Our CEO’s negotiating tactics are quite unique
I just redefined “Do whatever it takes (within reason) to get the deal done! I didn’t sell my soul. Or give away my first born. But I did give away one of my paintings. When I stepped down at 6sense I had a lot of energy to release. Lets just leave it at that. Some turn to drugs or alcohol and I turned to a paint brush and canvas. I had not painted since high school. My mom always wanted me to be an artist. But probably because she wanted that, I had to rebel. And never took it up. But somehow my soul told me I needed to buy 15 HUGE canvass and 40 bottles of paint and release my emotions. I would paint before and after work and weekends… and if I’m being honest I painted through the transition. I’d be on zoom calls, turn the camera off and paint while negotiating deals for 6sense. I found myself paining women's faces and women's bodies. I guess I had to release some feminine energy.. no clue! But now 5 years later, I have 15 of these pieces in corners of my house. 4 of them in my office and make for great opening Zoom small talk. That and my dog-sized Main Coon cats. I am a dog person with 3 cats. I’ll share that story another day. When negotiating the Drift /Salesloft deal , Steve Cox said “please put one of your painting in the the contract and you have yourself a deal." He wasn’t kidding. So I part ways with this beauty this week. Whatever it takes! And glad it is going to a good home. :)