Can You Be in Sales and Still Have a Life?

With the focus on personal branding and social media, the expectation of 24/7 access via your smartphone, and so many ways to stay connected to a large network of people, the line between work and home seems awfully blurry these days.

In his Personal Branding Blog, Dan Schwabel wrote, (in an interview with broadcast journalist, Judy Martin), "the most annoying thing about the workplace today, is the fear-based mentality that if you don’t overwork to the point of burnout you won’t succeed."

And last week in Under30CEO, Srinivas Rao postulated that a day job is no longer enough - you also need a side job (or "passion project") for 4 reasons:  "rainy-day" insurance, personal/professional growth, self-actualization, and potential new opportunities.

What do you think? Where does it stop? And should it stop? And for those, like me, admittedly addicted to the stimulation of 24/7 information, can I stop?

Come rant with us at Glance's fab, solar-powered, renovated mill space in Arlington, MA for an AA-ISP Boston Chapter BBQ & Brew panel discussion on this very topic:

Panel Discussion: Can You Be in Sales and Still Have a Life?
Wed., April 14, 2010
5:30pm-7:30pm
Glance Networks
1167 Mass. Ave., Arlington, MA

Bring a friend and nosh on slow-smoked baby back ribs, prepared on-site, by Boston's own DMC Barbecue. Panelists will include inside sales gurus:

• Chad Levitt (Hubspot)
• Tom Scontras (Glance Networks)
• Ralph Seferian (Oracle), and
  
• Kate Mitchell (Demandware). 

Trish Bertuzzi (The Bridge Group) will moderate. Event is free. Parking is plenty (as are the networking opportunities).

>> REGISTER FOR THE EVENT NOW

Not yet a member of AA-ISP? Join here, http://www.aa-isp.org/

For more information, email Trish Bertuzzi or Carla Gates.

 

 

-- Carla Gates, Director, Marketing, Glance Networks

Comments

[richard]

I really dont agree with this, i feel any one who wants to be successfull needs to work smart and hard.