In the operating room tomorrow, wish me luck!!!

That’s right.  The time has finally come.  It was a tough decision, one that could have life changing effect.  IF all goes well,  then, I might slip by the system and never hear about it again.  If there are complications, I might lose everything that is dear to me.  The operation is a splenectomy(removal of the spleen).  

I have never performed one but I thought I would show up, wash my hands properly, walk in the surgery block, don one of those green suits, the mask, have another doctor put the gloves on, read some screens in the operating room and do it.  Just do it.

It almost sounds as if I know what I am doing.  Clearly now, joke over, I am not operating on someone tomorrow.  I am also not operating on anyone tomorrow.  And there are many reasons why.  The first one – I have no training, no experience, no knowledge, no accreditation …and this is to start.  I haven’t written any tests or gone to any schools to learn the science.  So I can’t walk in a hospital and be a surgeon tomorrow.  Darn.  Wait. I am not a doctor.

I can, however,  be a salesman tomorrow.  No experience needed, no training needed, no barrier to entry!!! Unlike many professions, sales is one that you can just decide on Wednesday night to start selling Thursday morning and the only question you will get is “Great – and what made you decide to come into sales?”.  The sales profession needs to be more aware of its perception in the marketplace.  There needs to be ways for clients to decipher the charlatans from the professionals.  A client shouldn’t have to be involved in a 6 month sales cycle to know a good sales professional from a “learning on the job professional at something else” candidate.  Anyone knows of a rating systems for sales professionals???