Welcome to Close it now, the podcast that's revolutionizing the H Vac and home improvement trades industries.
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Speaker BFive, four, three, two, one, go.
Speaker BIt's time.
Speaker BThis is the Discovery Trilogy, part three.
Speaker BThe questions that create clarity.
Speaker BBecause people don't buy answers, they buy understanding.
Speaker BSo let's get into this.
Speaker BWelcome.
Speaker BSam Wakefield here.
Speaker BSo here's a question for you, or not a question.
Speaker BHere's just a.
Speaker BLet.
Speaker BLet's start here.
Speaker BSo you all know, because you've experienced this, and if you haven't experienced this, you just haven't been in enough homes and enough appointments yet.
Speaker BBut there's a moment in every appointment when the homeowner leans back, looks at you differently and says, no one's ever asked me that before.
Speaker BThat's not just a good question.
Speaker BThat's the moment you've won the sale.
Speaker BBecause now you're not a salesperson, you're a trusted guide.
Speaker BYou're the tour guide now.
Speaker BAnd that's the moment the sale was made.
Speaker BMay or may not have even seen price yet, but that's when you're now trusted.
Speaker BAnd so that is what we're going to get into is the third part of this Discovery trilogy.
Speaker BBecause so far, what we have covered, we're going to move from what to ask to how to listen and from selling features to unlocking emotion.
Speaker BThis is where we're moving from that.
Speaker BWe're moving from what to ask to how to listen and from selling features to unlocking emotion.
Speaker BSo the theme here is discovery is not about finding the problem, it's about helping the homeowner discover themselves in the solution.
Speaker BSo let's get into this.
Speaker BThanks for joining me.
Speaker BI am Sam Wakefield, host of the Close it now podcast.
Speaker BWelcome, everybody.
Speaker BIf you've listened for a while or if you're brand new, thanks for being here and welcome as well.
Speaker BI'm going to take a second.
Speaker BRaise your hand.
Speaker BIt's okay if I take a second and reintroduce myself because it's been a minute, so if you don't know.
Speaker BYes, I wrote a book, co authored a book last year, hit international bestseller list.
Speaker BHuge announcement.
Speaker BThis is a big celebration moment if you want to celebrate with me.
Speaker BThis podcast, the Close it now podcast, just moved up in the rankings globally.
Speaker BIt was a top 2% podcast, which means more listens than 98% of the other podcasts in the world.
Speaker BWell, we just moved up in the ranking to one and a half percent.
Speaker BSo that might not seem like a lot to some of you if you don't know what those numbers mean, but when you're talking about a few million podcasts running globally to move up half of percent from we're now not only ranked higher than 98%, now it's we're ranked higher than 98 and a half percent.
Speaker BThat half percent was a huge jump.
Speaker BSo thank you every single one of you who have listened.
Speaker BThere has been a huge increase in listenership lately.
Speaker BSo thank you for everyone for sharing this podcast to your friends, to your co workers, to to your as all those service managers and owners and sales managers, sharing it to your teams and vice versa, sharing it up the chain.
Speaker BThis has been a labor of love.
Speaker BI've absolutely love recording these episodes for all of you.
Speaker BSo thank you for listening.
Speaker BBig celebration moment.
Speaker BI have an ask if you would go to Google and leave me a just search close it now on Google and leave me a five star review or go to Apple podcasts and leave me a five star review.
Speaker BIf you've ever gotten value from the show that would be dramatically appreciated and it would be super awesome.
Speaker BSo it just dawned on me watching myself record this.
Speaker BIf you haven't subscribed on the YouTube channel, make sure to go subscribe on the YouTube channel.
Speaker BBecause the fun part is I realized because you get a sneak peek behind me, my whiteboard behind me.
Speaker BHow many of you have ever watched the Big Bang Theory?
Speaker BOne of the things I loved about the Big Bang Theory was they would have a local professor from, I think it was from Berkeley come in and the physics professor and actually write on the whiteboard to have legitimate physics equations and stuff.
