Send us a text You want your work to be commissioned, but how can we commission you if you don’t first commission yourself through a body of work? “🔥 Those commissioning you must know they’re getting more than they paid for, not less than what they hoped for.” Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/marshbuice/message Support the show 📣Who needs to hear this episode? Please share with ONE PERSON who needs to hear this message. 🛑 Watch & subscribe to episodes on my YouTube Channel: http...
Jun 29, 2020•8 min•Ep. 543
Send us a text When it comes to emotions, “Usually” is your default setting. ie “When this happens, I usually (react) & do this.” “You are where you are be of “usually.” If you want to change your results, then change how you look and handle the data, so that when your mind, in an effort to conserve energy, defaults to “usually,” because you handle the data differently, your results will be different too.” Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/marshbuice/message Support the show 📣Who n...
Jun 26, 2020•12 min•Ep. 542
Send us a text Don’t let what you’ve done be greater than your do. Is what you’ve done all there is to do? Ring to ruin there’s always next. Text me or leave me a voice mail w/ your thoughts & questions! 337-565-0906 Put your thumbs to work! 👍Share today’s message with someone who needs it. 🔔 Hit the notification button for new daily episodes. 📺 Watch this episode by subscribing to The Sales Life Youtube Channel today! https://www.youtube.com/user/mbuice53 Or IGTV: @therealsaleslife Join ...
Jun 25, 2020•9 min•Ep. 541
Send us a text “People can’t jump on your bandwagon if it’s parked in the garage.” Sam Horn There are so many things you want to do: mentor, help kids, raise awareness, support the elderly, teach literacy, start a cooking show, write a book, teach how to apply makeup, sell cars, homes, & insurance... Omg the list goes forever, but you don’t start because you don’t know who or how many will support you. How can we? If you’ve got no wagon for us to jump on? —————————————-Text me or leave me a ...
Jun 24, 2020•9 min•Ep. 540
Send us a text Every day you work to get to points which is understandable because your points provide certainty, comfort, and convenience. You’ve shortened your success because you’re working in points and cease living in ranges. 💥You learn in ranges, but you survive in points. 💥Text me or leave me a voice mail w/ your thoughts & questions! 337-565-0906 Put your thumbs to work! 👍Share today’s message with someone who needs it. 🔔 Hit the notification button for new daily episodes. 📺 Wat...
Jun 23, 2020•14 min•Ep. 539
Send us a text Author of Lost and Founder, Ram Fishkin writes about a MVP: Minimum Viable Product. Meaning an MVP for a behemoth like Nike is different than a startup like Johnny’s Hoodies. Before Nike can launch, they have to consider how it’ll affect millions of buyers, but because no one outside of the neighborhood knows anything about Johnny’s Hoodies, he can afford to make a mistake and correct it with minimal impact. Be glad that you’re unnoticed right now. You grow discouraged because you...
Jun 22, 2020•11 min•Ep. 538
Send us a text If you missed a few episodes of TSL this week or just want a quick refresher I got you. Today’s episode is a sampler from this past week’s topics, that way you can pick and choose which ones to go back and hit. 🛑YOU power this show. If you find value in today’s episode please share with others. Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/marshbuice/message Support the show 📣Who needs to hear this episode? Please share with ONE PERSON who needs to hear this message. 🛑 Watch &...
Jun 21, 2020•12 min•Ep. 537
Send us a text Failing 9th grade ain’t good. Failing where you are right is great, because fail-ing is a process whereas failure is a label. & if it’s a label then everything you do supports that labor. I want you to start seeing the failing as a plus not a minus. Today I’ll give you 5 ways to look at failing as a + & start negating that false narrative. Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/marshbuice/message Support the show 📣Who needs to hear this episode? Please share with ONE ...
Jun 20, 2020•12 min•Ep. 536
Send us a text When it comes to “decisions, Kevin Systrom, co-founder of Instagram, doesn’t feel that they lead to “consequences” but more-so “outcomes.” I never liked the only word “consequences” as it relates to making a decision because the word “consequence” tends to have a negative association to decision. What if it was a good decision? This episode will help your make better decisions. When making a decision, look at the range of potential outcomes. Often we get trapped in the weeds and e...
Jun 19, 2020•14 min•Ep. 535
Send us a text This week has been an absolute train wreck for accomplishment. My week’s wins have been fractional in comparison to my mission...but “how fast can I come back?” If you feel overwhelmed because things aren’t coming together for you this one’s for you (& me 😉) Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/marshbuice/message Support the show 📣Who needs to hear this episode? Please share with ONE PERSON who needs to hear this message. 🛑 Watch & subscribe to episodes on my YouT...
