Wednesday, July 20, 2016

Good morning crew,

I made my first sale at the taekwondo school and I have to admit I'm pretty pleased with myself.

It was kind of fun, actually.

For years I have been teaching martial arts to little kids, but it is only recently that I have started taking on more administrative roles, sitting in the front office, dealing with parents, etc.

A couple weeks ago a mom brought her two kids into the school and after talking with her for a few minutes I set her kids up with some free classes. The trial period ended yesterday and I cornered their mom in the office for my big sales pitch.

I had to work her for about 20 minutes. I could tell she was a bit on the edge. It was between taekwondo and soccer, and had to use several different angles on her in order to talk her into taekwondo.

"How long are your kids going to use the skills they learn kicking a ball down a field?" I asked her. "The fundamentals of martial arts will stay with them the rest of their lives."

Only if they continue to practice them, of course, but I didn't want to bog down the momentum with trivial details.

Eventually I got her to sign both kids up. And not just on a month-to-month basis, but complete black belt contracts.

Unfortunately, for me there is no commission. I'm not an employee. Technically I'm just a student who is helping out. But I'll tell you this much, making that sale was more satisfying, in its own way, than trying to drill front snap kick and big stance, low block into the recalcitrant little skulls of a bunch of 6-year-olds.

Laugh it up,

Joe

joe@gophercentral.com

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Every night the maintenance man would remove them and the next day the girls would put them back. Finally the principal decided that something had to be done.

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