Speaker BAnd so what he would do, he would actually write the answers to the tests that the students were in during those sessions and stuff.
Speaker BSo during that week, so if they actually went to the show, they would get the answers to some test questions.
Speaker BSo it was legitimate.
Speaker BSo it reminded me of that because on the whiteboard behind me this is so where I record my podcast is also when I do one on one coaching, there's always typically something on the board behind me that I've covered with my coaching clients, usually the day of or a day or two before I've recorded.
Speaker BSo if you want to get a peek into the mind of what it looks like to coach with me, watch the YouTubes because there's the sneak peeks behind there.
Speaker BAlso on that topic, I just had a couple people graduate from the one on one coaching program.
Speaker BSo I've got a couple spots open.
Speaker BSo if you want to know more about what it looks like to coach with me directly, that is you and I reach out samoseitnow.net or you can go to closeitnow.net, right to the website and fill out the form and we'll be I'll be in touch.
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Speaker BIf we coach together or not, the relationship is the most important part.
Speaker BSo if you want to know about coaching with me, if you want to get your numbers doubled or tripled over this next bit, let's chat because that happens all the freaking time when people work with me.
Speaker BSo.
Speaker BSo let's go.
Speaker BLet's get into this episode.
Speaker BNo more Dilly Dally.
Speaker BAnd I'm fired up today, in fact.
Speaker BOh, so what's in your cup?
Speaker BThis is probably why I'm a little bit fired up.
Speaker BI've got some.
Speaker BIt was just in a hurry so I grabbed some Nespresso pods.
Speaker BI've got a couple Starbucks Colombian today.
Speaker BAnd I just ran it into some iced, iced it, put some milk, 6 ounces of milk in there.
Speaker B120 calories.
Speaker BI started 75 hard this week.
Speaker BIf you're, if you've ever done 75 hard, I'd love to hear from you.
Speaker BIn the Facebook group, we started an accountability group starting 75 hard.
Speaker BAnd so if you want to be part of that, I have a feeling I'm going to do this regularly.
Speaker BThe gift I'm this is date of recording is October 9th.
Speaker BSo we started 8, 7, 6.
Speaker BWe started October 6th, 2025.
Speaker BThe gift I'm giving myself this year for Christmas is the gift of abs.
Speaker BSo what are you giving yourself for Christmas?
Speaker BYou have to give yourself something that as hard as we work in everything we do, you have to take a moment to give back to yourself.
Speaker BSelf care is so important.
Speaker BAnd this might seem like an odd version of self care to some of you, but committing to this program for me is really taking, for me taking care of myself.
Speaker BSo I'm paying it forward.
Speaker BSo what that means though is I'm insanely accurate with every single thing that goes in my mouth.
Speaker BI'm measuring it using my fitness pal app and tracking calories.
Speaker BSo what can you do today to move yourself 1% better today than you were yesterday?
Speaker BAnd it's not just in your sales skills.
Speaker BSales is not the performance of an hour while you're in the house.
Speaker BIt's the overflow of your life.
Speaker BSo if you're not taking care of all of the other elements in your life that create a top performer, you cannot be a million dollar earner and eat off the dollar menu.
Speaker BYou are a machine and it cannot function on cheap fuel.
Speaker BSo put in the work because that self discipline is worth it.
Speaker BSo let's get into this episode.
Speaker BBefore we do, let's toast, everybody.
Speaker BWhat are you drinking today?
Speaker BWhat's in your cup?
Speaker BYou got a latte?
Speaker BYou've.
Speaker BDo you have special beans?
Speaker BDo you, have you got whiskey in your cup?
Speaker BYou got what's in your red solo cup?
Speaker BWhat are we drinking today?
Speaker BLet's start a chat in the Facebook group about it.
Speaker BLet's talk about it.
Speaker BBut everybody, let's toast this episode and we'll get into this content.
Speaker B3, 2, 1.
Speaker BAll right.
Speaker BGot some espresso and I am fired up.
