No excuses
Daniel Petty doesn’t make excuses. He makes sales. The 23-year-old Edmonton, Alberta resident lost his vision in a horrific auto accident five years ago. But that hasn’t stopped him from becoming one of Vector Marketing Canada’s top sales representatives. He recently placed third overall in the ...
How To Ask For What You Want
Next month, children all across the country will have no problem walking up to front doors, ringing the bell, and excitedly yelling “trick or treat”. They want candy, and they have no qualms asking for it! In fact, most young kids aren’t afraid of asking for what they want on a daily basis, even ...
4 Keys to Effective Teamwork
If you are athletic and grew up playing a lot of organized sports, or if you were involved in your school’s student council, or theatre productions, you already may be very familiar with group dynamics and working on a team; however if you didn’t, working on a team may be somewhat new to you. I ...
The Realization of Opportunity
Something that's troubled me for some time. But has been brought to light. I used to see Vector as something that is difficult and draining, that leaves me exhausted at the end of the day and sometimes leaving me feeling like a failure. But in my sociology class It has come to my attention that ...
Tis the season for giving!
The holidays are here, and everybody is in the spirit of giving back. But what does giving back really mean to you? There are many wonderful people in the world who do so much to help out others in need, but the sad reality is there are many people who look out for themselves with little thought ...
The Summer That Changed Everything
How many times have we heard the phrase “If you work hard enough, you can achieve anything” and thought that’s just something people say, but not something that is actually true? Probably a lot. Throughout our lives there are limits placed on our potential for success, whether by external forces ...
Becoming the Strongest Version of Yourself
We all have bad days, weeks, months, and for some, even years. Different streams of pain whether it be from death, to heartbreak, to life changing catastrophes, can throw even the most optimistic of us into a state of constant dwelling and turmoil. The challenge is what you will do in these ...
Don't let failing be the last thing you do
After failing comes success. After massive failure, comes massive success, if you let it… My biggest lesson in failure came after working with Vector Marketing for a couple of years. Throughout my time with the company, I had always just been your average rep and manager. I would win some ...
It's good to push yourself, but don't lose track of all you've accomplished along the way!
I haven't really had a chance to reflect this summer, until I went camping over the long weekend - with Shandra, a great friend I've met at Vector. I haven't hit a lot of the goals I set for myself this summer, and after months of feeling like I a failure, it took me 8 pages of writing in my ...
