Conrey is for Closers

While usually an entertaining comic, The Oatmeal crushes it with this piece on selling. If you ever sound like the guy on the right, you are well on your way to dinosaurdom.

Notice the words describing each of the people on the bottom, which do you want to be known for? The correlations here, while meant to be funny are spot on. We talk a bunch about how we are perceived by customers and buyers, but when even the buyers are mocking salesmen, it tells you we’re not wrong.