When I first began my career as a sales professional, everything to do with outbound sales calls was completely new to me, but that did not stop my manager from quickly throwing me to the wolves. In those first few weeks, I got shutdown so many times it made my head spin. Needless to say, I began questioning my choice to abandon my original plan of pursuing a career in the same field I got my degree in, for what I thought would be the more “lucrative” route. However, I decided to stick it out...