Your weekly dose of Alluviance!
Most of us didn’t get into sales because we were on some higher quest for meaning. If we’re honest, we got into it because someone said, "You can make a lot of money doing this."
And they weren’t wrong.
More deals, more pipeline, bigger quotas. That hustle is the engine of sales. It’s what drives careers, opens doors, and pays the bills. And yet... the same system that rewards the hustle often tricks us into believing that "more" is the answer to everything.
The next commission check.
The next title.
The next big win.
Until one day, you wake up realizing that "more" feels empty. You’re doing all the right things, but something’s off. The victories don’t hit like they used to, and you’re asking yourself a quiet, unnerving question: "Why doesn’t this feel as good as I thought it would?"
I’ve been there. Standing at the top of the metaphorical scoreboard and still feeling… disconnected. That’s when I realized: the problem wasn’t the hustle itself. It was what I was building. Or more precisely, what I wasn't building.
Chasing more will burn you out. But. Building something that matters? That fuels you.
**When you stop running toward the next thing and start building