Somewhere along the way, leaders were sold a lie.

That promotion didn’t make you influential.

It gave you authority—and if you’re not careful, it quietly killed your ability to persuade.

In this episode, we expose why so many managers keep repeating themselves, raising their voice, and threatening consequences—yet execution never improves. Not because their people are weak, but because they stopped doing the one thing they were great at: selling.

Leadership isn’t about demanding compliance.

It’s about closing people on ideas.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• Why authority creates compliance—but influence creates ownership
• The hidden reason teams “agree” but don’t execute
• Why most managers are losing the close every single day
• How elite leaders sell standards the same way they sell cars
• A simple Closing Plan to influence individuals, not lecture groups

If you closed deals the way you closed ideas, you’d starve.

And that’s exactly why execution stalls.

Your team doesn’t need louder direction.

They need to be sold—on the process, the habits, and the standards that actually win.

Go close the idea. Execution will follow. love the show? like, rate, review and share

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Recommended Next Steps for New Listeners

1. Pick your first battle. Scroll through past episodes and start with one that calls you out.
2. Make it your morning fire ritual. Seven minutes before the chaos begins — listen, learn, lead.
3. Bring your managers in. Share an episode and challenge them to take one daily action.
4. Track your wins. Stack 30 days of execution and see how fast the culture shifts.

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Remember:

You don’t need a better market.

You don’t need better leads.

You don’t even need better people.

You need to become a better leader.

Let’s go create some leadership fire.