Sales: the Job Nobody Dreams of – a conversation with the author Bill Becker

06 Nov 2025 • 26 min • EN
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Inside the greatest career you didn't know about that can help you fulfil your lifestyle aspirations like no other career. Bill Becker is a career sales person who advocates for the professionalisation of careers in sales. In this episode of The Independent Minds Bill explains to host Michael Millward how misunderstandings about the role of sales leads to negative perceptions of sales people amongst none sales people (customers). Bill explains what makes a sales person a professional and how following that approach makes happy customers and successful sales people. You will leave this episode with a wider understanding of the sales profession and how to be sold to. More information about Bill Becker and Michael Millward is available at abeceder. Audience Offers Audience Offers – listings include links that may create a small commission for The Independent Minds Buy The Job Nobody Dreams of on Amazon The Independent Minds is made on Zencastr, because as the all-in-one podcasting platform, Zencastr really does make creating content so easy. If you would like to try podcasting using Zencastr visit zencastr.com/pricing and use our offer code ABECEDER. Travel With discounted membership of the Ultimate Travel Club, you can travel anywhere at trade prices on flights, hotels, trains, and many more travel related purchases. Fit For Work We recommend The Annual Health Test from York Test; a 39-health marker Annual Health Test conducted by an experienced phlebotomist with hospital standard tests carried out in a UKAS-accredited and CQC-compliant laboratory. A secure Personal Wellness Hub provides easy-to-understand results and lifestyle guidance Visit York Test and use this discount code MIND25. Visit Three for information about business and personal telecom solutions from Three, and the special offers available when you quote my referral code WPFNUQHU. Being a Guest We recommend the podcasting guest training programmes available from Work Place Learning Centre. We use Matchmaker.fm to connect with potential guests If you are a podcaster looking for interesting guests or if you have something interesting to say Matchmaker.fm is where great guests and great hosts are matched and great podcasts are hatched. Use our offer code MILW10 for a discount on membership. We appreciate every like, download, and subscriber. Thank you for listening.

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