Vanity Martin

I attribute my success to my family. Like I said, I was a teen mother. I had my oldest daughter at [AGE]. And she is the reason that I kept going. I always wanted to show her that no matter what happens in life, you know, crazy things are gonna happen, curveballs are gonna happen, you do have to keep going. You never just settle for what you have in front of you. If you want better for yourself, you keep going.

The best career advice that I've ever received is be a champion of change. We, working with Xfinity, working with Google Fiber, especially in, direct sales, there's always gonna be change, there's always gonna be new rules, there's always gonna be new things that you have to abide by and go with. Even with the hierarchy of your management. And one time when my supervisor was being transitioned to a different team, it kind of, you know, really hit everybody a little bit more hard than what I think it should. And the piece of advice that he left with all of us was to be a champion of change, no matter what's happening, what's going on, always show up, always put your best foot forward, and make sure that you're the person that's accepting the change and not being the pushback for it.

I would give to be self. I know with my job, especially with direct sales, it was a male-predominant field. Even when I came in on my first day, a lot of people were looking at me, I was young when I got that job, and I was told, like, hey, when I started this job, you had to have a bachelor's degree, you know? In which I could kind of see myself, young Vanity then, trying to make sure that I sit into a mold that I thought would be acceptable. But if I was actually started out with just being myself, and showing exactly who I am, and not just trying to fit into this mold of what I think people wanted me to be, or what people needed me to be in that moment, I would be a lot further along.

The biggest challenges, like I said, is going to be that it is a male-predominant field. So, you do have to, you know, you have to stay on your toes, you have to make sure that you're putting in the work and grinding just as hard, if not harder. But the opportunities are endless. The opportunities in sales and business development are endless. Once you actually get your foot into the door, and you realize that this is something that you can do, because it is discouraging, all of the different no's that you hear every day, I tell myself every day. 50 no's equals to 1 yes. You'll hear 50 no's before you actually hear one yes in any situation.

Family, honesty, And It's on the tip of my tongue, like, I know what I want it to be, but the word is not coming out. But grace, showing everybody grace. Yeah, because you never know what somebody's going through.