Danielle Cobo: Breaking Through Roadblocks in Sales

About Danielle Cobo: Danielle Cobo is a speaker, author, and podcast host who works with organizations to develop the grit, resilience, and courage to thrive in a rapidly changing market. She is the author of the book and hosts the podcast "Unstoppable Grit" Breakthrough the 7 Roadblocks Standing Between You and Achieving Your Goals." This "monster truck driver in heels" gets Lou to jump in the truck while she's racing toward greatness in an unstoppable episode of Thrive LouD. As a former Fortune 500 Senior Sales Manager, she propelled her team to the top national ranking despite the upheaval of downsizing, restructuring, and acquisitions. Her commendable leadership earned her the prestigious title of Region Manager of the Year. Her resiliency motivated her to earn four consecutive national Sales Excellence Awards in a male-dominated industry. Check out the latest episode of our Conversational Selling podcast to learn more about Danielle. In this episode, Nancy and Danielle discuss the following: Danielle's upbringing and how she was raised resilient by her single mom The fear of the unknown and imposter syndrome The importance of confidence in achieving sales success Danielle's career journey in medical sales and her transition to entrepreneurship The inspiration behind Danielle's book, "Unstoppable Grit" Danielle's perspective on failure and the importance of learning and growth Believing in oneself is the key to success Key Takeaways: And imposter syndrome is a big roadblock that can paralyze our career. When we have confidence, we're willing to take more risks. I've always loved sales training and leadership development, and that's always been my favorite part: mentorship and leadership. I think my upbringing is why empathy is one of my core values. "In my book, I talk about the seven roadblocks that stand between us and achieving our goals, and one of the most common roadblocks that we often run into is this fear of the unknown. Our mind likes to know what will happen in the future, but we don't always know what will happen in the future. And so sometimes when we're stepping in, when we're presented with an opportunity per se, say, it's a new job opportunity or a new sales opportunity, a new opportunity to work with a client, sometimes that fear of the unknown can be paralyzing because we don't want to fail. But at the same time, if we don't put ourselves out there and try and explore new avenues of growing our business, career, and life, we'll never know what's out there unless we try. So, fear of the unknown is a big roadblock that a lot of us run into." – DANIELLE "What inspired me to write the book is when working with clients, I saw some commonality amongst many of the clients I was working with. It was those common roadblocks: the fear of the unknown, perfectionism, imposter syndrome—all of these common roadblocks. I saw some consistency in what I saw and the advice I gave. I also found that many people continuously said, when in my initial conversations with them, "I want clarity. I want clarity on what the future is going to bring." So, in the book, I give people each chapter as a story, learning lessons learned through different experiences and practical advice that they can take away and apply to their life on how to build a career and life that they truly love, feel fulfilled and purposeful in. That's what inspired the book: I wanted more people to see what is possible truly, to think outside the box of what's possible in their career and their life, and have clarity on what they want." – DANIELLE "I would say that failure, we don't fail. I believe that when we say, "Well, we failed," it means it's definite. We did something, failed at it, and that's it. And if we look at failure as something that didn't work out, we miss the opportunity to learn and grow for something. So, I believe that we don't fail. We either choose to learn and grow. We learn and grow from every experience that we want. Maybe it didn't go in our desired direction, but we still took something out of it. So, to say that we failed gives ourselves a disservice of going through that experience." – DANIELLE Connect with Danielle Cobo: LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniellecobo/ Try Our Proven, 3-Step System, Guaranteeing Accountability and Transparency that Drives RESULTS by clicking on this link: https://oneofakindsales.com/call-center-in-a-box/ Connect with Nancy Calabrese: Twitter:https://twitter.com/oneofakindsales Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/One-Of-A-Kind-Sales-304978633264832/ Website:https://oneofakindsales.com Phone: 908-879-2911 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ncalabrese/ Email: [email protected]