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Waste No Day: A Home Services Motivational Podcast
Hosted by Brian Burton & Nate Minnich · EN
A podcast devoted to challenging, encouraging, advising, and highlighting the men and women of the home services industry. Whether you are a plumber, electrician, or HVAC technician, you all share the common tension of being both the hero and the villain in the eyes of the customer. Hosts Brian and Nate discuss and interview guests to show how to not only be the hero, but to be rewarded with more than a cape. [CLAIM:9U0WG0ZR]
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Sean McGraw - The Hard Truth About Hunting Your Own Leads
Yesterday01:18:22Tap to summarizeAtlantic City. July 17th and 18th. Two days on objections, in-home sales, and the real conversations your techs are losing right now. Tickets and VIP info at wastenodaybootcamp.com Get access to real-time sales training, scripts, and role-play coaching inside the Blue Collar Closer community, join today https://wastenoday.pro/BCC Join the Waste No Day! Facebook group: https://wastenoday.pro/FBgroup Sean McGraw is the founder and CEO of 4Energy, a home improvement company focused on solar and energy-efficient solutions. Originally from the Detroit metro area and now based in Arizona, Sean studied sustainability at Arizona State University, where a solar energy class sparked the idea that would eventually shape his business. Drawing from his father’s experience in the window replacement industry, he built 4Energy around the same home improvement model, but centered on solar and energy efficiency. Since launching the company in 2010, Sean has developed a strong reputation for creating demand in an industry where homeowners are rarely forced to buy, making marketing, education, and consistency a key part of his approach. In this episode, we talked about marketing, objections, door-knocking, referrals, homeowners...
Transcribe →Lt. Col. Scott Mann - The Generosity of Scars
1w ago01:34:39Tap to summarizeAtlantic City. July 17th and 18th. Two days on objections, in-home sales, and the real conversations most techs are losing right now. Tickets and VIP info at: wastenodaybootcamp.com Get access to real-time sales training, scripts, and role-play coaching inside the Blue Collar Closer community, join today https://wastenoday.pro/BCC Join the Waste No Day! Facebook group: https://wastenoday.pro/FBgroup Lieutenant Colonel Scott Mann is a former Green Beret who spent most of his adult life in Army Special Forces, serving in places like Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, and Afghanistan. His work focused not just on combat, but on building trust in low-trust environments - helping small teams connect with locals and turn them into strong partners. After the military, he shifted that same focus on human connection into leadership coaching, storytelling, and writing. He’s the author of Nobody’s Coming to Save You and his newer book The Generosity of Scars, and he’s known for helping leaders improve by focusing on relationships, storytelling, and real human connection. In this episode, we talked about storytelling, leadership, trust, emotions, struggle... Website: https://scottmann.com/about/, tfpineapple.org Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@TheScottMannPodcast Play: 11 Days WND Ep: 04/14/2025 Scott Mann - Build Unbreakable Connections Through Authentic Storytelling Books: Nobody’s Coming to Save You, The Generosity of Scars Concepts: Rooftop Leadership
Transcribe →Balance Is the Excuse That Keeps You Average
2w ago00:59:58Tap to summarizeWant to double your ticket average without being pushy? Get access to real-time sales training, scripts, and role-play coaching inside the Blue Collar Closer community, join today https://wastenoday.pro/BCC Join the Waste No Day! Facebook group: https://wastenoday.pro/FBgroup In this episode, we talked about work ethic, discipline, development, complacency...
Transcribe →The Call Most Techs Waste
3w ago01:03:15Tap to summarizeAtlantic City. July 17th and 18th. Two days on objections, in-home sales, and the real conversations most techs are losing right now. Tickets and VIP info at: wastenodaybootcamp.com Want to double your ticket average without being pushy? Get access to real-time sales training, scripts, and role-play coaching inside the Blue Collar Closer community, join today https://wastenoday.pro/BCC Join the Waste No Day! Facebook group: https://wastenoday.pro/FBgroup In this episode, we talked about maintenance calls, communication, trust, sales...
