Welcome to Close it now, an H Vac sales training podcast with Sam Wakefield.
Speaker AHere we'll build your reputation in residential H Vac sales to be the expert influencer in your market.
Speaker AYou'll get insight into the top minds in the industry as they share their skills and hacks to help you on your journey.
Speaker AThis podcast isn't just about selling more, it's about understanding your customers needs and building efficiencies behind the scenes so you can sell more but work less while being top of mind when people think H Vac.
Speaker ANow let's get started with your host of the Close it now podcast.
Speaker AThis is Sam Wakefield.
Speaker BLet's start this episode with a dad joke.
Speaker BSo why does a chicken coop only have two doors?
Speaker BBecause if it had four doors it would be a chicken sedan.
Speaker BBut don't.
Speaker BAll right, so let's get into this today.
Speaker BI am so excited to be with you in Drive Time University and I hope that your day is going fantastic.
Speaker BIf it's not, it's going to from this moment forward.
Speaker BSo Sam Wakefield here.
Speaker BIt is so such a blessing to me to get to come to you every single week, at least once a week.
Speaker BIf you're in my Facebook group, it's every single day.
Speaker BAnd get to just share life with you basically is what we're doing.
Speaker BI am planting the flag of the new way the industry needs to do sales.
Speaker BThis is.
Speaker BI'm tired of the same things over and over.
Speaker BAnything that has been done the same way for over 50 years is ripe for revolution.
Speaker BAnd that is what's happening in our industry in our country.
Speaker BThings are changing.
Speaker BThere's a lot of noise, there's a lot of junk out there about oh, the industry is going through all of this.
Speaker BPeople are seeing a thousand quotes and you know, they're getting a million estimates and the call volume is down.
Speaker BSo what?
Speaker BSo what if you are truly focused on the finish line.
Speaker BRemember, winners focus on the goal line and on the finish line.
Speaker BLosers look at winners.
Speaker BDon't worry about what is going on in the like all around you.
Speaker BIt doesn't matter if these big over like over gluttonous companies are laying people off.
Speaker BWho cares, right?
Speaker BWe as top performers, it doesn't matter what's going on around us because our mindset is a positive, goal oriented mindset.
Speaker BWe set personal standards that we do not compromise on.
Speaker BThat means our work ethic goes beyond everyone else's.
Speaker BI will outwork you is my philosophy and my mindset.
Speaker BThat doesn't mean I'm going to work my face off and you never see me.
Speaker BWhat I'm talking about is work smarter, work more efficient and be competitive.
Speaker BRight?
Speaker BMy idea of good competition is their doors are closed because we exist.
Speaker BSo the homeowners should use us that are in our service area.
Speaker BThey should use us and no one else because we exist.
Speaker BThat is the mindset that we have to have.
Speaker BThe mindset we have to have when we walk into that home is this is going to be the most incredible day of this homeowner's life they've ever had.
Speaker BThey've never met someone as awesome as I am.
Speaker BThey've never seen a project that's going to solve their problems.
Speaker BSo clearly they're going to be so excited about it, they're going to be high fiving and hugging and crying at the end that someone finally listened and heard them and not just listened, but heard them to the degree that they have so much certainty that we're going to solve their problems.
Speaker BAnd they will say things like, thank you, I'm so.
Speaker BIt doesn't matter how many other estimates I have had, you're finally the company that I know will solve these problems.
Speaker BAnd I'm so happy we met today.
Speaker BAnd that's 100% what happens when we go out into the homes and talk to people and serve them truly with the heart of service and caring and empathy.
Speaker BAnd so we're changing the way the industry is.
Speaker BWe're raising the standard back up.
Speaker BYou know, the heating and air industry for a lot, a lot of years had a great reputation.
Speaker BBut over the last two, three decades, it's gotten such a black eye from all of these companies out there, strictly out there to raise prices higher and higher and higher.
Speaker BNow I'm all about being, having a great price, don't get me wrong.
Speaker BBut companies that were strictly after the numbers with no regard for the homeowners, that and that were doing all kind of crazy, creepy, slimy, gross sales tactics, bait and switch models, all these things to take advantage of homeowners.
Speaker BI'm tired of it.
Speaker BLet's put a stop to it.
