Salesman donates million-mile car to museum
MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin (AP) — As a traveling salesman, Peter Gilbert has put a few miles on his car — 1,001,385 miles, to be precise.
It took the Glendale man 17 years to cross the million-mile mark with his 1989 Saab 900 SPG. He recently donated the durable vehicle to the Wisconsin Automotive Museum after Saab verified the mileage.
http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/12/06/saab.million.ap/index.html
Mr. Gilbert is the ideal sales hire - a “plodder” who keeps at his craft, regardless of the toughness of the economy, the weather or the distance to his nearest prospect.
Can you develop the work ethic to put a million miles of impact on your marketplace?
Just keep selling, just keep selling (to paraphrase a famous Disney fish).
Can you be consistent, over time? That’s the mark of a true sales pro.
January 1st, 2007 at 10:09 pm
The most I ever put on one was 250,000 miles. I always said I would have it crushed, melted, and put in the front yard. Alas, I sold it to my daughter for $500 to give her a sense of value. She still had three wrecks in three months (no injuries, thank goodness!)
Plodding is a good thing. To succeed in sales, one must only survive until Monday.