Speaker BI'm ready to rock.
Speaker BSo getting back into this Discovery is not about finding the problem.
Speaker BIt's about helping the homeowner discover themselves in the solution.
Speaker BSo so far we've covered in the first part, episode one of the Discovery trilogy, you learned how the appointment timeline moves through energy and time and then from past, present to the future.
Speaker BIn episode two, we talked about the setup and some of the mindset around discovery and conversation starters.
Speaker BWe talked about mirroring.
Speaker BWe use the I introduced the observations versus concern question and then listening to understand, not to respond.
Speaker BSo this is episode three.
Speaker BThis is the practical tool tool set.
Speaker BI'm giving you tools for your tool belt.
Speaker BThe questions that create clarity and unlock urgency through empathy.
Speaker BAnd we're going to talk about some brain science and we're going to talk about how to be a surgeon and use precision instead of being a blunt object.
Speaker BSo that is what we are getting into today.
Speaker BAnd yeah, I love it.
Speaker BSo here's the, here's the first concept I want to introduce to you because you have to remember you can't build emotional value if you're only asking questions.
Speaker BAnd we're only exploring logical pain.
Speaker BSo let me define this for you a little bit.
Speaker BLogical is the stuff.
Speaker BIt's the, you know, so when we're asking questions.
Speaker BSo let's take this path.
Speaker BWhen you're getting into your discovery, into your.
Speaker BSome people call it the needs assessment.
Speaker BI hate that term because it limits our mind around what we think we're asking about.
Speaker BSo it's a discovery.
Speaker BJust generalize it.
Speaker BIt's discovery.
Speaker BSo what happens here?
Speaker BYou want to do these questions in two passes.
Speaker BWe want to ask questions about one thing first and then the second.
Speaker BSo there's a couple ideas around this that I want you to think about.
Speaker BThe way that we're at.
Speaker BYes, we're asking questions for us to find out what they're experiencing.
Speaker BYou know it.
Speaker BWhen you're.
Speaker BWhen you're amateur at this, you think you're asking questions strictly to find out what's broken.
Speaker BIs there a duct that's disconnected?
Speaker BReally?
Speaker BJust to figure out how you can troubleshoot better.
Speaker BThat's a very technician type of what's wrong, let's fix the broken thing mindset, people.
Speaker BThe house does not write the check.
Speaker BPeople write the check.
Speaker BSo we have to change the way we think.
Speaker BIf we want different outcomes, Remember, we have to change our thoughts.
Speaker BSo changing the way we think will get us different outcomes.
Speaker BSo there's several purposes for discovery.
Speaker BOne is we need to ask more and better questions.
Speaker BYes.
Speaker BSo we can get clarity on what their real problem is.
Speaker BAnd remember, the real problem is not the fact that this thing is broken.
Speaker BThe real problem is their frustration surrounding why they can't live the way that they want to live.
Speaker BAnd so we're getting clarity there.
Speaker BBut more importantly, most homeowners don't truly know.
Speaker BDepending on what your industry is, some it's more obvious than others.
Speaker BBut most homeowners don't truly know exactly what their problems are until we ask better clarifying questions.
Speaker BSo they get crystal clear on the problem as well.
Speaker BBecause until they're clear on the problem, we can't show them a clear solution because they may or may not believe that it's going to solve whatever this mystery like, thing is that's going on.
Speaker BBut when they're clear on it, there's a quote that I heard a good while back from my friend Jimmy Jay's.
Speaker BHe says a problem that is well defined is half solved.
Speaker BAnd so this very much applies here.
Speaker BSo we're asking the questions to help them get clarity on the problem.
Speaker BSo the first pass of questions, we want to frame your questions like this.
Speaker BIf you were on a telephone, imagine old school curlicue cable attached to the wall, not a cell phone, not even a wireless phone.
Speaker BYou got old school curlicue cable and you are, and you're not in the house, you cannot see what's going on and they don't know anything about your industry.
