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title: 5X — The Shark Of Sales
description: No matter how good you are, you’ll never close every deal your working on. Some just aren’t a good fit at all. That’s why you should have 5X your weekly/monthly/yearly goal when it comes to closures. The national average for closing is 20%, so if you stick with the 5X rule, you’ll never fall behind
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# [5X — The Shark Of Sales](https://rforrest.com/sales-blog/2019/4/29/equcwy2zxkqvs5jp5nif93zoi9gjy1)

 Written by [Ryan Forrest](https://rforrest.com/sales-blog/author/ryan-forrest) | Jan 29, 2023 8:04:53 PM

No matter how good you are, you’ll never close every deal your working on. Some just aren’t a good fit at all. That’s why you should have 5X your weekly/monthly/yearly goal when it comes to closures. The national average for closing is 20%, so if you stick with the 5X rule, you’ll never fall behind (with the right training, quality of accounts, etc.). Go add a few more deals to the pipeline this week!

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