So you think sales is the ultimate escape from the 9-to-5? You think if you’re good, you’ll make unlimited money? You think sales is “time-independent” because you choose your clients?
Let me tell you the real problem.
💀 Your client is your boss.
💀 You don’t have real freedom—you just work for different people every day.
💀 You’re still in a cycle of chasing, begging, and hoping for deals to close.
And if you’re in Vietnam?
99% of salespeople are earning next to nothing.
Because the product you sell matters more than how good you are.
The Good & Bad Side of Sales (That Doesn’t Save You)
I’ll be fair—sales has some advantages.
✅ You can choose who to work with.
✅ You set your own prices if you’re independent.
✅ If you’re good, you can make good money.
So what’s the problem?
💀 You’re still a freelancer at best—and a disposable worker at worst.
💀 If your income stops when you stop working, you don’t own anything.
💀 And the worst part? The more money you make, the more you’re tied to your clients.
1. Your Client Is Your New Boss
Remember the developer job trap?
“What happens when your family member gets sick and you can’t work?”
Now imagine it as a salesperson.
You just closed a huge deal.
The client wants a follow-up.
But your mom is in the hospital in another city.
Congrats, you just missed a sale.
🔥 You’re not free. You’re just a freelancer tied to your clients.
🔥 Your time is NOT yours—it belongs to the deals you need to close.
🔥 And if you can’t show up, the client moves on.
💀 You don’t have a salary—but you also don’t have financial stability.
2. Most Salespeople Sell Low-Priced, Low-Profit Products
🚨 Unless you’re selling real estate, cars, or high-ticket products, your commissions are garbage.
Most salespeople in Vietnam are selling:
💀 Credit cards, insurance, or banking products.
💀 Cheap household items or electronics.
💀 Small-scale B2B services that don’t pay big commissions.
If you’re selling a $50 product, and your commission is 10%, you made $5 per sale.
Tell me—how many sales do you need per month just to survive?
🚨 Meanwhile, someone selling a $500,000 house only needs one sale for a fat commission.
This is why most salespeople struggle—
Not because they’re bad at selling, but because they’re selling the wrong products.
3. Even in High-Paying Sales, You’re Still Chasing People Forever
🔥 Real estate sales sound good—until you realize how much follow-up you need to do.
🔥 Even if you close a big deal, you still have to keep clients happy for referrals.
🔥 You’re constantly maintaining relationships with people who aren’t even buying yet.
What does that mean?
💀 You spend most of your time working on deals that don’t close.
💀 You’re investing in relationships that may NEVER pay off.
💀 If your client finds a better deal elsewhere, you just wasted months for nothing.
And guess what?
🔥 You’re still working for someone else’s empire.
🔥 You’re making the real estate agency, the developer, or the brokerage firm richer—not yourself.
🔥 You can be replaced overnight by someone younger, hungrier, and cheaper.
🚨 If your income stops when you stop, you don’t own a business—you have a commission-based job.
4. Telesales and Traditional Cold Outreach Are Complete Bullshit
Let’s talk about the WORST types of sales jobs in Vietnam.
💀 Telesales (Calling random people and begging them to buy)
💀 Flyer distribution (Basically playing the lottery with human attention)
💀 Untrained B2B Sales (Random LinkedIn and Facebook DMs begging for deals)
🚨 You’re relying on RNG (random chance) to get sales.
🚨 99% of the people you talk to don’t give a f* about your product.
🚨 You waste hours, days, weeks—for one small commission that doesn’t even pay rent.
Now compare that to how real sales are done in 2024.
📌 Jim Fung sends 50,000 cold emails per month to get 10 high-paying clients.
📅 He uses AI to research prospects, analyze interests, and personalize every email.
💊 He’s getting TARGETED leads—not random people who don’t care.
🚨 Why would anyone waste their time throwing flyers when Facebook ads can reach thousands instantly?
🚨 Why would anyone cold call random people when AI can find the exact buyers who need your product?
🚨 Why are you selling like it’s 1999 when it’s 2024?
But here’s a catch: NO company in Vietnam pays you that amount of money to even try these new AI tools and these new sales techniques because they are too expensive. You are either strapped onto something rigid like data analysis for the cold email outreach team, or you are doing something completely irrelevant like all of the old traditional sales techniques I’ve mentioned above.
Conclusion: If You Don’t Own the Game, You’re Just a Player
At the end of the day, even the best salespeople are still just selling for someone else.
If you want true freedom, you need to own the game, not just play it.
The question is: Are you gonna keep chasing commissions, or start building something that’s yours?
Final Words
🚀 Create Leverage
The best salespeople don’t just sell—they build. If you’re tired of begging for commissions, grinding for clients, and living deal-to-deal, it’s time to level up.
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