Stop Chasing Rainbows

You Don't Have a Sales Problem

You've been almost ready for three months.

"I don't want to be salesy."

That sentence has killed more businesses than bad products ever did.

Just more tweaking. More "I should probably fix the landing page first." More almost.

Which, fine. I get it.

Sales has a stink on it. A lot of people learned what selling looks like from the loudest weirdos on the internet, so now the whole category feels like you have to put on a shiny blazer and start calling strangers "rockstar."

If you're not that person, you conclude: I'm not a sales person.

The costume problem

Most of the time it's not that you can't sell.

It's that you hate the costume.

You're trying to say your thing in somebody else's voice. Borrowed energy. Borrowed lines. Borrowed urgency. And it feels gross because it isn't you. So your brain does the only sensible thing: it drags you back into preparation, where you can stay safe and competent and anonymous.

You're avoiding it because every example you've been given looks like a personality you'd never want to be caught dead as. So you protect yourself by deciding you're not built for it.

You already sell

Meanwhile, you sell all the time.

You sell your opinion in conversations. You sell your taste. You sell your standards. You sell a movie recommendation. You sell why your friend should not text that person again.

You don't call it selling because it doesn't feel like performance. It's just you telling the truth the way you tell the truth.

That's the whole game.

The moment you talk like a real person, plain and direct, selling stops feeling like a violation. It starts feeling like clarity.

What I watch happen

People build in the dark because it feels clean. The second they think about promoting, they picture some version of themselves they don't respect. So they stall. They call it not ready. But the truth is they don't want to wear the costume.

So if you're sitting on something good and you keep finding reasons not to launch, it's probably a voice problem.

Say it like you'd say it to a friend. Say it without the performance.

You don't need to become a sales person. You just need to stop sounding like one.

If you want a proper look at what's actually keeping you stuck, the 90-Day Plan is built for exactly that

Or just email me and tell me where you're stuck.

Until Next Time,

Business Coach | Former Psychotherapist
I help online entrepreneurs see why they're stuck and what actually works instead

P.S. Oh, and I built a little tool for tracking all your own recurring expenses and subscriptions. Runs in your browser from your own harddrive. Get it here

Questions? Email me - kevin @ pyragonics.com

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