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March 22, 2018

#150 The unfinished work of completion

In his book “Da Vinci” Walter Isaacson writes that maybe the reason why Leonardo Da Vinci died with many of his works unfinished was bc he was always improving on his techniques...& I’ll go with that thought, but I have conflicting feelings on this thought as well. In today’s episode, yes I agree that maybe we should look at our lives as unfinished- ever improving works of art...but maybe Da Vinci wouldn’t mark his paintings as completed ...maybe we stay at a job, entangled in a toxic relationsh...
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March 21, 2018

#149 3 Sales Tips

Today’s episode are 3 sales tips for those of us banging in the sales industry. Even if your not in the sales profession, you’re in the Sales Industry of Life- you’ll find some useful tips in here that you can use in every day life. Tip #1: Don’t remind your customer what the don’t want to do Tip#2 Don’t ever quit on your customer & Tip #3 Don’t accept limits as fate👉👉Let me know what you think @ thesaleslife1@gmail.com or @marshbuice on Twitter. Thanks for listening, subscribing, & sharing with...
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March 20, 2018

#148 Small things are all things

Michael Gervais has a good podcast I listen to callled “Finding Mastery” & he has a saying, “How you do the small things is how you do all things.” It’s one of those catchy sayings but is sooo true. Today’s episode challenges you to think about all of the small things- the sleights we ignore, but we could do quickly, productively. 👉👉Thanks for checking out the podcast. Subscribe and share with those you feel could benefit. Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/marshbuice/message
145
March 17, 2018

#147 What’s one thing?

After losing around 70 lbs 5 yrs ago (& kept it off) I have people ask me all the time how I did It. And I would tell them...too much. I tried to tell them the years of tweaking and adjustments in just 10 minutes & would overwhelm them. So now when I share my story I ask them “What’s the one thing you can do right now that won’t disrupt everything else you’re already doing now?” This habit graduating technique (See jamesclear.com for more on Habit Graduating) works in any area of your Life where...
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March 16, 2018

#146 3+3 = Me

Besides “I love you” 3 of the most important & underutilized words you can genuinely say are “I don’t know” & “I messed up” ..we don’t use them enough especially in positions of leadership. Today’s episode is about the value & benefit of using those 3 words more effectively in leadership both on and off the clock. 👉👉Thanks for listening & please subscribe & share with others who could use the words. We’re all in this “thang” together👉👉Remember I’m @ thesaleslife1@gmail.com Send in a voice messa...
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March 15, 2018

#145 How I get & read books

I love love love to read but I get it most people don’t...we don’t like to read bc we’re slow readers & we’re crunched for time. Taking both of those reasons and adding a 3rd- my change is strange & my money is funny, here are 10 tips I use to get and consume books...none of those should be a reason any longer to not read. Btw I didn’t read my first book until I was 25 yrs old so it’s never too late. 👉👉Thanks for listening, subscribing, & sharing. 💯 Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ma...
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March 14, 2018

#144 The 9 Basic Human Needs

While working a deal I needed a salesperson to go get some more paperwork from his customer & after outlining what I need he just stared at me and asked if I was going to go do it? The old me-when I was a new mgr would’ve blown up thinking that the sp was being soft...but that wasn’t the case...in reading “The Coaching Habit” by Michael Bungay Stainer he wrote of the 9 Basic Human Needs: Affection, Creation, Recreation, Freedom, Identity, Understanding, Participation, Protection, & Subsistence (...
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March 13, 2018

#143 Dear World 🌍...

A letter written at the end of Harold Kushner’s book “9 Essential Things I Learned About Life” that we can all relate to. (Find the letter on marshbuice.com) Much love ❤️ & thanks for listening 👉👉For comments or show suggestions please email me @ Thesaleslife1@gmail.com Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/marshbuice/message
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March 12, 2018

#142 The Two Yous

I like buying old, used books bc I like to see what others have highlighted as importance in their personal journey of Life. This book I found was given as a gift in 1969 and in it I found a passage from Earl Nightingale. He said that in reality every person is two persons...the person he is today and the person he can be tomorrow. Listen to hear how Nightingale describes on how we can narrow the gap between the two persons -not only for ourselves but for others as well. Pay it forward today. 👉👉...
139
March 10, 2018

#141 Be that guy

On my day off I go to hang out with a buddy @ work who is a rising up & comer. I mean he’s going places & he’s quick to tell you where he’s going and what he’s done. Being with him at work was a great reminder for me...yes you may be able to put up some profit but there are many many other things that others can profit from you if you’d just be “That Guy” 👉👉Thanks so much for listening...if you like what you hear would you subscribe to the podcast & help get the word out by sharing with others w...
138
March 9, 2018

#140 Pt 2 Counters to the 5 regrets of the dying

Episode 139 & today are the “5 Regrets of the Dying” ...this article turned book chronicled one’s final days ...their “shoulda” moments. (I pegged all 5 regrets) We end today with the final 2 regrets and the counters to those regrets thanks to Dan & Chip Heath’s book “The Power Of Moments.” These Counters will help you build & maximize your moments & minimize your regrets. 👉👉Thank you for listening 👉👉I’m @ thesaleslife1@gmail.com Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/marshbuice/message
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March 8, 2018

#139 (Pt 1) Counters to the 5 regrets of the dying

Bronnie Ware wrote an article that later went on to become a book “5 Regrets Of The Dying” that laid out the regrets of those she sat w/ in their final days. In the book “The Power Of Moments” brothers Chip & Dan Heath counter these regrets by saying here are the regrets & here’s how not to live (& die) with those regrets. 👉👉A really good, meaningful episode that I hope you get some use from. My hand’s raised on all 5 of these regrets. The Heath’s book really shared some insight on how to live w...
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March 7, 2018