Transcribe →The Cost of Choosing Easy
4w ago01:08:10Tap to summarizeWant to double your ticket average without being pushy? Get access to real-time sales training, scripts, and role-play coaching inside the Blue Collar Closer community, join today https://wastenoday.pro/BCC Join the Waste No Day! Facebook group: https://wastenoday.pro/FBgroup In this episode, we talked about commitment, tenacity, progress, legacy...
Transcribe →People Buy When They Feel Safe
Apr 1300:58:22Tap to summarizeWant to double your ticket average without being pushy? Get access to real-time sales training, scripts, and role-play coaching inside the Blue Collar Closer community, join today https://wastenoday.pro/BCC Join the Waste No Day! Facebook group: https://wastenoday.pro/FBgroup In this episode, we talked about trust, influence, safety, body language, sequence... Featured Experts Mentioned Dr. Jack Schafer WND Ep: 11/29/2021 Books: The Like Switch, The Truth Detector Dr. Carol Kinsey Goman WND Ep: 2/28/2022 Book: The Silent Language of Leaders Dr. Robert Cialdini WND Ep: 1/6/2025 Books: Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion, Pre-Suasion
Transcribe →Anthony Hamilton - Take Responsibility or Stay the Same
Apr 601:39:36Tap to summarizeWant to double your ticket average without being pushy? Get access to real-time sales training, scripts, and role-play coaching inside the Blue Collar Closer community, join today https://wastenoday.pro/BCC Join the Waste No Day! Facebook group: https://wastenoday.pro/FBgroup Anthony Hamilton is the co-founder and CEO of The Water Heater Company, a residential home service business he started in 2019 with his business partner, Gonzalo Albarellos. What began as a two-man operation has grown into a 26-person team that’s on pace to hit around $12 million in revenue. He’s focused on leadership, building strong teams, and helping people in the trades grow - both personally and professionally. In this episode, we talked about discipline, responsibility, mindset, integrity, growth...
Transcribe →Jonithan Phillips - Stop Performing for Clients and Start Winning More Jobs
Mar 3001:14:23Tap to summarizeWant to double your ticket average without being pushy? Get access to real-time sales training, scripts, and role-play coaching inside the Blue Collar Closer community, join today https://wastenoday.pro/BCC Join the Waste No Day! Facebook group: https://wastenoday.pro/FBgroup Jonithan Phillips works in the home services industry as a sales trainer, speaker, and leadership developer. He serves as a senior instructor at A1 Garage Door Academy, where he trains and develops technicians and sales professionals for one of the largest residential garage door companies in the United States. In this episode, we talked about sales, mindset, relationships, trust, fear...
Transcribe →Jack Johnston - The Mindset Shift That Turned a Sales Skeptic Into a Top Performer
Mar 2301:18:07Tap to summarizeWant to double your ticket average without being pushy? Get access to real-time sales training, scripts, and role-play coaching inside the Blue Collar Closer community, join today https://wastenoday.pro/BCC Join the Waste No Day! Facebook group: https://wastenoday.pro/FBgroup Jack Johnston is a fourth-generation plumber from Phoenix. Known in his shop for constantly working to improve and helping lift up the people around him, Jack recently hit $1.6 million in revenue in a year. In this episode, we talked about sales, relationships, fear, communication, trust...
Transcribe →Zach Reynolds - From Self-Sabotage to $4 Million in Sales
Mar 1601:31:46Tap to summarizeWant to double your ticket average without being pushy? Get access to real-time sales training, scripts, and role-play coaching inside the Blue Collar Closer community, join today https://wastenoday.pro/BCC Join the Waste No Day! Facebook group: https://wastenoday.pro/FBgroup Zach Reynolds is an HVAC sales professional who started in the trade as an install helper, learning the work from the ground up before moving into full-time HVAC sales in July 2024. Originally from Tennessee and now based in Las Vegas, Zach has quickly built momentum in his sales career, reaching $4.1 million in sales in 2025 with a $16,000 average ticket and surpassing $6 million in total career sales. His background in the field and focus on serving homeowners well have played a big role in his early success. In this episode, we talked about discipline, mastery, mentorship, sales, sobriety...
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