Seven tips to step out of your comfort zone
Step out of your comfort zone! You know, if you met Grant Cardone at a party he may not have much to say. If you wound up next to him on a long flight, chances are he may not say a word to you the entire trip.
Grant Cardone is an introvert.
However, when you see him me on YouTube, Twitter, Google Hangouts, in a TV interview or at one of his sales seminars you would never know it has never been easy for him to start a conversation with people he doesn’t know. Grant says, “After college, I was terrified to go on a job interview until I realized employers weren’t going to come to my house and hire me.”
Even after selling cars for seven years, Grant still never got comfortable saying hello to a customer. Yet he still managed to reach the top 1% of all the salespeople in the auto industry.
People can adapt
One can be an introvert or an extrovert, depending on the situation. If you are hosting a party you appear to become an extrovert to keep things going and keep the guests happy, but when you’re a guest at a party you appear to become an introvert. As a professional speaker and educator, Grant had to become an extrovert in order to deliver information. But when he attends seminars as a guest he is much more introverted.
So how do you become an extrovert in sales situations when you are naturally comfortable being an introvert?