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Running and selling: lessons from 20 years of both

Endurance, pacing and recovery apply to careers too.

Dr Arunaagiri1 min read

Long-distance running and selling have more in common than most people think.

  • Pacing. You cannot sprint a marathon or a financial year.
  • Training beats talent. Small daily efforts compound.
  • Recovery matters. Rest is part of performance, not the opposite of it.
  • The wall is temporary. Every runner hits it. The ones who finish keep moving.

Build your career like a runner builds endurance: steadily, deliberately, one day at a time.

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Running and selling: lessons from 20 years of both · Arunaagiri