Jun 18, 2020•20 min•Ep. 534
Send us a text Price & Cost seem synonymous but they are not the same. Price is the decision, but the costs are what fuels (or stalls) the decision. Your TSL Post Note: When the price is pretty, the costs are ugly. When you price is ugly, the costs (benefits) are pretty. 🛑 please share today’s episode if you found value 🙏 Leave your comments and takeaways. I ❤️ To hear from you! Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/marshbuice/message Support the show 📣Who needs to hear this episode?...
Jun 17, 2020•17 min•Ep. 533
Send us a text “Everyone has uphill dreams, but downhill habits.” ~John Maxwell Why is it so easy to eat bad? You can get a 10 piece nugget for $1.49 but a grilled chicken wrap will leave your $10 lighter. Fast food joints don’t want you to think- they make it easy to accept & more difficult to choose hard. A recovering alcoholic said “Drinking is easy, running is hard.” They say nothing comes easy, everything’s hard. I say it’s opposite. Everything comes easy, nothing comes hard because har...
Jun 16, 2020•14 min•Ep. 532
Send us a text TSL Nation! Let’s get it! “People don’t buy what you do, they buy why you do it and what you do proves what you believe.” ~ Simon Sinek If you want to truly make someone stutter, after they tell you “what” they do ask them “why” they do it in the first place. People can tell you what they do, but they can’t tell you why they do it. If you feel frustrated & stuck it’s because you skipped the line to get a “What” (title, license, business, new job), but you’ve got no why. If you...
Jun 15, 2020•15 min•Ep. 531
Send us a text Life can get hectic and you may have missed a few episodes of TSL. No worries I have em all rolled into one episode for you to check out & dive deeper into specific ones that peak your interest. Enjoy & see you tomorrow! Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/marshbuice/message Support the show 📣Who needs to hear this episode? Please share with ONE PERSON who needs to hear this message. 🛑 Watch & subscribe to episodes on my YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.co...
Jun 14, 2020•18 min•Ep. 530
Send us a text They say imitation is the highest form of flattery, but Emulation is the strongest path the success. What’s the difference between Imitation & Emulation? Why do I get burned out so quick? Why are some people less talented than me so successful? Keep enrolling for another degree? Keep jumping from job to job? You’ve got imitation brain. Let’s fix that. Get your show notes right here! https://thesaleslife.coach/2020/06/13/529 Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/marshbuice...
Jun 13, 2020•16 min•Ep. 529
Send us a text “The version of you is perfect for right now, but it’ll be inferior for next year.” Those words were seared into me last night from Ed Mylett. He went on to say, “I am in a constant crises to get to the NEXT VERSION of me.” You need a why? You need a driver? You need a reason to get up? Because there’s a newer version available & obtainable for you. Love who you are, but be desperate to improve. TSL Post-it note: “You can’t want a 4.0 life running on a 1.0 version.” Let’s gooo...
Jun 12, 2020•13 min•Ep. 528
Send us a text Say the phrase, “I gotta live with it...” & notice how your mind & body physically & psychology shift. Do you feel strong and able or weak and helpless? It’s amazing when you’re facing adversity, if you remove the word “with” & replacing with “for” how you’ll begin to change your whole situation around. “I (gotta) live with this.” Vs “It’s hard, but I live for this!” “With” is acceptance. “For“ is advancement. 🛑The Sales Life is on IGTV: @therealsaleslife 🛑Subscr...
Jun 11, 2020•14 min•Ep. 527
Send us a text "The person with their hand always up is going to get promoted before you. They're going to get the office before you. They going to leverage their promotion to a better paying job before you even get a raise. You were better trained, better prepared. But you didn't let the world see that because you were scared. That fear is going to stop you from getting full value for your work. Don't let that happen. ~ Curtis (50 Cent) Jackson "Hustle Harder. Hustle Sm...
Jun 10, 2020•13 min•Ep. 526
Send us a text You’ll often see a pacer in races. They’re the ones out in front setting the expectations of others. Relationships, finances, wellness, health, & your career, you’ll start off being the pacer, but wind up doing the pacing- falling to the cadence of others. Today’s TSL Post-it note: When you slow to someone else’s pace, you’ll fall to their results. Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/marshbuice/message Support the show 📣Who needs to hear this episode? Please share with...
Jun 09, 2020•14 min•Ep. 525
Send us a text I resist the urge to jump in when a young manager asks for help because the only way he’ll learn what to fix is by learning what to look for. Your growth is tied to your hands on experience. When you’re doing or seeing something new, don’t be so quick to ask for help. Sitting in the tension to figure it out will give you the experience to learn to “see” differently as well as tame the voices screaming Mayday! Abort! In your head. Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/marshbui...
