{"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":"Staying in the Game When Conversations Go Sideways","slug":"staying-in-the-game-when-conversations-go-sideways","published_at":"2025-11-03T12:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/breaking-sales-1021390/staying-in-the-game-when-conversations-go-sideways","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_-185_FM1_-16LUFS.mp3?dest-id=1909841","summary":"What separates the sales professionals who consistently close deals from those who accept rejection too easily isn't charisma, product knowledge, or years of experience. It's conversation resilience: the ability to maintain composure and curiosity when discussions take unwelcome turns. In this episode of Breaking Sales, Dan explores this critical skill. Through his personal story of landing his first coaching client after sixteen months of failures, Dan demonstrates how conversation resilience converted apparent rejection into a closed deal. You'll discover what it actually takes to stay engaged in conversations when your instinct screams to retreat, apologize, or accept defeat—and why the professionals who master this skill don't panic when conversations go south. Whether you're encountering prospects who seem disengaged despite strong referrals, facing unexpected resistance, or struggling to maintain confidence when discussions turn negative, this episode will show you how to build the mindset that keeps you in the game when it matters most.","meta_description":"What separates the sales professionals who consistently close deals from those who accept rejection too easily isn't charisma, product knowledge, or years…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1030,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/breaking-sales-1021390/episodes/staying-in-the-game-when-conversations-go-sideways/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/staying-in-the-game-when-conversations-go-sideways.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}