Speaker BRaise your hand if you're joining the close it now revolution that's changing the way we do business to serve with honesty and integrity and do things the right way.
Speaker BAnd when we do that, like Zig Ziglar says, we help enough people get what they want, we can have anything we want.
Speaker BSo it is time to become not just a top performer in numbers, but a top person in all areas of your life.
Speaker BAre you ready to take a step to the next level to become successful, something different.
Speaker BTo get the results you've never gotten, you have to be start doing things you've never done.
Speaker BThat means you have to grow your mindset.
Speaker BThere's six areas that we're going to talk about today.
Speaker BSo I had plans for a different episode, but that's where this one is going.
Speaker BThe energy hit me and we are going to talk about this today.
Speaker BThere are six areas of our life that we have to become.
Speaker BNext level, right?
Speaker BIf you want to get next level results, if you want the tomahawk steak prime rib filet mignon diet, you cannot put in a happy Meal work ethic, right?
Speaker BYou have to have to work on all the different elements of your life.
Speaker BSo that is what we're going to talk about today in this episode.
Speaker BAnd I'm bringing the fire today.
Speaker BOne of those changes that personally I made in my life and this is zero casting, no shade on anyone who drinks, who drinks alcohol.
Speaker BBut personally in my life I realized that in my 30s I destroyed my liver because I drank a lot.
Speaker BAnd this year, so I am personally 43 this year and I made a choice and I've kind of played around most of it throughout the year to become sober.
Speaker BI've had a few drinks here and there, you know, and every single time I do I just feel gross the next day.
Speaker BSo I made a decision to go sober.
Speaker BSo what that means is I have been on a journey through.
Speaker BThat's why we do the what's in your cup portion of the show.
Speaker BAnd today actually I've been on a root beer journey lately.
Speaker BSo the what's in your cup today is brought to you by Bitta.
Speaker BIt's.
Speaker BIf you don't know this, all the different breweries or most a lot of the main beer breweries also have a root beer that they make a lot of times.
Speaker BSo I've been on a journey to go through back through the different breweries that I like their beer from and just to see what the root beer is like because every single one is different.
Speaker BIt's so intriguing.
Speaker BSo today's what's in your cup is a Bitta root beer made with real Louisiana cane sugar.
Speaker BAnd I have to tell you, it is delicious.
Speaker BThis one is caffeine free, which is fine because earlier I had some of the death wish coffee and that stuff is fire when it comes to caffeine.
Speaker BBut yeah, so I like the Abetta root beer.
Speaker BIf you know of a really amazing root beer, I would love to know what it is.
Speaker BMessage me samoseitnow.net and let me know about the root beer, because root beer or coffee, either one.
Speaker BI am getting into root beer.
Speaker BSo let's take a drink of whatever's in your cup.
Speaker BI'm going to have a sip of this, a bit of root beer, and we're going to dive into how to become that next level person.
Speaker BAll right, so how do we be that person?
Speaker BOne, let's talk first about.
Speaker BBefore we get into the different categories, let's talk about the difference in goal setting and personal standards.
Speaker BBecause I used to be all about goal setting and really writing down your goals, which you have to do.
Speaker BDid you know that, like, I think the numbers are, 3% of the world actually writes down their goals?
Speaker BLike physically, pen and paper, write your goals down.
Speaker BDid you also know that, like, 90% of the world's wealth is owned by 3% of the population?
Speaker BI feel like there's a direct correlation there.
Speaker BI have no proof of this.
Speaker BHowever, I've never met a highly successful person who did not write down their goals.
Speaker BSo it only makes sense to me of.
Speaker BThat is a huge.
Speaker BIt's not the thing, but it's a huge element to how people stay focused on exactly where they're going.
Speaker BIf you don't know where you're going, any road will get you there.
Speaker BSo we have to write down our goals.
Speaker BSo drive time University.
Speaker BDon't be writing while you're driving.
Speaker BBut, you know, when I was in the.
Speaker BWhen, like, all the time, even now.
Speaker BBut when I was in the field, I kept a notebook and notepad beside me when I had ideas, when I saw something.
Speaker BI mean, I was writing down people's names and numbers all the time, all the different.
