Are All Sales Careers The Same? With Guest Troy Burke

In the seventh episode of The Strong Mind Strong Will Podcast, Adam speaks with Troy Burke, longstanding sales and business management professional, and current Senior National Account Executive at Blue Buffalo Co. Adam and Troy discuss misconceptions about sales careers, how Troy began his career, as well as what College students can do to best leverage themselves for success in their professional endeavors. If you enjoyed this episode please subscribe, leave a review, and make sure to check us out on Instagram @strongmindstrongwill to stay updated with all future episodes. 

0:36 – Troy Burke Introduction and Background.

3:52 – How important is Geographic flexibility for a career in sales? / What sales jobs require you to travel?

6:45 – How Troy’s early job experiences helped him later on.

10:31 – Why trying to sell every customer the same way doesn’t work.

11:17 – Did Troy always plan on going into sales? / What a sales career can look like.

16:08 – What experiences should college students look to collect to best leverage themselves in the future?

20:41 – If Troy could go back would he still choose the CPG industry?

25:51 – Importance of asking others close to you what they think you would be good at.

26:21 – Wrapping up.