Monotonous

It was interesting for about six months then redundant and monotonous.

The Protestant lectionary follows a three year cycle. For a new minister the first time through the lectionary is interesting. Choosing from new ok’d epistles or psalm

My first job post chaplain was doing marketing for the same company. It is by far the largest integrated health system in utah so there wasn’t really a lot of sales. It was a diplomatic position.

My colleagues were all young 30’s return mormon missionaries except for one female clinical nurse liaison that quit shortly after I arrived.

My former supervisor left to join a hospice company and I decided to follow her. This was a true sales position. Quotas bonuses sink or swim. I came at the right time and was graciously given all the top producing accounts as my own. That is a secret with sales. There seldom is a true alchemical rain maker in sales. If you are expected to cold call your way to glory you are more likely to wash out than succeed.

Because I had producing accounts and a good staff that basically generated the business I was seen as a success. I parlayed that into being an executive director and moving to operations because sales suck