Pinks Mag 003

MARCO
ROBINSON
Marco?s childhood was traumatic; at 2 years old, his mum left his dad, due to his addiction
to gambling. Every week his mum would have to work four jobs just to pay the bills and
put food on the table while his dad blew his salary on gambling. Marco and his mum
would regularly move between towns and schools, and not really make any friends. They
even had to sleep in the park at times to survive. Then his mum entered a relationship in
the hope there would be stability. Unfortunately, it regularly turned violent and abusive
and they were on the road again. Marco didn?t have any much schooling and left his last
school at 16, getting a cleaning job and shared a friend?s house to survive. His mum found
the right guy eventually, but through all his struggles as a kid, he knew he was the only
person who could take responsibility for his own life.
He moved from job to job, eventually settling in direct sales, but he was the worst
salesperson as he simply had no confidence at all. One day the company?s top salesman
said to him, ?You have something inside of you, some fire, you have real talent, you can?t
see it, I do. I want you to read this book I read that helped me overcome my fears, but tell
no-one, just read it and read it again until you get the message.? Marco read the book 8
times and became salesperson of the year. He had so much confidence, he told his first
clients he was going to sell them timeshare, to which they declined. Four hours later, they
bought and handed over $10,000. Marco was shocked to the core and asked his buyers
why they bought from him, which they replied that they saw that he believed in the
product, so they wanted it. He never forgot that moment.
He went on to succeed, but not without tremendous struggle and hardship. Although he
reached the top of the corporate ladder, he lost his job and struggled to become an
entrepreneur with failure after failure. His 15-year marriage failed even though he has
two beautiful children who were doing well. He left his wife after trying many times to
save his marriage and all he had was a 20 year old Volvo and an old laptop. He wrote a
book about his life, ?Close the Deal & Suddenly Grow Rich?, which became a #1 bestseller
and he was again shocked to the core. He wrote it based on his past success as a
salesperson and selling a billion dollars?worth of products in 10 years.