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Originally Posted by will76
yeap, it never fails, someone has a good week (or bad) and they think they need to try to justify it with some bullshit, like kids were out of school, kids went back to school, it was hot, it was cold, it was summer, it was winter, it was ground hog day. 
in 10+ years doing this I have NEVER seen a trend. I might have a bad June this year, but a great one next year. I might have a bad christmas day one year, be avg the next and kick ass the one after. No pattern what so ever. The only thing that affects my sales is me, and how much and well I work. on sept fucking 11, 2001 I had an average day. How do you explain that, people stuck in airports, everyone glued to the tv, the country in termoil I ripped off at least 50 credit card joins that day which was average at the time.
now visa stepping in and reducing 1/2 the people in the country;s credit limits down to what they fucking owe.... that is a kick in the nuts over night and hurts bad. |
In a weird kinda disturbing way to a numbers/stats geek like me, what you point out from your expeirnce Will is kinda comforting. LOL I look for patterns and trends constantly - perhaps it's the human mind's natural tendencies - and have to remember that not all I'm seeing is necassarily tied to what I THINK is the "reason". So hearing there ARE no "patterns" makes sense, again in a weird kinda way.
I agree that a person's hard work is what determines success, and never-ending dedication. Sometimes - and I'm so guilty of this - we who work hard forget about "lag time": our efforts may take a few days or weeks or even months to "pay off" so we bust our nuts for 16 hours a day for a solid week, see no increase in sales, and freak out a little bit (or a lot). LOL I'm learning to take a slightly (slightly) longer view of things.
