Would you refer business to someone you’ve never met or spoken to – not knowing anything about their reputation or character? When your first touchpoint is asking someone to network, it can give the impression of scarcity. The approach might attract other scarcity-minded professionals, but it rubs others the wrong way. In this episode, Kiley and Dan share a similar experience of someone who wanted – but failed – to connect with them due to their odd, automated outreach approach.

When it comes to high-pressure sales conversations, your mental game is everything. Have you ever wondered how elite athletes and other top performers can quickly bounce back from mistakes to perform in the clutch? Let’s take the mystery out of mindset. In this episode, Dan and Kiley reveal the power of anchor and activation thoughts to influence how you react or respond in prospect meetings. Listen as Dan shares some of his own activation thoughts for performing in the clutch with high intent, abundance, and detachment.

Where you find yourself 12 months from now is up to you. For most people, New Year's resolutions are made to be broken. Without a plan or process in place to achieve success, it’s easy to quit, make excuses, and fail. In this episode, Dan and Kiley offer meaningful suggestions to get more out of your business (and life) in the new year. It begins and ends with the process you build and hitting incremental milestones along the way. Remember, you can’t control your results – but you can control your process.

Have you ever had a sales experience where it was so obvious that your prospect would be better off making a change to you – but they didn’t? In this episode, Dan draws a parallel to sales from a story in Chip and Dan Heath’s book, The Power of Moments. The story is a powerful example of how the obvious can be hard to see when habits, biases, and perceptions go unchecked. Discover how the positive tension you create with your questions will always outperform your demo and presentation

Setting and pursuing goals can be tedious. To change your results – you first have to change the way you look at things. Simply committing to more discipline, hard work, and a better attitude isn’t going to cut it. In this episode, Dan and Kiley go deep on four transformational paths that will add energy, fulfillment, and momentum toward whatever it is you want to achieve or experience in 2022. Listen in as they share their own experiences on what drains energy and what ignites it. The best part? You decide what, when, and how often – one step at a time.

The end of the year is a natural time to pause and reflect on your performance – what went well, what didn’t, and what you want to continue. In this 180-episode, Dan tells Kiley about Stop-Start-Continue, an exercise he uses to prioritize the adjustments he wants to make going forward. To get started, all you need is a journal, honesty, and no judgments. High performers embrace this kind of self-assessment. It often becomes the catalyst for small but powerful changes.

In an industry where the average new business sold per year can range from $100K to $200K, two producers (sales professionals) are averaging $600K every year in new sales. Everything about their approach is different, and it’s paying off big with their prospects. Join me as I talk with Barry and Byron from MJ Insurance. They share why mindset is foundational to their success – and how they've learned to thrive in uncomfortable tough conversations.

This episode with Dan and Collin Henderson is a mindset masterclass. Collin is an authority on high-performance mental conditioning and the author of Master Your Mindset. His teachings are embraced by leading organizations, including Nike, Salesforce, and Microsoft. Dan and Collin share powerful advice for mastering your inner dialogue, building confidence, overcoming imposter syndrome, and visualizing success. If you struggle with consistent performance and want to create and achieve at a higher level – this episode is loaded with concepts and tactics that you can implement right away.   

Do your thoughts lean negative or positive before reaching out to a prospect or asking a tough question? How much time do you waste debating the consequences of screwing it up versus getting it right? Do you torture yourself crafting round after round of the perfect email? Welcome to loss aversion, a common human bias where the urge to avoid pain is twice as strong as the pleasure of what you could gain. In this episode, Dan shares how this mindset impacted a recent result – and how this bias translates into your daily sales experience.

Your competitiveness and drive are valuable sales attributes, but it’s critical to know when and where to use them. Your prospect should never feel them through your outreach frequency. Listen in as Dan and Kiley share an example of how a good, well-intended email approach that initially grabbed the recipient’s attention fell apart because the salesperson pushed too hard and reverted to silly gimmicks.