The power of zero.

I'm not a math geek.  I've never pretended to be a math geek.  I AM however, a geek.

I'm a sales geek, through and through, and right now, the 9th of December, I'm at zero.  Zero sales, Zero prospects, Zero dollars earned.  Last month was a good month, and usually in sales you'll have a good month, then a marginal month, then a great month, a good month, a marginal month, and so-on. 

Zero.  That's the month I'm having so far.  Now, is it me, is it the dealership, is it the snow?  Who knows?  I've spoken to three customers in my 7 days of working so far this month, and zero sales.  Of course, 'customers' is a unique way to classify someone in the car industry, and these three were no exception.  One was a woman wanting to see our 'list' of cars for sale under $2,000.  Out the door.  That list was very short.  One guess as to how many cars it contained.  That's right, zero.

The other two were people looking for information only, and you treat these people with all the attention, care, and respect as if they just walked in and said "hey, sell me something now!"  However, I don't have any 2013 Police Interceptors, nor do I have any 2012 Chevrolet Volts.  I'm a Ford Dealer, so the new Volts are not gettable, and the PI's are not yet orderable.  So, zero.

I'm confident the month will get better for me, and for everyone else here.  Oh, not that everyone else is doing as poorly as I am.  In fact, the number of other sales people without a car out so far this month here?  You got it.  Zero.