Speaker BI wanted to connect to people.
Speaker BSo every time I drove down the street and I saw a realtor sign with their picture and their phone number, I wrote it down.
Speaker BI'd call them.
Speaker BHey, do you have a H VAC person that you recommend that you refer to?
Speaker BI'm local, in the neighborhood, just like you.
Speaker BI'd love to grow my business.
Speaker BI can recommend you.
Speaker BYou refer me.
Speaker BDo you have a networking group that I could visit?
Speaker BAre you in one?
Speaker BYou could come visit mine, right?
Speaker BSo always be active.
Speaker BAlways be proactive in what you're doing.
Speaker BThere's a little nugget for you, but so do that.
Speaker BThat's highly valuable.
Speaker BSo always be working on growing yourself.
Speaker BSo the difference with goal setting versus personal standards, it changes really what the goals become.
Speaker BInstead of being a goal line, when you decide that you know What I am worth it.
Speaker BI believe in myself enough that I'm going to set a personal standard that I choose never to compromise on.
Speaker BThis will take some.
Speaker BIt'll take a little bit of time.
Speaker BIt'll take really sitting with yourself and discovering what your own core values are.
Speaker BWhen you figure out what your core values are, that's when you can start to set personal standards around those core values.
Speaker BSo, for example, a core value of mine is family first.
Speaker BSo I've set some core values and some personal standards around.
Speaker BAnd a good example is when I am choosing family first, that means I will put down or turn off other things to prioritize my family.
Speaker BFor example, I'm sure you've heard at this point, I'm going to be speaking at the Profit Rocket Growth Summit in Austin, Texas, September 27, 28, 29.
Speaker BNow, that's also the day that I'm speaking.
Speaker BMy daughter's very first choir concert, she's 12.
Speaker BIs her very first choir concert that she will ever have.
Speaker BThe day that I'm speaking, thankfully the timing works out.
Speaker BWhere we get done for the day, I'm going to buzz out, miss the reception event in the evening because it is my personal standard not to miss my family's things without incredibly, really good reason.
Speaker BSo I'm buzzing out and I'm going to spend time with my daughter because I value my family time.
Speaker BThat's a personal standard of mine.
Speaker BAnd so I work my.
Speaker BI build my day and work my actions surrounding that.
Speaker BSo some other personal standards.
Speaker BSo they fall into the different categories.
Speaker BRight.
Speaker BSo when we start setting personal standards, you choose not to compromise on those standards.
Speaker BSo we're going to go through each of the six categories that build your life.
Speaker BIt's basically the wheel of life, the wheel of a salesman.
Speaker BRight.
Speaker BIn order to be a top performer, you have to be constantly working on all six of these elements in your life.
Speaker BIf you're not and you end up getting lopsided, what happens is it affects everything else.
Speaker BSo I've been listening to a lot of, of Andy Elliot lately.
Speaker BI mean, he's hardcore.
Speaker BRaise your hand if you've heard of Andy Elliot.
Speaker BBut one of the things he talks about, of course, is you have to get your physical shape in line first.
Speaker BSo physical, family, business.
Speaker BRight, but, and I totally agree with that, you know, I've been in a massive health journey.
Speaker BI'm down like, you know, 40, 50 pounds from where I was at one point.
Speaker BAnd the minute I started improving my fitness, my sales numbers went up.
Speaker BThe minute I Started improving my nutrition, my sales numbers start going up.
Speaker BThe minute you start improving your relationships at home, your sales number goes up.
Speaker BThe minute you start improving your spiritual practice, your sales number goes up.
Speaker BThe minute you start improving your personal growth practice, your sales number goes up.
Speaker BSo it's not just about sales skills.
Speaker BIt's not just about listening to this podcast and saying, okay, cool.
Speaker BI listened to the episode on how to destroy the three bids objection.
Speaker BOr how to handle the I'm the first in the house objection.
Speaker BOr how to handle the one leg objection.
Speaker BRight.
Speaker BIt's not just about how to present equipment and have the right conversation with the homeowner.
Speaker BIt's all of these other elements to our life that determine exactly who we are, how we show up, the energy we show up in.
Speaker BBecause you've heard me say this before, and if you haven't, here's a great reminder.
