Just then the salesman's wife heard a key in the front door. Her husband had arrived home unexpectedly. She said to her lover: "Quick, hide in behind the TV!"
So the TV repairman hid behind the TV while the husband sat down to watch the football game. After ten minutes, it became so hot and uncomfortable behind the television that the lover stood up and walked straight past the salesman and out the front door.
The salesman turned to his long-suffering wife and said: "Hey, honey, I didn't see the referee send that guy off the field, did you catch what happened there?"
Moral of the story. True sales professionals know that in order to succeed at sales they need to make the most of their spare time. Catching a game live, with friends or business acquaintances, can be considered networking. Sitting at home, by yourself, is doing nothing to advance your career. Unless of course you aspire to become a career couch potato, or career-less couch potato, whichever comes first!
"When you're young you look at television and think, there's a conspiracy. The networks have conspired to dumb us down. But when you get a little older, you realize that's not true. The networks are in business to give people exactly what they want."
- Steve Jobs
