Episodes

When’s the last time you took responsibility over everything in your life? That’s a heavy one right, but it’s one to really take time to reflect and consider. Many times people relate fault with responsibility. Think, “Who’s...

“Video is structural, not cyclical.” says my guest Patrick Frank Author of the book, “Zoom Out. The Video First Playbook.” There’s no question that video is not going away but while we acknowledge that it is here to stay, we ...

TSL let's goooo! One of my favorite quotes is by Elanor Roosevelt, "Do what you cannot do." You'll develop strength, character, confidence, and belief if you do. Fail and benefit in 4 ways! How rewarding is that! Today I'll s...

What does it mean to get 1% better every day? I believe in the idea, but do I just show up and "do a little better?" Today, I'll show you how to take the idea of 1% daily improvement and put it into practice using the Lead/La...

Coaches have a 2-minute drill or hurry-up offense where they create worst-case situations and coach their players to achieve best-case outcomes …a win. Today you are going to learn how to use “worst case” scenarios to achieve...

If you're thinking about getting into sales, in a sales funk, or want to develop the life skills of selling to have more, do more, and be more, this episode is for you. Today is my privilege to bring to you David Perry, autho...

Wow! What a time to be alive! Seriously. Disruption is all around us. There's the word technology...but then you've got cryptocurrency, NFT, AI, and VR. There's so much disruption in fact that companies are changing their nam...

Empty hands are due to a full mind. Good or bad. Right or wrong. In your control or out of your control, empty your mind out. Play empty-minded, not absent-minded. In today's episode, you'll learn the cadence that I use when...

Today Airbnb is used as both a noun and a verb. ("Let's Airbnb it!) But 10 years ago it sounded like the craziest idea ever. Imagine someone wanting you to invest in a business that rented a room or a fully furnished house to...

You wouldn't want to win all of the time. I know it sounds crazy, but think about it. If you won every time, what would you be grateful for? If you always finished first, what would challenge you to push higher? Diversity cr...

Where were you in 2009? At the height of the financial crises, a company's stock price valued at $60/share sunk to less than $1. In a panic, many people liquidated their stocks and PERMANENTLY locked in their losses. If they'...

There is not a soul on this earth that hasn't freaked out or panicked. Many of those moments we are not proud of. How you handle yourself next time is dependent on what you learned from the situations before. Think of success...

There are some things in your life that you cannot put a dollar value on it. The Sales Life Podcast is that for me. Even though I've invested thousands of hours into creating nearly 700 episodes, monetarily, I've got little t...

Guitar gurus say, "Tone is in your fingers." I could buy the guitar and equipment that Eddie Van Halen had, but I'm still going to sound like me. On the flip side, Eddie Van Halen can buy a guitar at a garage sale and still s...

Early in my management career, I was told, "You can't teach decision making." That never sat well with me because babies aren't born good decision-makers , but as we grew older, we stopped making decisions because we quickly ...

Isn't there more to your life than doing only what you're "supposed to do?" You're supposed to get to work on time, pay bills, and be a full-time mom, but is that all? What if my life goes off the rails? Am I "supposed to" ge...

Celebrity Trainer Dolvett Quince's method to generate massive weight loss in those he trained on the TV show, The Biggest Loser was to give them "glimpses of potential." Coaching them to a final result seemed too hard, so ins...

What if I told you that saying no to your customers would add trust, reduce your stress, increase your confidence, and help solidify future business? A large reason people don't like salespeople is that they don't follow thro...

If everybody has the same amount of time in a day, then haven't you achieved more? Why aren't you in better shape? Why haven't you become an expert in your field or started that business? You'd probably say, "There's just not...

One of the joyous/depressing moments as a creative is 1) Releasing an episode 😄& 2) You have 6 days to create a new one. 😫But In this episode, I'll explain how shorter feedback loops are key in mastering your craft. Takeaways...

You don't have to be David Goggins-like to be disciplined. Discipline means "improvement." That's it! So no more excuses of, "I'm not disciplined enough." Here's a quick rule for you when you're struggling with a choice: "If ...

It's impossible to live a burden-free life, but it is possible to have fewer burdened moments. Think about how many burdens we impose in our own lives by pre-judging how moments are going to negatively turn out? Instead of wa...

You probably don't have to think back very long or hard of a time when you were supposed to get off early, yet stayed until close, only to NOT make a sale :( Or the times when you came in on your day off only to get a text ho...

My daughter's drawings suck! Her words, not mine. Like any proud dad, I hang her drawings up in my office. When I came home from work the other night, she told me how embarrassed she was of the drawing hanging in my office. T...