Speaker BHere it is.
Speaker BFor the first time, your energy will introduce yourself before you ever knock on the door.
Speaker BSo what does that mean?
Speaker BThat means who you are, who you're showing up as, that sovereign individual showing up at that homeowner's house is directly related to all of the other elements to your, of your life.
Speaker BYou cannot turn part of your life off or not pay attention to it and expect it to not affect other elements to your life.
Speaker BIf you've got one flat on your car, you are not going very far because you're going to, you're going to know it.
Speaker BRight?
Speaker BThey all have to be working together.
Speaker BSo sale.
Speaker BWhat Sales is not.
Speaker BSales is not the performance of an hour.
Speaker BSales is the overflow of a life.
Speaker BAnd as your life overflows into these, the homeowners lives, the people that you're directly connecting to every single day as your life overflows into their life.
Speaker BThat sales is just the transfer of enthusiasm.
Speaker BThat's what Brian Tracy says.
Speaker BSales is the transfer of enthusiasm.
Speaker BAnd if we can share our enthusiasm about what it is, not only what we do, but how we're able to help people, how we're able to actually change lives by what we do.
Speaker BAnd, and they can feel that enthusiasm and that certainty the sale will be made.
Speaker BYou don't have to have the exact wording to handle this specific objection because you just stop getting objections to start with.
Speaker BSo it's so much more about the complete person than it is anything else.
Speaker BThat's why people that don't know anything about a specific industry or topic or product, but they are incredible people can step into a brand spanking new industry and instantly Be top of the charts and line leaders and breaking records.
Speaker BAnd they will tell you, I don't know anything about this.
Speaker BBut people connect to them and can relate to them.
Speaker BAnd the conversation happens because they're great listeners.
Speaker BThey've developed themselves on a personal level to the point that it doesn't matter what industry they're in, they're going to be a top performer because of the level of the person they become.
Speaker BThat's why we say work to become someone worth buying from.
Speaker BThat's what this means.
Speaker BSo with that being said, let's go through the exercise that's going to help you self analyze each of these elements of your life and help you get to that next level.
Speaker BSo the exercise sounds like this.
Speaker BIt's draw yourself a wheel on a piece of paper.
Speaker BOr if you don't want to do the visual, you can just label these six categories.
Speaker BOne is your sales skills.
Speaker BSo take a piece of paper and do this right now.
Speaker BWrite down sales skills, write down personal growth, write down relationships, write down spiritual practice, Write down nutrition, and write down fitness.
Speaker BOkay, now what you're going to do is you've got to be so flipping honest with yourself.
Speaker BPull all of.
Speaker BI know.
Speaker BWe're salespeople.
Speaker BWe love to spin things so it sounds better than it actually is.
Speaker BThe time to do that is over.
Speaker BWe are.
Speaker BThis is 2023.
Speaker BWe are past that.
Speaker BThe salesperson of now is brutally honest with the exact results or the exact reality.
Speaker BIt's called as is ing it right.
Speaker BWe have to as is the situation.
Speaker BThis is exactly as it is.
Speaker BAnd I'm going to speak the truth.
Speaker BI'm going to ask the hard questions.
Speaker BWe're going to ask the direct questions.
Speaker BWe're going to talk about the elephant in the room.
Speaker BWe're going to ask the obvious questions.
Speaker BThat's getting cut straight to the heart of what's going on.
Speaker BThe time of for salespeople to do the dog and pony show and all of this stuff is over.
Speaker BThat time is over.
Speaker BPeople who talk about doing the dog and pony show are stuck in the past.
Speaker BSo we've got to start being so much more direct.
Speaker BGracefully.
Speaker BOf course.
Speaker BIf you listen to this podcast, you know it's gracefully and it's done appropriately with psychology and with all the things.
Speaker BBut it's time to ask the obvious question.
Speaker BStop fluffing all this up to make somebody feel that over promise and under delivers what's happened for too many years.
Speaker BAnd it's time to stop that.
Speaker BI'm done with that shit.
Speaker BLet's move past that.
Speaker BLet's become real freaking people.
Speaker BStop being weird and start selling.
Speaker BSo starts with ourself.
Speaker BI have to be.
Speaker BI have to sell myself first on myself, right?
