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by bigred100 2376 days ago
“ 1. Start lifting weights and training Brazilian jiu-jitsu.”

Are people more likely to buy if they’re afraid you’ll attack them or something?

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Of course not, and learning BJJ has nothing to do with attacking people.
Why would learning BJJ help in sales?
Why would learning BJJ help in sales?

It probably wouldn't. But that isn't the question here. Look at what the OP wrote:

I'm shy and I feel weird talking to people, looking into their eyes. Talking to a group of people will make my voice shaking and I feel inferior and less confident whenever I talk to people

That isn't a sales problem, that's a basic, fundamental issue of confidence, self-assurance, "frame of mind", or whatever you want to call it. If you can't even look at people and talk to them, you're not "doing sales" yet.

What weight-lifting and jiu-jitsu can help with, in my (admittedly anecdotal) experience, is that "confidence, self-assurance, etc." stuff. The stuff that's a prerequisite before even getting to the actual sales part.

Since I don’t live in a dangerous area or work as an MMA fighter that stuff wouldn’t help me. Frankly my opinion of what’s scary about people is self-centeredness, social connections, whether they have willingness to throw me under the bus for their benefit, etc. No help from jiu-jitsu unless it makes them bond with you. Or maybe a (my opinion) small but noticeable positive benefit looking athletic can give you.