Jun 08, 2020•14 min•Ep. 524
Send us a text “You have to know form in order to break form...you have to know structure in order to break structure. Otherwise you’re just shortcutting.” ~Michael Gervais You want the quick results so you ask, “What can I get away with NOT doing & still get massive results?” The short answer? Nothing grand. An athlete makes an awkward shot. An entrepreneur pushes all of his chips in & hits big. A top producer makes a sale on the lips of a disaster... & you think, “me too.” 🔥The di...
Jun 07, 2020•15 min•Ep. 523
Send us a text “Every next level of your life demands a new version of you.” Inky Johnson Why be so quick to pop off and show people where you came from? If you want to show them, let it be in distance, act in such a way that is so far removed from who you once were & how you once handled things to productively bring about a resolution. You can leap to new environments- new town, boo, or job, but if you haven’t changed your mind, you’re never gonna change your results. TSL Post-it note quote...
Jun 06, 2020•10 min•Ep. 522
Send us a text Not quite ready to start that blog, channel, page, or podcast? Working on the details- doing a little more research before launching that message? Want it perfect, right? It’ll suck. Even if you think it’s good, you’ll look back on it embarrassed & I hope you are, because that’ll prove to you just how far you’ve come. Got an idea? Execute. Period. 🔥Here’s your TSL Post-it Note for today: “A decision executed is a good decision because even if you fail, a loss today is a win i...
Jun 05, 2020•14 min•Ep. 521
Send us a text Because average is the base camp of great. So you fell asleep at the wheel...your pants are tighter & your sales are lighter. I bet when I talk to you, you’re telling me how you used to look and live right? And you were soooo close, right? You almost had it going on like “them.” And now look at you. Everything you do is spoken in past tense & present failure which only affirms your mental narrative that you’ll never get back to “once was.” You’re right, you won’t. Because ...
Jun 04, 2020•17 min•Ep. 520
Send us a text In episode 517 we talked about the need for endurance, but let’s skip back to effort again because effort only once is a result, but if you reapply your skills with even more effort, you’ll = achievement. Today we work off of Angela Duckworth’s formula for massive achievement. Talent x Effort = Skill. Skill x Effort = Achievement. People who are less talented than you are doing better than you, not because they work twice as hard- but because they apply effort twice as much as you...
Jun 03, 2020•15 min•Ep. 519
Send us a text When comedian Steve Martin is asked his advice on how to be successful it’s pretty simple. “Be so good they can’t ignore you.” Today we’re riffing from @calnewport book “So good they can’t ignore you.” Adopt a “Craftsman’s Mindset” & stop playing against “tha man” & start molding your career. If you keep getting passed over or not even considered for perks or extras...it’s because you’re not even a part of the conversation. Mold yourself into the kind of person that the wo...
Jun 02, 2020•20 min•Ep. 518
Send us a text New month, new goals, right? With renewed optimism THIS is gonna be your month. To achieve your goals it’s gonna take massive effort...we all know that. Effort = Reward. But what isn’t talked about is it’s gonna take endurance too. Endurance is the ability to stay in the tension for as long as you can, release, aNd quickly jump back in the tension, lengthening your emotional and physical rope. Endurance is your superpower. Not only for delayed gratification but gratification when ...
Jun 01, 2020•17 min•Ep. 517
Send us a text Believe it or not, although he’s definitely had some way low’s, Mike Tyson said his rock bottom moment was when he became the Heavyweight Champion of the world. When he had no name, money, or belt he always wanted to train, but once he had it all, he didn’t want to train to defend it. If you find you’re starting to relax and lay up in your done’s...you need some more do’s. Text me or leave me a voice mail w/ your thoughts on today’s episode & your questions! 337-565-0906 Put y...
May 31, 2020•20 min•Ep. 516
Send us a text “I can’t take it anymore!” Said that a few thousand times? Yea, me too, when things aren’t working. It’s times like this that you have to remember you’re playing in the gap between “Fake it till I make it” & “Make it till I make it.” You’re playing in the “take it” gap & interpreting it wrong. Text me or leave me a voice mail w/ your thoughts & questions! 337-565-0906 Put your thumbs to work! 👍Share today’s message with someone who needs it. 🔔 Hit the notification bu...
May 30, 2020•19 min•Ep. 515
Send us a text Text or send me a voice memo! I want to hear from you 337-565-0906 David Clark was remembered on Rich Roll’s podcast. Rich played a previous conversation he had with David- his story was amazing to transforming from a 320 lb raging alcoholic who could only run 15 seconds, to one who ran some of those rigorous ultra runs ever. Clark said, “I didn't want to just run a marathon. I want to BE the one who runs marathons.” There’s a difference between checking a box and saying I di...
May 29, 2020•19 min•Ep. 514
