he never gave up, even in hard times Chris took matters in his sustain hands and tried to sell remaining x-rays for money.Willy Loman and Chris Gardner may share some things in common, yet they are so magnificently different. They thi nk differently, they have different values and motivations. Willy Lomans story is a tragical story of the hopeful dream of one salesman that led to the damnation of an entire family. Willy is a man who is lost in the past and his mind is constantly tormented with the hopes and dreams he had years ago that have since locomote through. Chris Gardner lives his life today. His mind works hard to find ways to change his life for good. Chris doesnt tout his time on talking about yesterdays achievements.Willy believes that all it takes to become successful is to be well liked. Chris Gardner does care about his appearance but prefers to practice good communication skills with everyone and knowledge of the business. Willy Loman had a dream that was not realistic he also lied to his family. His pursuit of this dream led his entire family to live an incantation created by him that they are better than everyone. In the end, he thought he had no choice but to kill him and try to make things better with insurance money. Chris was always honest with himself and his family.For Gardner there were a banding of tense and hard moments to give up like losing an apartment and sleeping in a washroom with his son, but he kept his hard work and hopes to the very enduntil he could say this part of my life I call Happiness Trying to please everyone, to achieve success is not the key to sucess. You have to be yourself and judge situations in your life by your principles. People who try to be loved everyone eventually lose their principles and have no fundament to build upon. Appearance is a major factor of success in sales, you always have try to make a nice first impression.But appearance wont bring you success if you dont use intellect and be yourself. Willy Loman learned that the hard way which brought him into the grave he tried to present himself as a successful, important and loyal man. Willy didnt know how to listen to others, and wanted the world to discover him. Chris Gar dner worked very hard while staying true to himself and dedicated his son. Chris didnt present himself as someone he wasnt during interviews and tests, but he proved others that a man who can listen, and is trying to understand the world can be taught just about everything.