{"id":363,"date":"2006-10-12T14:25:50","date_gmt":"2006-10-12T19:25:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/?p=363"},"modified":"2006-12-21T09:38:46","modified_gmt":"2006-12-21T15:38:46","slug":"sales-aptitudes-series-self-starting-ability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2006\/10\/sales-aptitudes-series-self-starting-ability\/","title":{"rendered":"Sales Traits Series &#8211; Self-Starting Ability"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There may be no more popular buzzword in employment articles today than &#8220;self starter.&#8221; The majority of ads list this trait as required for the position. We can objectively measure it.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#ff8000\"><strong>Self-Starting Ability<\/strong><\/font><br \/>\nA measure of a person&#8217;s ability to initiate tasks in order to fulfill responsibilities and commitments along with the degree to which a person will maintain that ability in the face of adversity.<\/p>\n<p>A salesperson with strength in this capacity is adept at synchronizing their internal drivers (e.g., level of initiative, persistence, goal focus, etc.) and directing these combined abilities toward a common goal or task. They are also capable of marshalling these strengths on their own without external supervision or motivation.<\/p>\n<p>A salesperson with weakness tends to require greater external influence to accomplish their goals or become distracted from the target more easily than someone with a strong aptitude.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There may be no more popular buzzword in employment articles today than &#8220;self starter.&#8221; The majority of ads list this trait as required for the position. We can objectively measure it. Self-Starting Ability A measure of a person&#8217;s ability to initiate tasks in order to fulfill responsibilities and commitments along with the degree to which a person will maintain that ability in the face of adversity. A salesperson with strength in this capacity is adept at synchronizing their internal drivers (e.g., level of initiative, persistence, goal focus, etc.) and directing these combined abilities toward a common goal or task. They are also capable of marshalling these strengths on their own&hellip; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2006\/10\/sales-aptitudes-series-self-starting-ability\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"bgseo_title":"","bgseo_description":"","bgseo_robots_index":"","bgseo_robots_follow":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[21,6,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aptitudes","category-assessing","category-hiring-salespeople"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5Oho-5R","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":487,"url":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2006\/12\/sales-traits-series-initiative\/","url_meta":{"origin":363,"position":0},"title":"Sales Traits Series &#8211; Initiative","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"December 7, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"We've defined Self-Starting Ability in a previous post - now let's define a similar, but still different sales trait that is crucial in any role. 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