10 Best Practices of Successful Sales TMs: #1 – Get Outside Your Comfort Zone

Mar 26, 2025

Ever wonder what separates the top 1% of sales team members from everyone else?

It’s not luck. It’s not talent. It’s not even experience.

It’s consistent, repeatable best practices.

Over the next 10 weeks, I’ll be breaking down the 10 key habits of top-performing sales teams—the same ones that help them close more deals, serve more clients, and build businesses that run like a well-oiled machine.

And it all starts with getting outside your comfort zone.

🔥 Best Practice #1: Get Outside Your Comfort Zone

Most salespeople operate at 80% of their potential because they stay in their “safe zone.” They do what’s familiar. They avoid rejection. They stick to easy conversations.

But here’s the truth:
Your biggest breakthroughs are right outside your comfort zone.

➡️ The first cold call? Uncomfortable.
➡️ Asking for the sale? Uncomfortable.
➡️ Training your team to level up? Uncomfortable.

But every time you lean into discomfort, you get better.

So here’s your challenge this week: Help each person on your team do something that makes them uncomfortable.

✅ Call that lead they’ve been avoiding.
✅ Ask for a referral after a sale.
✅ Have a role-play session with your team on handling objections.

When you push past discomfort, you unlock growth and success.

Next week, we’re diving into Best Practice #2: Know Your Numbers. Because what gets measured, gets improved.

🔥 Let’s get after it!

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