Speaker BSo when we're doing this, go through this list.
Speaker BNumber one is sales skills.
Speaker BRate yourself 1 to 10 where you think you are.
Speaker BIf you don't know what a 10 is, visualize someone who is that 10 in your mind and rate yourself compared to them.
Speaker BThis is not a competition.
Speaker BIt's a comparison of what in your mind, like, perfection looks like.
Speaker BSo sales skills is number one.
Speaker BNumber two, personal growth.
Speaker BAm I.
Speaker BAnd you're telling yourself this.
Speaker BAm I doing the things I know I need to do to grow as a person?
Speaker BAm I listening to podcasts?
Speaker BAm I listening to Drive Time University?
Speaker BAm I listening to books?
Speaker BAm I listening to.
Speaker BAm I watching TED talks?
Speaker BDo I actually read books?
Speaker BAlso, am I going to courses?
Speaker BDo I buy online courses?
Speaker BAm I learning about all of the things I need to to grow as a person, as a business person, as an entrepreneur?
Speaker BAm I learning about emotional things, emotional maturity?
Speaker BAm I learning about relationships, all of the different things?
Speaker BAm I learning how to be a better parent, how.
Speaker BHow to be a better partner, how to be a better.
Speaker BJust all those different elements, right?
Speaker BAre you constantly growing?
Speaker BThat's personal growth.
Speaker BRate yourself.
Speaker BAre you doing the things it takes to get there?
Speaker BRight?
Speaker BScale of 1 to 10.
Speaker BSo we got sales skills, personal growth.
Speaker BLet's do the next one.
Speaker BSpiritual practice.
Speaker BEveryone has a spiritual practice.
Speaker BIf you're a Protestant or Catholic, and that is your church, if it's your reading, whatever your religious scripture is, if it's the Bible, if it's the Koran, if the Torah, whatever your religious book is perfect.
Speaker BIf you're not religious, you're just spiritual.
Speaker BAwesome.
Speaker BEven an atheist has a spiritual practice.
Speaker BYour spiritual practice can be just mindset and awareness.
Speaker BMeditation is massive.
Speaker BJust strictly mindfulness is a spiritual practice.
Speaker BSo don't let this part of the conversation, don't be opposed to it, and think it just falls into a category of religion, because it doesn't.
Speaker BEveryone has a spiritual practice.
Speaker BEven if your practice within your religion, there's also an element of mindfulness and all of that as well.
Speaker BSo that rate yourself on what you know is a core value you should be doing for you.
Speaker BRate yourself on 1 to 10.
Speaker BAm I doing those things right?
Speaker BSo that's the third one.
Speaker BSo we've got cell skills, we've got relationships, we've got our personal growth, we've got spiritual practice.
Speaker BLet's do relationships.
Speaker BNext, relationships are.
Speaker BHow is my relationship with my partner?
Speaker BHow's my relationship with my children, with my parents, with my brothers, my sisters, my co workers?
Speaker BHow are my relationships in my life that are the core relationships that I have?
Speaker BScale of 1 to 10, how healthy are they?
Speaker BHow healthy is my communication with those people?
Speaker BDo I need to learn how to be a better communicator?
Speaker BIf you're someone who has the mindset of, well, that's just the way I am.
Speaker BThey need to learn to communicate the way that I communicate.
Speaker BI'm here to tell you in all love, you are wrong.
Speaker BYou have to learn to do better.
Speaker BWe have to do better.
Speaker BWe have to learn to communicate better with everyone around us.
Speaker BDoes that mean, you know, we're going to become someone different?
Speaker BNo, but it does mean we have to learn how to be better at communicating in a way that we're understood in a way that we don't come across how we don't want to come across.
Speaker BRight.
Speaker BSo how are your relationships?
Speaker BHow is your communication?
Speaker BAre you constantly learning how to be a better in your relationships?
Speaker BThe next one.
Speaker BSo, scale of 1 to 10, the next one is nutrition.
Speaker BAre you cruising through fast food or are you taking the time and the investment to feed yourself proper fuel?
Speaker BYour body is a machine.
Speaker BAre you putting in great fuel for it or are you putting in trash?
Speaker BBecause you do become what you eat.
