Patience, Persistence and Positive Attitude!
Posted by Mush Panjwani on March 30, 2009
One of Sara’s odd jobs is to sell FM radios at Rugby matches around London. The company pays a fixed allowance of GBP40 for selling a minimum of 100 and additional commission for everything over. Last weekend Sara had a good earning of 50 pounds, but then she lost her bag at a shopping mall with all the earning and other valuables. That’s like losing a quarter of your monthly paycheck! She was obviously quite depressed, but only for a little while, until somebody reminded here that there was nothing in that bag that couldn’t be replaced. She hoped for another Rugby match to make up for the loss.
This weekend, the group was taken to a small Rugby match in Coventry. The company didn’t expect to sell many, so they offered a commission of 1 pound per radio – no fixed allowance, no minimum target. There were about 15 students in the group and everyone thought they’d be lucky if they sold 20. That’s what the company expected too. But Sara saw a real opportunity and aimed to sell 50. Just before they arrived at the venue, the weather turned nasty – rain, hail, snow and all! The turnout of the spectators was very low; nobody wanted to listen to a student trying to sell a 5-pound radio; the sellers were freezing with cold! The group ended up selling about 300 pieces, as opposed to a 1000 at regular matches. But Sara had sold 67 of these! That means the rest of the group had averaged 15 pieces each. This was perhaps the first time the company had paid a commission of 67 pounds to an individual at a match in Coventry! We can learn quite a bit from this 22-year old student.
Please feel free to leave your comments for Sara right here.
Sarah Vakil said
What an amzing job Sara….Positive attitude in one’s life can bring some great changes. Keep up the high spirits.
Wish U all the best!
Love
Sarah
Kaneez Fathima & Akber Ali Abedi said
Salam alaikom.
It’s amazing ! If there is will there is a success. Keep it up.
Salams n duas
Kaneez Fathima
Mohsin said
hey sara:)
That is really inspirational.. and absolutely, ‘selling’ is inborn skill in Mush’s children. There hamza did excellent job in UAE and so did u in London! Truly amazing!;)
Miss u
sara said
hahaha! yes selling and persistence really dus run in the family! and i’m surprised at how many people have left such inspiring and wonderful comments!!
it’s made my day better! 
hmz said
well done dudette – i guess it’s official, selling runs in the family blood.
Mush said
Dear MarytheRapunzel, Sara is my dear daughter! Thanks for visiting the blog.
Sadaf said
Persistence is omnipotent! Keep it up Sara.
MarytheRapunzel said
its really a WOW post about Sara, but who is Sara?
May God bless U Sara – keep it up!
Syed Naqi said
Dearest Sara – Excellent news. We firmly believe in “if no one can, Sara will”. I guarantee a real bright future, Inshallah. Love. Naqi uncle.
Ali Jawad lakhani said
Very impressive sara!! atlast u’ve learned some skills…hamza would be very proud of u..;)
keep up the spirit!! there are so many people who can buy u a new bag..:P so dont worry..
take care
Zain said
I must say WOW on Sara’s capabilities!
Good Shot and I hope you achieve more in the next match.
Abul & Chandi said
Well done Sara,
it is an inspiring incident and the way you handled is making us proud and believe that no doubt you r determined like your father..
We are proud of you.
Abul Hassan & Chundi Aunti
Hussain Lakhani said
Heya Sis.!!! Great work! simply WOW…!!! take care and keep going
With lots & lots of Prayers…
Hussain Lakhani.
Mashu said
hi sara my dear sister,
you are a hard-worker!!
i love u my sister!,
mashal
Shiba Aunty said
Wow Sara!
Well done! We are so proud.
love,
Shiba Aunty & Kazim Uncle
Sara said
hiii!! thank u everyone for the comments!:) it was a veryyy tiring day but definitely worth it in the end! hehe i want more commission based rugby matches now!
missing u alll and hope to see you soooon inshallah!
Salma said
Dear Sara, I’m proud of u! keep it up. love u
Abbas & Waseem said
Well done sarah, keep up the spirits and good work. u make us proud!!!!!
Duas, Abbas uncle & Waseem Aunty
Ryan said
Hi,
Very nice blog
Persistence always wins out. Success is always preceded by the persistence test.
Ryan
Masood said
Salaams Sara, Nice to hear of your success and hope that you were able to recover most of the contents for your new bag. Best wishes, Masood
Rana Rizvi said
Hi Sara!
Is that our Champ from HK? Well Done! Keep it up. Lov, Rana Aunty