Speaker BHow would you have to structure your questions to get the correct information from them, but do it in a term that they can understand.
Speaker BThat's how you want to think about how you ask your questions in discovery.
Speaker BSo no, we don't go into the house and start asking do you know what the R value of your walls are?
Speaker BThat's stupid questions in this time it has nothing to do with anything.
Speaker BAnd if you have a clue what you're doing, you're going to figure that out anyway on your own.
Speaker BSo don't ask stupid questions like that.
Speaker BAsk stupid questions, get stupid answers.
Speaker BCompletely irrelevant answers do the work.
Speaker BBut, so this is making sense, everybody.
Speaker BAnd so, but you want to ask questions in a way to help them come realize what's truly going on.
Speaker BAnd then guys, the yawns today.
Speaker BHopefully we'll edit that out and if not, you get what you get.
Speaker BThis has been a long day.
Speaker BSo, so, so okay, so we're asking the questions.
Speaker BSo the first pass is asking question exhaust all the questions about the problem.
Speaker BSo first pass is the problem.
Speaker BThis is the logic.
Speaker BThis you've all heard.
Speaker BPeople buy on emotion and justify it with logic.
Speaker BThis is the logic piece.
Speaker BIt's data based questions.
Speaker BWhat's happening where, when, how often, how long has that been happening?
Speaker BDoes it get worse at certain times of day?
Speaker BSo I'll give you some examples.
Speaker BWe'll take an easy one.
Speaker BLet's take a bedroom that's too hot in the summer, too cold in the winter.
Speaker BAnd the questions about the problem would sound something like okay, obviously start with tell me more about that.
Speaker BHow bad does it get?
Speaker BHave you ever measured it?
Speaker BHow much of a difference is it between the rest that are in the rest of the house?
Speaker BIs it door opened or closed or.
Speaker BOr both?
Speaker BIs it daytime, nighttime or both?
Speaker BIs it summer and winter?
Speaker BIs it spring and fall?
Speaker BIs all the seasons the same?
Speaker BAnd so just really diving into all of the, what, you know, who noticed it first?
Speaker BHow long has it been going on?
Speaker BAll those types of things.
Speaker BSo that's questions about the problem itself.
Speaker BBut then when you've exhausted all those, you need to do pass number Two over the situation.
Speaker BAnd that is where you want to start asking questions about the person or people that the problem affects.
Speaker BSo then we turn the corner and.
Speaker BBecause this is the emotional and human impact side of your questioning.
Speaker BSo who does it affect?
Speaker BHow does it make them feel?
Speaker BWhat do they wish was different?
Speaker BSo who lives in that space?
Speaker BOkay, great.
Speaker BTell me more about that.
Speaker BDo you think that, you know, how does it show up?
Speaker BWhat would it mean if this problem were fixed?
Speaker BSo, for example, we'll use just my house, my daughter's bedroom.
Speaker BIt's too hot.
Speaker BIt's too hot in the summer.
Speaker BShe sleeps with the fan on her face.
Speaker BShe sleeps with her window open in the winter.
Speaker BUm, I'm currently in a rental.
Speaker BSo I have, I've only, only willing to invest a certain amount into this house.
Speaker BSo sadly, I haven't been able to completely solve this problem.
Speaker BIt's dramatically better than what it was when we first moved in.
Speaker BBut can't wait till I get to the next house, till we get to our, our next place.
Speaker BSo.
Speaker BBecause I'm going to make sure everything is great.
Speaker BBut so everybody, you get a peek into my personal life.
Speaker BBecause transparency is everything.
Speaker BThe more vulnerable and quick side note, quick pop out your ninja trick.
Speaker BEspecially when we start getting into discovery.
Speaker BThe more and just when you're having conversation with people, the more vulnerable and the more you authentically share your own life with them, they will.
Speaker BBecause you're the tour guide, you're leading with these mirror neurons, like we've talked about in past episodes, they will become more vulnerable and share and open up with you.
Speaker BSo you lead the conversation by sharing something and they will share back.
