
Waste No Day: A Home Services Motivational Podcast
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Sean McGraw - The Hard Truth About Hunting Your Own Leads
Lt. Col. Scott Mann - The Generosity of Scars
Balance Is the Excuse That Keeps You Average
The Call Most Techs Waste
The Cost of Choosing Easy
People Buy When They Feel Safe
Anthony Hamilton - Take Responsibility or Stay the Same
Ep 292Jonithan Phillips - Stop Performing for Clients and Start Winning More Jobs
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Ep 291Jack Johnston - The Mindset Shift That Turned a Sales Skeptic Into a Top Performer
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Ep 290Zack Reynolds - From Self-Sabotage to $4 Million in Sales
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Ep 289How Your Emotional State Is Costing You Sales
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Ep 288Ryan Fenn - How One Sentence Took Me From 10% to 90% Close Rate
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Ep 287Why Customers Remember Some Techs - and Forget Others
Attend BOOT CAMP 👇👇 https://wastenoday.pro/BootCamp5 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 hospitality, service, scripting
Ep 286Coral Whale - Turning Maintenance Calls Into Long-Term Customers
BOOT CAMP https://wastenoday.pro/BootCamp5 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 before the next live Q&A drops: https://wastenoday.pro/BCC Join the Waste No Day! Facebook group: https://wastenoday.pro/FBgroup Coral Whale is a returning guest on the podcast and specializes in maximizing HVAC maintenance calls. She focuses on turning traditionally low-profit maintenance visits into consistent, profitable opportunities by simplifying communication, building trust with homeowners, and presenting clear solutions. Coral shares real-world experience from the field, emphasizing consistency, respect in customers’ homes, and strong communication as the foundation for long-term client relationships and repeat business. In this episode, we talked about maintenance calls, conversion, discipline, consistency...
Ep 285One Bucket at a Time
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Ep 284The Secret Sauce of Winning Teams
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Ep 283The Silent Killers of Success No One Warns You About
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Ep 282Tommy Mello - Why High Standards Change Everything
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Ep 281Tommy Mello - Systems Beat Hustle Every Time
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Ep 280When You Lose Control, You Lose the Sale
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Ep 279Effort Won’t Save You in 2026
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Ep 278Competition Is for Losers
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Ep 277The Hidden Dysfunctions Holding Your Team Back
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Ep 276Luke Martin - Building a Sales Culture Techs Actually Love
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Ep 275How To Be Expensive in a Cheap World
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Ep 274Death by Desperation
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Ep 273The Cure for Being Mediocre
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Ep 272Addicted to Applause
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Ep 271Build Unstoppable Teams Through Friendly Rivalry
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Ep 270The Secret to Selling Without Selling
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Ep 269Unlock Client Commitment With the Trial Close
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Ep 268The Top 5 Mistakes selling techs make
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Ep 267Jason Nemes - How Losing It All Led to a $100 Million Dream
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Ep 266Breaking Free from the "Fear Tax"
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Ep 265Dr. Benjamin Hardy - The Science of Scaling and Setting Impossible Goals
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Ep 264How Exceptional Service Builds Unshakable Trust
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Ep 263Why Everyone Needs a Coach to Go Farther, Faster
Want to double, triple and even 10X your income without being pushy? Inside Blue Collar Closer, you’ll get scripts, live role-play coaching, and the exact sales system techs are using right now to close bigger jobs without the sleazy tactics. Join over 200 top techs. Spots open weekly. Join today 👇 https://wastenoday.pro/BCC Join the Waste No Day! Facebook group: https://wastenoday.pro/FBgroup In this episode, we talked about the game-changing value of having a coach, how to shorten the learning curve, perseverance…
Ep 262Selling more by escaping the manager’s trap
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Ep 261Jim Leslie - Turning Five-Star Reviews Into Daily Referrals
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Ep 260Jim Leslie - The Mindset That Squeezes the Gold Out Of Every Lead
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Ep 259Turn anxiety into excitement NOW!
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Ep 258Andrew Dobbins - Unlocking High-Ticket Sales Without High-Pressure Tactics
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Ep 257Stop Hoping They’ll Say Yes - Start Asking!
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Ep 256Laura Kelly - Cultivating Courage Before Confidence on Every Service Call
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Ep 255Doug Wyatt - How to Ask, Close, and Win with Confidence
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Ep 254Doug Wyatt - Fuel Success Daily with Tiny Wins & Unbreakable Habits
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Ep 253Is Your Voice Helping You Sell—or Losing the Sale?
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Ep 252How to Earn Trust Before You Knock
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Ep 251The Power of Pattern Interruption
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Ep 250Dr. Jarom Ipson - Built to Last: The Science of Hormones, Health, and Hustle
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