Episode 115

Overcoming Adversity and Defeating Doubt with Alec Wons

Published on: 31st May, 2023

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Highlights

  • [00:49] - The Making of the Man: Breaking down his first year after he graduated college.
  • [05:46] - How he overcame despair and depression to step into his power.
  • [11:44] - Setting yourself up for success by networking and surrounding yourself with positive people.
  • [15:44] - Why you have to deconstruct your implicit biases.
  • [18:03] - Strategies to use to reach out to people outside of your bubble.
  • [24:46] - Becoming a published author in his 20s.
  • [28:51] - Overcoming your toughest opponent in life - yourself.


In this episode of the Transformed Sales Podcast, I had a chat with Alec Wons, an author, coach, passionate and positive entrepreneur, and salesman. Alec firmly believes that everyone (no matter how young or old) should fail as much and as often as possible. He sees failures as learning opportunities. He enjoys being physically active, reading, cooking, and spending time with friends and family. 


He graduated from Marquette University where he played D1 college soccer and got his degree in Exercise Physiology. Alec will share what he has learned through his struggles and failures. If you are struggling through the day-to-day of life's adventures and being in a sales career either as a leader or individual contributor, Alec has some great advice for you. Tune in for more!


Quotes


“Life is probably about 10% of what you can personally control yourself and about 90% of what you just react to in the outside world” - Alec Wons


“The largest amount of growth comes outside of your comfort zone” - Alec Wons


“What you say and do does affect others” - Alec Wons


“Things don’t happen to you, they happen for you” - Alec Wons


“Don’t just give to get but give because you truly want to give” - Alec Wons


“You’re one habit away from achieving what you want” - Alec Wons


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  • Email Her at wesleyne@transformedsales.com
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Transformed Sales
Transforming Sales Managers to Lead Using Behavior-Based Skills Development
As a sales manager, you are judged by the performance of your team. And you're praised when they do well. But one thing that you've not been able to figure out is how to get everyone on your team consistently hitting quota every single month. Sales leadership is difficult.

The Transformed Sales podcast equips sales leaders with the skills to develop high-performance teams. We provide coaching strategies for improving sales team performance, mentoring developing sellers, and providing ongoing support for best practices. As a result sales leaders can guide, create, and nurture long-term relationships with their teams.

You will learn how to enhance your ability to engage in productive conversations with internal team members, resulting in a collaborative, dynamic environment where sellers feel supported.

Transformed Sales assists businesses in developing and building the culture necessary to build high-performing sales teams. In this leadership coaching program, coaching strategies are offered that can be used to improve the performance of sales teams. These strategies provide ongoing support and reinforcement of best practices