Speaker BSo getting back to this topic, so questions about.
Speaker BOkay, wow.
Speaker BSo tell me more about.
Speaker BSo who lives in that room?
Speaker BYou know, whose room is that?
Speaker BSo I'm going to role play it back and forth with myself.
Speaker BSo it could sound something like.
Speaker BOkay, whose room is that?
Speaker BOh, it's my daughter's room.
Speaker BOh, it's your daughter's room.
Speaker BOkay.
Speaker BHow old is she?
Speaker BShe's 14.
Speaker BOkay, great.
Speaker BHow long have you been here?
Speaker BWell, We've been here 10 years.
Speaker BHas it always been her room?
Speaker BNo, she moved in probably six or seven years ago.
Speaker BOr five.
Speaker BSix years ago.
Speaker BOkay, great.
Speaker BPerfect.
Speaker BOkay.
Speaker BSo, you know, does she ever complain about it?
Speaker BOh, yeah, she complains.
Speaker BYou know, the peaks of the seasons.
Speaker BOh, wow, that sounds pretty rough.
Speaker BAnd so, I mean, does it affect her sleep?
Speaker BYeah, yeah, it definitely affects her sleep.
Speaker BOh, wow.
Speaker BSo is it like groggy, hard to get around in the morning sometimes.
Speaker BOh, for sure.
Speaker BYeah.
Speaker BIt's sometimes difficult getting up, going to school, man, that's awful.
Speaker BI mean, do you think it affects her schoolwork?
Speaker BSo see where I'm going with the questions?
Speaker BWe start asking about first layer problems, then you start asking about second and third, you know, third layer consequences of the temperature issue.
Speaker BSo, yes, it's uncomfortable, but what does it affect?
Speaker BHow does it affect them?
Speaker BYou know, does it affect their sleep?
Speaker BDoes it affect this, does it affect that?
Speaker BIf the kid is in along these same lines as, you know, for example, if their kids are in sports, like, wow, you think if they're not sleeping good, it affects their sports performance?
Speaker BOf course it does.
Speaker BSo a lot of these are things that people don't even think of that now we're helping them to get clarity on not only the problem itself, because, okay, so the room is too hot, but what does it affect?
Speaker BAnd as we start to tie all of this, connect the dots in their brain, because you have to remember, most people don't naturally have the ability to connect the dots between what we discover is the problem and how it affects their life.
Speaker BBut the more we can verbalize it, more importantly, the more they verbalize it, it becomes real and it becomes tangible.
Speaker BAnd now they're starting to understand how these dots connect.
Speaker BSo now they can see the importance and see and understand the importance of solving the problem to change the way that their loved one's life will change.
Speaker BIs this making sense?
Speaker BSo this is how to do real discovery.
Speaker BAnd so a little bit of brain science here on this.
Speaker BYou know, there's two, two pieces of the brain.
Speaker BOne's called the neocortex.
Speaker BOne's called the limbic brain.
Speaker BThe neocortex handles facts and logic.
Speaker BIt justifies their decisions.
Speaker BAnd then the limbic brain that drives emotion, trust and action.
Speaker BSo great discovery bridges the two.
Speaker BAnd this is why we just talked about that.
Speaker BBecause logic gives permission, emotion gives propulsion.
Speaker BSo another way to say it, I'm going to give you a lot of one liners coming from different angles because I want, I truly want you to understand this principle in this concept, because once you get it, it's going to change everything in the way you do your sales.
Speaker BLogic builds comfort, emotion builds commitment.
Speaker BLogic builds comfort, emotion builds commitment.
Speaker BSo now that we understand these basic principles, let's dig a little bit deeper.
Speaker BAnd so, you know, and in that role play, you heard me give you several different examples of questions.
Speaker BThese are not the only questions.
Speaker BI'm here to tell you that it's endless.
Speaker BThere's unlimited number of questions depending on what's going on in your situation.
Speaker BYou can ask a million different questions based on that.
