Production vs. Sales

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My job is in sales. And as such I have but one primary task, and that is to generate money for the company I work for. That's it in a nutshell. Unlike when I was in manufacturing, every minute there counted. It mattered. If machines stop and things are not produced, the money stops generating because something is not being made that can be sold. Sales is not like that. I may be in the office roughly 9 hours a day. But my job is not such that it requires being 'absolutely productive' for the entire 9 hours. So long as my productivity produces the right amount of sales in a day, regardless of how the time is necessarily spent throughout the day, I have essentially done my job. Whereas in manufacturing and retail and jobs like that, every minute requires specific tasks to generate the desired result for the employer to make money to pay you, in sales it is different. The day does not require specific tasks. It requires targeted and focused activities. The thing I do enjoy about it is that it makes the day more flexible. And so long as I accomplish the primary goal, which is to generate money for the company through sales... You are pretty much left alone. In sales it is the dollar amount that matters. Not the time spent generating it.