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| On the first day of my school life in the USA, I showed a great interest in my marketing class. My teacher, Mrs. Tolman, suggested I 1 a national marketing club called DECA attracting many students with talent and interest in 2 . So I did. The first 3 was to raise money for marketing competitions later in the year by selling candles. Mrs. Tolman said the money was due in a week and that 40 percent of the 4 would go into my personal account. At the beginning, I tried to sell some candles to my host mom. She said that if I could show 5 and do a wonderful sales presentation, she would certainly buy some. I started my 6 with a firm handshake. Then I introduced all the different kinds of candles and the special sales I could offer and 7 her that our candles were the best choice for gifts and home decorations. Finally she bought three candles. Greatly 8 I decided to sell my candles around the neighborhood. On Saturday morning, with great courage, I knocked all the door of my first potential 9 . "I'm a student at Skyline High School and we are 10 money for DECA, I'm trying to sell…" "Not today, sorry," the man 11 me and shut the door. Embarrassed, I walked away and encouraged myself the 12 thing that might happen was being refused like that again. I couldn't even count how many times I was 13 with reasons like "Not today", "I don't have any 14 money right now" or "I just bought some". 15 , I had to continue with the day. 16 , a woman kindly bought nearly $60 worth of candles. I couldn't even hide my 17 and said, "Thank you very much" to her with a bow. After a 18 hard work, I turned in $408 worth of sales of candles, which gave me $163 in my own account. I was 19 to find out I was the second highest seller in all classes. It was my first time working as a sales person. This experience let me know that 20 difficulties was only wasting time and a barrier in my way to success. | ||||
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