Speaker BSo what made you decide to call today?
Speaker BHow bad does it get?
Speaker BHas it always been that way?
Speaker BWhat, what happens when it's at its worst?
Speaker BWhat can you not do because of it?
Speaker BIf we could fix that, what difference would that make for you?
Speaker BSo understanding these questions and understanding the answers to these questions, it.
Speaker BBecause what happens here?
Speaker BAnd this is the cool part.
Speaker BSo here's the ninja, ninja trick.
Speaker BBrain science piece of this and why it works so well.
Speaker BEach follow up question releases dopamine in their brain.
Speaker BThat is the curiosity.
Speaker BThat's the curiosity.
Speaker BBrain science, brain chemical.
Speaker BWhen homeowners explain more, their brain rewards them with this dopamine.
Speaker BSo they enjoy the conversation.
Speaker BThe more they talk, the more they trust.
Speaker BThe more they trust, the more they buy.
Speaker BSo you have to stay curious always.
Speaker BYou cannot be too curious.
Speaker BLike, imagine yourself, you're not an interrogator, you're a detective.
Speaker BYou're a detective.
Speaker BYou're freaking Sherlock Holmes.
Speaker BPut on the hat, grab the bubble pipe.
Speaker BAnd because here's the difference, Good salespeople will answer questions, great ones earn the right to ask better ones, right?
Speaker BSo if homeowners ask you a question, you answer it.
Speaker BIf you're, if you want to be great, you're going to earn the right to ask them five times as many questions as they're asking you.
Speaker BBecause that's the only way you can be a consultant.
Speaker BBecause people will trust a consultant because you're working together on a project.
Speaker BYou're not trying to sell them something.
Speaker BYou're teaming up to solve the problem together.
Speaker BSo let's move on a little bit.
Speaker BLet's see what's our time here?
Speaker BAll right, so one thing that's really important in this is the flinch.
Speaker BFlinch and empathy.
Speaker BSo if you've never heard what a flinch is, this is actually a negotiation principle.
Speaker BThere's an old school book called the Secret Power of Negotiation called by, I think it was the Secret Power of Negotiation by a guy named Roger Dawson.
Speaker BIncredible book, highly recommend.
Speaker BBut so the flinch is an actual specific.
Speaker BAnd Chris Voss actually even talks about it in, in Never split the difference.
Speaker BSo when a home, when they reveal something, when you're dealing with your homeowners and they reveal something personal or something out of the ordinary, pause and react, even just sometimes slightly, you can actually build in the reaction a little bit on purpose.
Speaker BAnd so in the flinch, here's what Happens.
Speaker BWe have to.
Speaker BThis is in.
Speaker BLet's take a different, totally different look for a second and we'll come right back to the flinch.
Speaker BThink about it in these kind of terms.
Speaker BWe've talked about this before.
Speaker BIn other episodes, the difference in, say, medical care when we go to the doctors.
Speaker BWe've all heard these terms.
Speaker BBedside manner, good bedside manner, bad bedside manner.
Speaker BWhy do we trust certain doctors over others?
Speaker BAnd this really is a big part of it is that reactive, coactive listening, meaning responding and reacting to how they are communicating to us.
Speaker BSo here's a couple of examples.
Speaker BThink about it in these terms.
Speaker BWhen you have a doctor that goes through.
Speaker BAnd I've told the story, my mom just went through this.
Speaker BShe had two different doctors.
Speaker BShe was looking at heart surgery.
Speaker BThe first doctor she just really didn't resonate with.
Speaker BShe couldn't really tell why.
Speaker BShe said it felt very clinical, very sterile.
Speaker BBy all, you know, all practical purposes, that first doctor was as qualified or more qualified than the second doctor she ended up going with.
Speaker BWhy did she choose the second doctor?
Speaker BThe second doctor was very personable, super warm, super friendly, showed signs of caring, was a lot younger, way less experienced, but she felt seen and heard in, in the conversation.
Speaker BSo that's why she chose the second doctor.
