Love Or Hate Medical Sales Job: The Votes Are In

I am happy to report that, as of the time of this write-up, more people are looking for ways to make their medical sales job better than those who seek reasons to hate their jobs. 

Human beings have funny ways to express themselves, but that's OK. I'm a human too...

Some people reach this blog looking for, I assume, reasons to hate their sales jobs in the medical line. 

Why? 

Search me. I have no idea. 

But I can speculate.

People who come in contact with medical reps are either are reps themselves, or they are a public audience, which, can be divided into two groups: customers and others. 

These people view pharma sales jobs from different viewpoints. 

No need to validate whether these viewpoints are correct or faulty because, those who hold the views, they are on the right side.

So my advice is, don't go LEFT on them...

For people who fall in the "others" group, they might type in "why hate pharma sales jobs" to read what others think about that particular job. It's human nature to learn about lousy stuff first because that's where many stories unfold. 

Just look at our local daily: many could not resist the gossip column. 

Like I said, it's only human.

What these people trying to achieve by knowing about the "hate" story?

Stories are there to be told. Even if they're not going to join the medical sales industry, they want to save the stories in case someone asks. They want to be the "knew it all" person. 

And that's OK too. 

They will be a good counter-argument if a different point of view is needed. A sound "check and balance" dynamic.

Let's move to the "customers" group...

Customers and "would be" customers are people who have constant contact with medical sales reps. They talked to reps. They interact with reps. They do the business transaction with reps. When they type in to search for why other hate pharma sales jobs, the most logical explanation is they want to make sure that they are not alone.

There could be reps who take them in, and they feel victimized. 

Maybe, the case was not massive, and they still can close their eyes every time they thought about it. But still, they want to know if there were people out there who experienced the same thing? 

How did they handle it?

They're not looking for solutions in particular. 

They're looking for a flock of the same feathers, figuratively speaking. They could be feeling much better if they knew someone, somewhere, were in a much worst situation than them.

And that's the whole point...

So, when people come here from searching for why I hate pharma sales jobs, these might explain their motives. There's nothing wrong or bad about it. That's just the way things are. 

And I respect that.

I hope people respect those who carry medical sales responsibilities too. It's just the way it is...
But I'm happy to see that more people came looking for ways to be a better medical sales rep. I like these people a lot because I am inspired to make a difference in pharmaceutical sales.

Seriously...

When I used the word "contrarian" to describe my inspiration, and I put it right in front of this blog domain name, I was, sort of, placing emphasis on the importance of being different. 

I know: being different does not mean being better, but being the same is not better either.

First, I was really influenced by a saying I read some years ago: "Find out what others are doing and do the opposite." This saying relates to online marketing, but I see the relevance with pharma sales, nonetheless.

Secondly, Edward De Bono, the foremost expert in creative thinking, said that "You can't dig a new hole by digging the same hole deeper." 

That was brilliant, and I've never looked at how I do things the same way as other medical reps look at them. 

This is another motive for me to be a contrarian.

Third, I think it was Einstein who said, "Insanity is doing the same thing and expect different results." Haha! No way I'm going to go insane with the way I conduct my medical sales strategies. 

I've decided, deliberately, that I want to do different things and thus getting different results, every time...

These 3 reasons drive me mentally to conduct myself differently from other medical sales reps. Regardless of the pharma companies, you're from, how long you've spent in this industry, and what products you're promoting, you can make a difference if you deliberately want to.

And it's good to combine what we inspired to achieve too. 

I welcome interaction from fellow pharma reps who inspired me to be different and think that it's OK to be that way. I'm here to tell you that,

YEAH!, it's perfectly OK to be changed.

In fact, there was research presented a while ago, and it concluded that being vulnerable is a strength. It could be the impetus for creative change to take place. I really feel relieved when I learned that.

Oh! 

There's another one, which I planned to write about some times in the future, and it's about the power of the introvert. 

I feel so connected with the speaker who presents this idea, and I think she's just BRILLIANT! 

If there's a better word to use I'll type that instead, but brilliant might not be enough to describe that idea.

Introverts, as it turns out, can contribute significantly to any field, selling included (believe it or not!). Introverts bring to the table a power that's unique to them. 

I'll talk more about this subject later.

Before I digress even further, I appreciate those who look for ways to be better than the way they are now. 

What I appreciate more is the fact that people who want to better triumph those who look for hate factors.

Keep up the excellent search! I appreciate you :-)