Speaker BI don't for a second want to hear a single one of you talk about the results you're not getting because you're not putting the right fuel in your body.
Speaker BYou cannot function at the level that we need to function as a top performer, as being the top people in the industry.
Speaker BI want you to be the top 1% in our industry.
Speaker BYou, you cannot do that if you're eating off the dollar menu.
Speaker BIt does not happen a single time to any successful person you've ever met.
Speaker BYou will not meet a millionaire who doesn't have at least some semblance of a nutrition practice that they follow.
Speaker BWe're not talking about a diet.
Speaker BWe're talking about personal standards that you won't compromise on personally.
Speaker BFor me, like, McDonald's is not even on my radar.
Speaker BIt's never a suggestion, just an example.
Speaker BNothing against McDonald's, but it's not the fuel I need for my body.
Speaker BRight?
Speaker BSo you have to set up a series of personal standards that you don't compromise on.
Speaker BSo rate your nutrition 1 to 10.
Speaker BThe next one is fitness.
Speaker BNot everyone has to be a bodybuilder.
Speaker BWhat I'm saying is, what are you doing for fitness?
Speaker BEveryone does have to move their bodies.
Speaker BYou do have to get fit physical exercise.
Speaker BAre you doing what you know you should be doing, or are you.
Speaker BAre you.
Speaker BAre you just pussing out on it?
Speaker BRight.
Speaker BAre you just being a sissy and not taking the steps and not doing the things you should be doing?
Speaker BThat is the difference between top performers and everyone else.
Speaker BWe know the things we should be doing.
Speaker BAre we doing it?
Speaker BAnd when we don't, we're compromising our standards and.
Speaker BAnd saying, you know what?
Speaker BI don't think that I'm worth it.
Speaker BSo it goes back to mindset.
Speaker BWe have to believe we are that person.
Speaker BSo with every single one of these categories, like I said, think about, and it could be somebody different for each category.
Speaker BIf you need to model someone, visualize the person that is a level 10 in fitness that you want to be like, what are their daily habits like?
Speaker BRight.
Speaker BSo we're going to rate ourselves in relation to that person as a 10.
Speaker BWhere are we on the scale from 1 to 10?
Speaker BNow, the next step of this exercise is go back through every single category and write down one to two things that you can do.
Speaker BIn what habits does that level 10 person have?
Speaker BWrite down one to two of those habits that you can immediately implement every single day.
Speaker BAnd if I adopt the habits of a level 10 person, well, look at that.
Speaker BI start to get the same results of a level 10 person.
Speaker BAnd as those one or two habits become my habits and I don't have to think about them anymore.
Speaker BOkay, what's the next habit I can adopt and the next habit I can adopt if I need to go from a level three to a level four, what is one habit I can adopt from that person who's a level 10?
Speaker BSomething that they do consistently and they're getting the results that I want.
Speaker BWhat can I adopt into my life to start getting those results?
Speaker BAnd as I move from, say, level three to level four, okay, great.
Speaker BI've got this habit down.
Speaker BIt's my habit now.
Speaker BSo now I'm a level four person.
Speaker BWhat do I need to do to get to a level five in this area?
Speaker BWhat is one more habit that that level 10 person has that I can adopt?
Speaker BSomething I'm not doing now, and then you implement that into your life.
Speaker BAnd so now your level four went to a level five.
Speaker BOkay, great.
Speaker BNow I've got two habits that I've implemented from that level person.
Speaker BLevel 10 person.
Speaker BI'm starting to get those results, and I'M here to tell you the cool part about this is the more you do and the more you adopt, your mindset shifts along with it.
Speaker BBecause it's not about, I'm doing things that are not me.
Speaker BBecause as you implement a habit at a time into your life, it becomes your own habit.
Speaker BSo now your mindset is, this is who I am and it's what I do.
Speaker BThis is my new.
Speaker BThis is.
Speaker BThis is my standard now.
Speaker BI won't compromise in it.
Speaker BI compromise it.
Speaker BI'm not going to go backwards.
Speaker BThis is who I am.
Speaker BSo what is the next habit I can adopt to become that next level of myself?
Speaker BWe're not trying to be that level 10 person.
Speaker BWe're trying to be the best version of ourself that we can be.