Speaker BSo now let's apply this.
Speaker BWhen we are talking about the flinch and the empathy that in these conversations, you know, when they reveal something personal or they reveal something that they share, something that is an issue, we pause and react.
Speaker BEven if it's just slightly, oh, wow, that must be miserable.
Speaker BOr wow, that sounds exhausting.
Speaker BTell me more.
Speaker BThose types of reactions, when you react with empathy, their brain literally is going to mirror your calm and the trust is going to skyrocket.
Speaker BSo that's why, you know, not just listening flatline, actually paying attention, and you react to what they're telling you.
Speaker BWow, that must be awful.
Speaker BWell, tell me more about that.
Speaker BGosh.
Speaker BOr social proof.
Speaker BIt.
Speaker BGeez, that's.
Speaker BYou know, we work in this neighborhood a lot.
Speaker BMost of your neighbors don't have to experience that.
Speaker BThis must be pretty rough, those types of comments.
Speaker BAnd then really.
Speaker BAnd not because you're fabricating it.
Speaker BAnd so don't hear what I'm not saying.
Speaker BWhat I'm not saying is just use this type of tool.
Speaker BThis is the difference in influence and manipulation is intent.
Speaker BIf you're learning these tactics to try to manipulate by artificially inflating something that doesn't need to be artificially inflated, then you're wrong.
Speaker BBut also just having a normal Conversation with somebody that in your daily life, if somebody was telling you about something that was they were experiencing, you would react normally.
Speaker BJust be a normal freaking human being.
Speaker BStop being weird and start selling.
Speaker BYou don't have to become someone you're not.
Speaker BThese conversations.
Speaker BSo that is where so always temper it.
Speaker BThese, yes, we're learning these types of techniques and skills and tricks.
Speaker BBut it's also, you have to maintain integrity, service at the highest level.
Speaker BYes, but I go through a lot of this to remind people just to have a normal conversation.
Speaker BSo many times we get in this sales role and we tell ourselves these stories that oh, I, I can't react.
Speaker BI'm the professional here.
Speaker BIt's like, yes ma', am, yes sir, no ma', am, no sir.
Speaker BThis is what we do.
Speaker BThis is how it's good.
Speaker BBut no, that's bad bedside manner.
Speaker BThat's the very clinical technician, the very clinical salesperson, the clinical doctor that sure adjust accordingly.
Speaker BSome people, that's what they want and the better you get, your intuition will tell you when that's what's needed.
Speaker BBut for most people, for the most part, the warm, friendly, I'm here to help attitude and reaction is what most people need.
Speaker BSo you've got to take all of this into account and temper it.
Speaker BWe've got to zoom way out from where we normally are.
Speaker BSo let's get into the next piece because this is really where it starts to come together.
Speaker BSo you take all of this discovery, you take the, you know, where we're acting and then just build a list together.
Speaker BYou know, I've got a whole methodology and a process that I take people through when I do trainings at their locations for their teams or when I do one on one coaching.
Speaker BBut basically the short version of this is just build it together.
Speaker BIt's okay.
Speaker BIt's okay if I make a list and write down the most important things.
Speaker BThat way I don't forget them or miss anything as we go through.
Speaker BYes, of course.
Speaker BAnd so, wow.
Speaker BSo when you're going down those lines of questioning and you get to, you've gone, you've talked about the problem, you've talked about the logic and then you've talked about the emotional side of it.
Speaker BThe person or people that the problem affects and how it's limiting their life and how it would be different in their life if that problem were solved, then just wrap it up with, wow, so this sounds like a pretty big problem for you then if we could.
Speaker BAnd then give whatever it is if we could X so you don't have to.
Speaker BY.
Speaker BWould that help you?
Speaker BSo if we could even out the temperatures in that bedroom so your daughter didn't have to, you know, have the extra fan and she slept better, would that help you?
Speaker BYes.
Speaker BIf we could reduce the number of allergens in the home so that you didn't have to wake up with bloody noses or would that help?