#138 You’re w-w-welcome

Like 1,237,314 other parents I didn’t feel like cooking so I stopped and grabbed the kids something from McDonald’s & the guy taking my order stuttered. I was amazed- I know what it’s like to stutter bc I used to as well (bad)...& here he is having to work the drive thru! When I asked him why did they put him in the drive thru he told me, “They didn’t put me here-I asked to be put here...” Today’s episode is a challenge to take the path of most resistance instead of least. Seeing how he handled ...
135
March 6, 2018

#137 Don’t be a ticker watcher

There are many times I’ll record the podcast & then read something later that I wish I would’ve added with a “Oh by the way” segment. After yesterday’s episode of pulling the emotion out of a decision you’re about to make & getting back on track when you do screw up, I was reading retired poker player Annie Dukes book “Thinking In Bets” & she uses a 10-10-10 rule to make better decisions by putting the regret in front of the decision...how many times would be want a do over in certain situations...
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March 5, 2018

#136 Stop the bleeding

This lady grabbed a handful of complimentary donuts 🍩 justifying it by saying “I know I shouldn’t but didn’t eat breakfast this morning!” ...and I’m not judging I did it just the other day by eating a half bag of nachos & chili . ...why do we do things KNOWING it’s only going to make things worse? Knowing we’re going to beat ourselves up continuously afterward. Today’s episode is about Acceptance of the Exception...what to do when you feel the pull of emotions to give consent to making a poor de...
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March 3, 2018

#135 Practice makes..your practice

Anders Ericsson has the “10,000 hour rule” which was made popular by Malcolm Gladwell’s book “Outliers” & the idea is to be world class at something you’ve got to deliberately practice 10k hours. We all agree that to gain an advantage & move up in Life you must practice...but do you practice being dumped..divorced..bankrupt..being passed over or stabbed in the back...we damn sure don’t want 10,000 hours of disaster but the question is when tough, altering moments ensure how do you practice bc li...
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March 2, 2018

#134 Your Freedumb Awaits

You know when we hear the word “dumb” we think of stupid, but dumb has many meanings including “simpler” as in dumbed down. Today’s episode is about taking the free, subtle things that exist around you..things you can do right now to simplify your life while inching forward. Your Freedumb awaits- build your own list and get after it!✌️ Show notes: Freedumb Tip #1: Podcasts: I learn more from podcasts than I do from reading. Hit the search bar in your podcast app and search for your favorite spea...
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March 1, 2018

#133 Oh I’m needy alright

So the month ends...so a new month begins. So goes the Life of a salesperson & being you & I are selling our way through Life- I’m taking to you (& me). A couple of weeks ago a salesperson was having a rough go of the month telling me he NEEDed to make a certain amount to pull his month out...we talked about some things and he got it together and made his month...but once he got it he let up. Today’s episode is talking about working from a “Need” mindset all month long ...not just when you’re in...
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Feb. 28, 2018

#132 Do Do It 💩

We get to these crossroads in Life...these pivot points where we have to make a decision to go left, right, forward...or just turn around and go back and start over. We get to these intersections & have to make a decision & many of our decisions we Do Do It. 👉👉Thanks so much for your support in listening & sharing this podcast. Please share your thoughts & feedback at thesaleslife1@gmail.com & if you’d jump over and rate the show I’d appreciate it too. Rating it will help get the word out to oth...
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Feb. 27, 2018

#131 Take the Hit not the Loss

Many of us- me included place a large % of our identity on what we do at work...others of us are so stuck up our kid’s butts people don’t know where the kid ends and the parent begins. But what happens when that what you have so much stock- so much invested in goes awry? Today’s episode challenges you to re-diversify your identities. (Identities I said not multiple personalities 😬) 👉👉I hope you’re getting some use out of these podcasts👉👉Please take a minute to rate &/or review the show as well a...
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Feb. 26, 2018

#130 Make it "Easy"

Takeru Kobayashi is a Japanese competitor who came on the scene by winning the Nathan’s Coney Island Hot Dog 🌭 Eating Contest. He blew up the previous record- doubling the results by asking the question how can make eating hot dogs “easier.” Easy tends to have a negative connotation when it comes to making strides of accomplishments- we think to do something worthwhile it’s gotta be grueling..that’s just not the case. Sometimes great results are found in the way we ask the questions. 👉👉👉Thanks f...
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Feb. 24, 2018

#129 The Equipment Manager 🏈

Pop was a crude ass equipment manager I had while playing football @ McNeese State- as a freshman he would cuss you out if you tried to get new equipment...but he got nicer to you as the years went by. My junior year I wanted a pair of gloves (for fashion) but Pop wouldn’t buy them & when I pressed him he told me “Son my only job is to equip you so that you have a fighting chance to win & whatever the hell I give you, you go out there & fight to win...” 👉👉Today’s eppy: You are the equipment mana...
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Feb. 23, 2018

#128 Everything done in dark..

When you hear “Everything done in the dark comes to light...” you generally associate it to something that’s being done illegally, immorally, or unethically...that saying relates to something bad....but it that saying is also something good. 👉👉Stay tuned @ the end for a QUICK SALES TIP for those of us bangin in the sales profession. 👉👉Please share the podcast to help get the word out & go over to iTunes & rate ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ it too. It’ll help spread the message that way too. Remember I’m @ thesales...
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Feb. 22, 2018

#127 Caked Up

In 1957 a monastery in Thailand was relocating and a group of monks had to move a giant clay statue of Buddha. As they began to move it, they noticed a crack & decided to leave it for a day. One of the monks returned later & shined his flashlight over the statue and onto the crack & noticed something that we all possess. 👉👉Thanks for tuning in & sharing. I’m @ thesaleslife1@gmail.com ✌️ Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/marshbuice/message