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EPISODE · Feb 23, 2026 · 2 MIN

Carl-Gould-#70secondCEO-Stop Selling Positives—Solve Problems Instead

from Carl Gould #70secondCEO · host Carl Gould

 Stop Selling Positives—Solve Problems Instead  Hi everyone, Carl Gould here with your #70secondCEO. Just a little over a one minute investment every day for a lifetime of results. Now, I know the biggest mistake you kick your way, I want to know what the biggest mistake you are making in your business is, so we can go and fix that problem. Here's the biggest mistake. Talking about the positives of your business too much, or giving it too much airtime, right. That's not what it is in a current client working. In the season of business that we're in cold winter, people defer to experts, right. Experts are people that can do two things: solve problems no one else can solve and then charge what no one else can charge. Those are the two things that will determine whether your clients will keep you as an expert or not, right. So here's what we start. So for those of you out with the last one, we'll do a little bit last time, is first thing we want to do is we want to hear, what are the top complaints that you are getting from your prospects and your clients? And what are the top complaints about your industry, not just about you, and some of these complaints that might not even be about your company. But take a moment, write down what are the top five complaints you are hearing from your prospects and your clients about working with a company like yours. What I used to hear is people will start on time, tell me you're going to start (unclear follows) You say you're gonna be done by April 1st, you're not done by April 1st. Tell me one price and there are complaints, change orders or you don't have, you know, you quote them with one price, but then you're short on supply, but you can find it from another source as long as they're willing to pay more. And in my service business, the complaint was we didn't give enough, long enough guarantee on the hardscape and landscape materials. And there wasn't a senior manager on site, those are the top five I heard. Like and follow this podcast so you can learn more. My name is Carl Gould and this has been your #70secondCEO.  

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