5/8/2024-“Is AI gonna eat my lunch…*and* dinner?”

What AI will mean for your life in sales is up to you, not AI. YOU decide how to respond through adoption and growing your skills. You are its daddy, not the other way around.

Before today’s daily quote makes you freak out and eat a box of chocolates, consider the following…

…who the heck is Gail Moody-Byrd, and where does she get her data? (Maybe she’s a bot?)

Still…will AI change how you do your work? Yes.

Will it replace you? No.

You’re selling a complex and nuanced offering loaded with product features and value that require HI, not AI (H = human).

But sticking your head in the sand about AI isn’t an option. Do your best to anticipate how AI can work for you, and let the hypers keep throwing out stats.

Appraise your HI today…specifically, your skills. Which of your skills needs upgrading in this AI age?

How are your communication skills? Do you present as confidently and convincingly as you need to?

What about your empathy? Do you listen with intent and care whenever your buyers open their mouths (not to mention your family and friends)?

What about your analytical thinking power?

Whatever area you deem needs improvement, make a plan. You’re not letting AI steal your food.

With every new tech shift, there’s extreme hype and facts; the truth often settles somewhere in the middle.

Every tech advancement requires the same formula of self-reflection:
1. What does it offer and how can you leverage it to the max?

2. What will it mean for how you work?

Because you work with a toolkit of sharp selling skills, all you need to do is figure out how to stay ahead of AI by sharpening your key skills.

Before you mutter, "…easier said than done…" remember that you go about your day not thinking twice about the skills you use. You just "do."

AI has changed the game in that you can’t just "do" anymore. Because AI offers the promise of significant change and value, you’ll have to get more serious about your self-appraisal of skills and what you’ll need to work on. What would happen if you consciously applied energy to sharpening your skills?

AI will be transformational, but that doesn’t mean you can’t and won’t excel in the sales life. Get in the pool, determine what AI means to your role, and then build a plan to make AI work for you.

This SNL skit may represent a similar AaaaaEye experience you just had.

It’ll make you laugh while you think about how silly technology can get when it tries too hard.

Don’t worry about AI – it’s here to stay and that’s fine. And you’re gonna be fine, too. Go ahead and laugh at AI…and keep laughing. It’s what humans do.

Oh yeah, one more thing, MySalesDay is created with zero AI. Your sales issues are too important to be left to the machines.