{"podcast":{"title":"Breaking Sales","slug":"breaking-sales-1021390","podcast_index_feed_id":1021390,"rss_url":"https://rss.libsyn.com/shows/252806/destinations/1909841.xml","website_url":"https://www.lappin180.com/podcast","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/d/b/5/4/db544e207d07a9b6e55e3c100dce7605/Untitled_design_62.png","author":"Dan Lappin","episode_count":242,"summary":"Behind the scenes with one of America's leading sales renegades, Dan Lappin, and his fanatic crew of disruptors from Lappin180. Listen as Dan, his sales training team, and their guests destroy everything you thought you knew about selling. A nonconformist take on rejecting the status quo, Lappin180 annihilates the tried-and-died sales tactics and techniques that have failed you, and your prospects. Here is your chance to break free of convention and tedious sales rules top earners never follow. In interviews with business leaders and industry insiders, Dan will inspire you to think differently, stop selling, and break the sale. Join Dan on his unorthodox mission to shatter the dull monotony of performance stagnation.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-06T22:18:37.827304+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/breaking-sales-1021390"},"episode":{"title":"How you start does have a cost!","slug":"how-you-start-does-have-a-cost","published_at":"2026-07-06T11:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/breaking-sales-1021390/how-you-start-does-have-a-cost","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/breaking-sales-1021390","url":"https://www.lappin180.com/podcast","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/breakingsales/BSP_201_FM1_-16LUFS.mp3?dest-id=1909841","summary":"The opening minutes of a prospect meeting carry more weight than many sales professionals give them credit for. It can dictate whether you are starting from a position of strength or from behind. From that very first moment forward the prospect is trying to determine one thing: What does this person actually want from me? The question is - do you want your prospects thinking about where you're trying to take them, or how you will use their answers to advance a sale? Or do you want their energy and effort focused on answering your questions with honesty? All of this is determined by how you start your conversations. In this episode, Dan and Pam explore what it actually takes to create the conditions for an honest conversation — including what's required to help prospects examine their biases and challenge their beliefs. This episode is relevant for anyone who has walked out of a meeting thinking it went fine — and then never heard back. Follow and subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@BreakingSalesPodcast/videos","meta_description":"The opening minutes of a prospect meeting carry more weight than many sales professionals give them credit for. It can dictate whether you are starting fr…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1511,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/breaking-sales-1021390/episodes/how-you-start-does-have-a-cost/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/breaking-sales-1021390/how-you-start-does-have-a-cost.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}