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Lightning Round: Top 10 Ways to Prepare for a Sales Call Question: Franco from Paris asks, "My win rate used to be around 30%, and now I'm closer to 18% — same effort, same pipeline size. Is this a me problem, a market problem, or am I just measuring it wrong?" Book: Chasing Cheetahs by Nancy Nardin and Robert Nardin 🧠 Catch the BLOG for this episode!

Lightning Round: Top 10 Biggest Mistakes Sales Professionals Make Question: Cynthia from Tanzania asks, "I have been in sales for 12 years and I have to say I am a rock star :) and I want to stay at the top of my game. What do I need to know, where do I need to focus? How do I keep my growing edge?" Book: The Permission Mission by Dr. Cindy McGovern 🧠 Catch the BLOG for this episode!

Lightning Round: Top 10 Criteria for Qualifying Prospects Question: David from Denver, CO asked, "My manager is buried in meetings and doesn't coach much. How do I stay visible and get support without constantly sounding desperate." Book: Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin 🧠 Catch the BLOG for this episode!!

Lightning Round: Top 10 Trade Show Mistakes Question: Margo from West Palm Beach asks, "My company spends a fortune on trade shows.. I just don't see the ROI. Would be interested to know your thoughts on trade shows and more important your ideas for getting ROI." Book: Never Lose A Customer by Joey Coleman 🧠 Catch the BLOG for this episode!

Lightning Round: 10 Ways to Find New Prospects Question: Fred from Montana says, "Love the show, been listening for a few months. My question, I have some reps that hit their quota every month, and some that aren't even coming close. What do I need to do to not overmanage the successful reps and better support the struggling ones?" Book: Scale Your Sales by Brandon Bornancin 🧠 Read the BLOG for today's episode!

Lightning Round: Top 10 Emotional Intelligence Skills You Need to Build Question: Mark Caton on Spotify asks, "I think a valuable podcast would be to address how sales people are utilizing AI, and perhaps how the SDR role is being automated with so many AI agent tools." Book: AI Mindshift by Ford Saeks 🧠 Read the BLOG for this episode!

Lightning Round: Top 10 Ways to Deal with Margin Pressure Question: Jason in Denver asks, "I just lost it with a prospect. We had talked, she was interested, asked me to do a proposal —which I did—took hours, then nothing. I called, emailed, texted and nothing. Finally I wrote her a less than professional email, this time she responded. Told me she had a lot going on in her life, and was not blowing me off. She actually wanted to move forward UNTIL she got my email. Clearly, I need a better strategy for dealing with getting ghosted." Book: Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman. 🧠 Read the BLOG for this episode!

Lightning Round: Top 10 Ways Buyers Are Changing Question: Sean from Seattle asks, "We work in the food distribution industry, it's competitive. We are doing a great job of bringing on new customers, but our churn rate has been higher than ever this year. What advice do you have for me and my team?" Book: The Effortless Experience by Matthew Dixon, Nick Toman and Rick DeLisi 🧠 Read the BLOG for this episode.

Lightning Round: Top 10 Sales Skills You Need to Succeed in Second Quarter Question: Luka from Dubrovnik asks, "Love the show thank you. We listen here in Croatia every week. My question is what is wrong with my sales pipeline? I am qualifying like you say, getting deals in the pipeline but I cannot get them across the finish line.I either lose them at the end to a competitor or they just fall out, say they are not making a decision." Book: The Challenger Customer by Brent Admanson and Matt Dixon 🧠 Read the BLOG for this episode!

Lightning Round: Top 10 Ways to Build Your Confidence Question: Enrica from Mexico City asks, "Love the show, I have my team listen to the download every week. So this question is for them. We are already behind on our quota, and as we head into summer I am worried. Between our vacations, our customers' vacations, and the general slow down of the summer months—what do we need to be doing to ensure we do not fall any further behind?" Book: The Slight Edge by Jeff Olson 🧠 Read the BLOG for this episode!