Author: Steve Ainslie

On my 2nd day of work as “Technical Sales Guy” at the advertising agency, my boss and I arrived at our client’s office and were escorted into a huge boardroom full of VP’s who had flown in from all over the country for this meeting. When all 30 people turned to stare at us, I wanted to…

A few years ago I was working a trade show in New Orleans and decided to visit the casino since I’d never been in one before.  I know how to play Blackjack so I stepped up to play at a $5 per hand table. Within 30 seconds I had lost $20. (Apparently I am not like everybody…

In high school, I set a personal goal to graduate as Valedictorian. Our class ranking was based on GPA. I set my sights on attaining a perfect 4.0 GPA.   But alas, I was not very athletic nor artistic. In my first 2 years, I earned a couple of B’s in Gym and Art. I graduated as Valedictorian…

2 years ago, I signed up for an online training program from GMB Fitness. At the time, I had no plans to change my high-intensity crossfit training routine. I just wanted to learn how to do handstand pushups and to move a bit more fluidly. When I signed up for the course, GMB surprised me by…

Before I launched Inside Sales Dude almost a year ago, I was contacted by a CEO who wanted to hire me as his VP of Sales.  We had an in-depth discussion about his business, his need for a structured sales organization and his revenue projections. Although we had an interesting discussion, at the end of…

Late yesterday afternoon I was mowing the lawn when suddenly I was surrounded by 2 giant dogs. One flopped onto my foot so I would scratch his belly while to other jumped up to put his paws on my shoulders and lick my face. I herded the dogs into my garage so I could check…

When I was in grade school, we had fundraisers which required each kid to sell a minimum allotment of stuff in order to fund field trips, school programs, and clubs.  Usually we had to sell candy bars. I was terrible at this. I’d trudge from house-to-house after school, knocking on doors and asking people to buy….

I’ve been hired as a rep 8 times, a manager 5 times and received at least twice that many offers that I’ve turned down. Contrary to conventional wisdom, only once did I have an inside “connection” who helped me get an interview. I never brought a “rolodex of C-level contacts”.  Sometimes, I was even entering an…

Over the last few years, I’ve put on a few extra pounds that I’d like to lose. Despite my best efforts at exercising like a lunatic, I’ve learned that I cannot “outrun a Twinkie”. So I spent the last several months reading about different diet & exercise plans. I’ve read about Paleo, Primal, Keto and…

A long time ago in a land far away, I was suckered into being the Little League Coach for my son’s team. Although I was new to coaching and was an awful baseball player myself, I did one thing right – I assigned our best players to the best positions.