Sales is a tough business.

 

When you think of sales, you might think of ‘grit’, ‘resilience’, ‘crushing it’ and all that language.

 

We want people who ‘keep on keeping on’.

 

But we also need people who know when to:

 

Get off

Walk away 

Take a break

Take time out

Reach out

Ask for help

 

Sadly, many of us don’t. 

 

I lost a sales colleague to stress 14 years ago. 

 

Young guy. 28. Heart attack brought on by stress and no one saw it coming.

 

Quite a few people I have known have packed sales in and tried careers less demanding. You probably know people like this.

 

With the pandemic, people are working from home or working under difficult conditions, things are perhaps harder than ever.

 

It’s May, so it’s mental health awareness month.

 

It’s the perfect time to talk about the thing many of us would rather not talk about.

 

In this week’s episode:

 

• Costs of stress
• Causes of stress
• Signs of stress
• What to do about it