Speaker BSo that is how you make incremental changes consistently over time, that's going to dramatically change the trajectory of where your life is headed.
Speaker BSo when we say work to become someone worth buying from, this is the exercise.
Speaker BThis is the exercise that you go through daily, right?
Speaker BSo it is not hard, it doesn't take a long time.
Speaker BLiterally takes five minutes at the end of the day.
Speaker BLook at your schedule for the next day.
Speaker BPrioritize your categories, the things you're doing according to your core values.
Speaker BOutline your day, and then as you do those things, celebrate it.
Speaker BSay, this is the habit that I have.
Speaker BThis is my habit now.
Speaker BI am success.
Speaker BYour affirmations.
Speaker BLet's talk about some affirmations right now.
Speaker BStart your day with personal affirmations.
Speaker BYour affirmations have to be I am statements.
Speaker BThey're in present tense.
Speaker BAnd you're telling, you're literally programming your mind and your body that this is who I am.
Speaker BSo when you start the day, if you don't feel like it, who cares?
Speaker BDo it anyway.
Speaker BIf you've got a cold, who cares?
Speaker BDo it anyway.
Speaker BIf the day starts off bad, who cares?
Speaker BDo it anyway.
Speaker BIf the day is like, turn sideways and something happens, you got to go put out fires at the shop or whatever, who cares?
Speaker BDo this anyway and you will change the trajectory of your entire life.
Speaker BBecause for things to get better, I have to get better.
Speaker BFor things to change, I have to change.
Speaker BAnd when you adopt that philosophy in your life, you will start to see changes in the results of your life.
Speaker BSo the I am statements, write these down, put them in your sun visor, put them in your mirror when you're brushing your teeth, put them on the wall.
Speaker BWhen you're taking a shit, you're reading these affirmations.
Speaker BOut loud.
Speaker BI am successful.
Speaker BI am a champion.
Speaker BI.
Speaker BEveryone I meet wants to do business with me, right?
Speaker BThese are the affirmations.
Speaker BI have the best clients.
Speaker BI only get the best leads.
Speaker BAll of my homeowners are approved for financing.
Speaker BEvery single one of my homeowners refers me to a friend and family so I can help them, too.
Speaker BEvery single person I meet wants to do business with me.
Speaker BOnly if your business, especially if you're a business owner or manager.
Speaker BOnly the best people want to join my company.
Speaker BOnly the best people work for me.
Speaker BOnly the best people want to work for me.
Speaker BPeople call me from all over the country to find out how they can come work with me, how they can come work for me.
Speaker BStart your affirmations.
Speaker BI am a champion.
Speaker BI am a winner.
Speaker BEvery single thing I touch turns to gold, right?
Speaker BThose are your daily affirmations.
Speaker BIf you've been listening to the podcast lately, the more champions that I get the chance and the blessing to interview, the more this theme has been coming up over and over and over again because this is what successful people do.
Speaker BSo start this as one of your habits.
Speaker BYou will never find a highly successful person that doesn't talk to themself.
Speaker BYou know, people ask me all the time, what you know, how do you.
Speaker BWhat about the words to this?
Speaker BHow do we sell this?
Speaker BHow the words to handle this.
Speaker BObjection.
Speaker BThe word.
Speaker BThe most important words you can say, that you can learn, they're the words that you talk to yourself.
Speaker BThey're the words in your own head in between the appointments.
Speaker BThere's the words you tell yourself in the morning when you get up and in the morning when you go to sleep at night, when you go to sleep, when you stop for lunch, they're the words you're telling yourself, right?
Speaker BRight before the five minutes or seven I always set a timer for.
Speaker BSo here was.
Speaker BHere's my day, right?
Speaker BEvery single appointment I would go into, I would pull over on the street and I set a timer for seven minutes.
Speaker BAnd I would sit in silence for seven minutes and literally just visualize this homeowner is about to have the best experience of their life.
Speaker BThis homeowner has never met anyone like me, and they're going to love me.
Speaker BThis homeowner, whoever is in this house, is going to have their eyes opened, the best experience of their life.
Speaker BThis is going to be the most incredible appointment.
Speaker BWe're going to solve their problems, and it's going to be the biggest sell of the day.
