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Ever feel awkward in a sales conversation or a high stakes conversation when there’s a long pause?

And you feel this need to fill the space with worthless energy or information, something that may lower your status

This is what happens with professional service providers when there’s an objection, or talking about price

Or maybe even the conversation gets uncomfortable

Because we have this overwhelming need to be liked, but that comes at a cost

If you want to be seen as the expert, you need to take command of key conversations, without coming off as arrogant

But establishing boundaries, articulating your ideas, strategically pausing and asking great questions are the skills that help you establish that status

Without it, you’re JUST a vendor, JUST and expense and the client will not see your value

Which is why they will dismiss your services as an expense

It’s always about perspective and leadership when guiding customers through decisions

This is one of those skills

Most professionals that sell a product or service rush to solve too early. Big mistake.

This is the moment where the real sale is set up.

The “brain dump” is where your client unloads everything: their situation, their frustrations, the context behind the problem.

Your job? Don’t interrupt it. Guide it.

Let them expand. Let them clarify. Let them hear themselves.

Because the more they articulate the problem, the more real it becomes and the clearer your solution can land.

Great discovery calls are exactly for their meant to accomplish, discover about the prospect’s problem at a deeper level

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