One of the main issues with choosing acting as a profession is the utter lack of regular work. Or in my current situation, any work. So in the meantime, as an out of work actor, I need to find something else. Today I got some promotional work at the Ideal Home Show, demonstrating and selling beauty products over the weekend. Promo work is well paid, and always different, so after two years of selling the same product over the phone day in, day out, I'm looking forward to a change, even if only for a short while.
Now, herein lies the challenge. Despite a relatively average basic rate, the amount we actually earn depends on how much we sell. For example, if I sell £300 worth of products, I earn £60, if I sell £500 worth I earn £100 and so on. This already kick starts the competitive side of my nature, but wait! there's more. The record for most products sold is £1500 worth in one day. The incentive is that if any one of us makes over that amount, we get a week's holiday in Mallorca. TAA DAAHHHH the clouds part and the sunbeam of opportunity presents itself. A holiday??? At this point in time I don't think I could possibly yearn for anything more than a holiday. That was it then; as soon as I found that out I couldn't suppress the urge to be the best. So watch this space. Even if I don't win the holiday I still want to be the top sales person. But I do really want the holiday.
As Charlie Sheen would say;
The only thing I'm addicted to is winning. This bootleg cult, arrogantly referred to as Alcoholics Anonymous, reports a 5 percent success rate. My success rate is 100 percent.
I know the Alcoholics Anonymous part isn't relevant, but whatever.
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