Speaker BYes.
Speaker BIf we could get rid of the horrible noise in the garage door that wakes you up at 5am every single morning when your husband leaves for work, would that help you?
Speaker BYes.
Speaker BWhatever it is.
Speaker BSo once you've got that type of a.
Speaker BJust a soft question.
Speaker BOkay, great.
Speaker BSo sounds like this is pretty important.
Speaker BRemember that list we talked about earlier?
Speaker BWould you like me to add this to the list as something you definitely want me to take a look at today?
Speaker BYes.
Speaker BGreat.
Speaker BNow I know what's important to you.
Speaker BWe'll put it down.
Speaker BAnd then once you get two or three things down, just this is where it becomes coactive, it becomes creating this project together.
Speaker BBecause this is where it no longer becomes just your project, but their project together.
Speaker BBecause what you don't want is, okay, I put this, I did this for you.
Speaker BI put this together for you.
Speaker BYes, I understand there's some language around that and some trainings that are out there, but that's 20 year old type of mindset.
Speaker BOur buyers today don't respond very well to that a lot of times.
Speaker BAnd so let's build this together type of idea is very different and it's very much the way that buyers today like to be approached.
Speaker BSo now we've got this list.
Speaker BOkay, great.
Speaker BSo I'm good.
Speaker BIf you could so hand them the list, actually give it to them with the pin.
Speaker BSay, okay, if I get you to prioritize these for me, that way I know what the most important and least important is.
Speaker BAnd then the moment that they grab that pin and they grab that list out of your hand, now they are taking ownership of this project and it's now your project together, not just your project, you're trying to sell them.
Speaker BNow they're helping to build the project.
Speaker BAnd the moment they start building the list, it stops being your project, it becomes their project.
Speaker BAnd so there's of course a ton of brain science behind why this is important and powerful.
Speaker BAnd then that's where we get into the rest of this process.
Speaker BSo that's the end of the discovery.
Speaker BSo we go through, we've asked great questions.
Speaker BAnd to summarize all this, when you ask better questions, you're not Manipulating people.
Speaker BYou're setting the decision making brain free and so you're helping them put words to the discomfort that's been living in their head rent free and it's been living in their head for months.
Speaker BAnd so you're helping them get clear and clearly articulate it.
Speaker BSo now they have clarity around the problem and now then you can give them clarity around the solution.
Speaker BThat has nothing to do with the product or service that you sell, has nothing to do with the equipment, with the ductwork, with the garage door opener, with the water heater, with the water treatment.
Speaker BIt has everything to do with what they're experiencing and then what their future pacing of their life is going to look like.
Speaker BSo sales isn't about talking people into something, it's about talking them back into themselves, giving them clarity and seeing a solution, seeing a path out of it, seeing a path, a clear path out of their problems.
Speaker BSo let's recap super quick.
Speaker BWe've got the two paths.
Speaker BQuestioning model problem and then person mirroring and labeling.
Speaker BBasically it's empathy on demand.
Speaker BDigging deeper, finding the symptom, finding the real emotion, creating ownership through the co creation of the list.
Speaker BAnd real discovery equals real connection.
Speaker BBecause when you do discovery right, closing becomes nothing more than helping them take the next logical step.
Speaker BAnd that's exactly what I've said for years.
Speaker BI learned this years and years and years and years ago from my original great cells trainer Mike that I learned from at the basement Systems Network years ago when I owned my Dr. Energy Saver franchise.
Speaker BYou know the logical and him and Larry Janesky.
Speaker BThose two, if you know who they are, huge shout out.
Speaker BI used to take classes from both of them all the time.
Speaker BThe logical conclusion to a well executed cells process is the cell because you've handled all the objections in the process, there's nothing left.
Speaker BAnd the logical conclusion is the logical next step is the sell.
Speaker BSo if this episode has helped you go back and listen to the whole trilogy, it is the blueprint for the kind of discovery that just closes with ease.
Speaker BIt's simple.
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