Speaker BEvery single appointment I visualize this will be the biggest sell of the day, the month, the year.
Speaker BWe are going to help these people.
Speaker BRight?
Speaker BThat's the visualization.
Speaker BSeven minutes.
Speaker BAnd I would sit, no radio.
Speaker BSeven minutes of silence.
Speaker BVisualization.
Speaker BSometimes talk to myself out loud.
Speaker BYou have to say this stuff out loud.
Speaker BYou have to tell yourself out loud because you're programming your brain that this is who I am.
Speaker BAnd when you can get into a habit of this, remember, success happens at the speed of implementation.
Speaker BSo when you get into a habit of doing these things, analyzing your life, really holding yourself and take radical responsibility for every single element of your life, every single element on that wheel.
Speaker BWhen you take radical responsibility.
Speaker BIf things go wrong, I own it.
Speaker BIf things go right, I own it.
Speaker BThat is when life dramatically changes.
Speaker BBecause you're not a tree.
Speaker BYou can move, you can change things.
Speaker BAnd we change things by habits.
Speaker BA life is strictly just a collection of habits.
Speaker BWe do over and over consistently.
Speaker BSo change your habits to change your life.
Speaker BAnd that is my message for today.
Speaker BI'm freaking stoked about this episode.
Speaker BI'm fired up and I hope you got some value from this.
Speaker BThis is literally how you change the trajectory of your entire life.
Speaker BYou can change your whole family tree.
Speaker BChoose to become the first millionaire in your family.
Speaker BChoose to be that person that creates a legacy for your family.
Speaker BTeach your kids and your grandkids habits that will change the trajectories of their life.
Speaker BBut don't only teach them the habits.
Speaker BModel the habits for them which will completely change the way their life goes.
Speaker BBecause if they see you as their superhero, they see you as modeling exactly what they need to do in their life.
Speaker BYou're modeling how your relationship should look like.
Speaker BYou're modeling how your wealth should look like, how your health should look like.
Speaker BThey will adopt those habits and they're not going to have negative habits because they've seen you do it.
Speaker BSo do it for others.
Speaker BYou don't know this, but someone right now is looking up to you.
Speaker BIt doesn't matter who you are.
Speaker BSomeone right now is looking up to you as their role model.
Speaker BSo take that full responsibility and model the success for them.
Speaker BAnd they will do the same.
Speaker BSo that's my episode today.
Speaker BSpit and fire.
Speaker BSo that's where we're headed.
Speaker BWe are creating the close it now brotherhood, sisterhood.
Speaker BWe're creating the close it now community that is the next level person.
Speaker BI'm tired of our industry being full of of deadbeats who are lazy, who are not living life with purpose and with intention, and who are doing things half assed and Expecting whole ass results, right?
Speaker BYou cannot do things half assed and expect whole ass results.
Speaker BSo let's get.
Speaker BLet's do better.
Speaker BAs my friend, my friend Mitch with, Mitch Smedley with, he runs the Trade Winds Group.
Speaker BHe says we've got to do better all the time.
Speaker BHe says do better.
Speaker BThat's what I'm telling us to do.
Speaker BI'm pointing fingers at myself first.
Speaker BSo don't think I'm just preaching to you without living this.
Speaker BIf you watch my Facebook, you will see and are seeing.
Speaker BI'm completely redesigning my life as well.
Speaker BI'm tired of being at the level I'm at.
Speaker BI'm ready to go to the next level.
Speaker BCome with me.
Speaker BLet's go to the next level together.
Speaker BAnd as we do this, we're going to completely change the face of our industry.
Speaker BH Vac as we know it will not look the same a year from now, two years from now.
Speaker BWe are innovating.
Speaker BWe are completely disrupting this industry right now with this Close it now movement that we have.
Speaker BAnd I'm here to preach it from the rooftops that I'm tired of the culture that has been in our industry for too long.
Speaker BIt is time to raise those standards.
Speaker BRaise your hand, pop me a message, tell me that's me.
Speaker BI want to raise the standards with you.
Speaker BLet's do this together.
Speaker BSo everyone go save the world one heat stroke at a time, one frostbite at a time.
Speaker BLet's go change some lives.
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