Waste No Day: A Home Services Motivational Podcast

In today’s show, we are putting Andrew Dobbins in your passenger seat to discuss the concept of selling out of your own wallet. Selling out of your own wallet is the age-old problem of prejudging a situation based upon exterior circumstances or filtered through the lense of your own buying habits. We all can fall guilty of switching chairs with the customer to become the decision maker because we were too fearful to present or didn’t think they would be interested because it wasn’t within our budget or we didn’t find the product that interesting ourselves. Either way, it’s the wrong way. Andrew Dobbins joins us with decades of experience in the trades and a selling pedigree that would make any top 10 board. Andrew’s methodical yet simple presentation walks a customer through each step but it’s the no fear of numbers that makes his story different. Tune into this episode to challenge yourself into pressing into the next set of digits on your presentation price.

In today’s show, we are putting Richard Fenton and Andrew Waltz in your passenger seat to discuss their book and concept “Go For No!” Richard and Andrewa are the Courage Crafters. As professional speakers, trainers, and authors they also call themselves “Failure Philosophers” and “Reject-ologists” and are experts on achieving courageous breakthrough performance through increasing failure rates and other unconventional approaches. On this episode, they breakdown the concepts in their book and how the only way you will get more yes’s is if you attempt to get more no’s can change your selling strategy.  

In today’s show, we are putting Dylan Moya in your passenger seat to discuss his career as a 3 million dollar a year plumber. Dylan is a residential service plumber originally out of Southern California. His career didn’t start with success. Forced into the trade due to having a child in high school and not having many other options, he set is mind to a goal. Little did he know it would create great success becoming one of the top service and sales plumbers in the country. He has recently relocated to Dallas, TX, and now helps other plumbers see their goals to reality in training with HVAC Masters of the Hustle. On this episode, Dylan shares his techniques to running a successful plumbing call, building options, and the relentless pursuit of excellence.

In today’s show, we are putting Currie Gauvreau in your passenger seat to discuss leading with intention. Leadership is more than a title; it’s more than a paycheck. Leadership is a decision to push forward, to inspire, to rally others around you into something more. Whether you are a leader now or a leader in development, this topic hits home for all of us. In the absence of leaders, leaders must be developed; and it is incumbent upon all of us to be growing our own leadership abilities. Currie Gauvreau is one of those who develops leaders. Currie has a long heritage of leading in his own life and career as well as speaking into the lives of others. As a former marine, law enforcement officer, trainer, and more, his life has been filled with leadership training and more importantly leadership application. Currie takes time out of his schedule to share with us his concept on leadership, developing the skill within, and the importance as to why this matters.

In today’s show, we are putting Tommy Mello in your passenger seat to discuss getting out of your comfort zone and expanding what is possible. Tommy Mello is the author of Home Service Millionaire and the founder of A1 Garage Doors, a $50 million-plus home service business with over 200 employees in 9 states. Through HomeServiceMillionaire.com and the Home Service Expert podcast, Tommy shares his experience and insights to help fellow entrepreneurs scale their businesses. On the episode today, Tommy shares the innovations and processes he has developed in the garage door industry and we see if we can extract some ideas into the home services trades. From training to sales to systems, Tommy is a forerunner in the home services business and shares what has made him successful and how to keep pushing for the next level.

In today’s show, we are putting Brandon Duncan in your passenger seat to discuss having a bulletproof mindset. Brandon grew up with a father in the trades and started his ride-a-longs at a young age learning the ropes. Growing into the role himself his life didn’t take the turns he thought it would and he ended up in a place uncertain of the next step. Finding new life at a new company he grew in his career eventually founding his own plumbing company growing it over the years to be a successful enterprise. Today, his attentions are focused on training and specifically on the mindset. Attitude is a massive part of being a home service professional; especially since it is a very isolated schedule. Brandon reveals 10 easy to say, but hard to live steps to keeping your attitude in check. These steps when fully developed can grow a bulletproof mindset that is able to withstand the challenges of any day.

In today’s show, we are putting Gary Singleton in your passenger seat to discuss training in the off-season. Regardless as to whether you are in the HVAC, plumbing, or electrical trades the slow seasons are inevitable. What you do during the down time makes a difference and, in many ways, it is the slow periods that allow for the most gain come opening day. Gary is no stranger to slow seasons growing up in the heating and air conditioning industry. He has weathered the weather for decades making it from a maintenance tech to an owner and most recently a trainer. His vast experience over the years speaks credibility to what he believes a home services professional should be focusing on to get better. The off-season is the time to refine not the time to recline. It is the time to grow and challenge yourself in the areas of weakness to hit the ground running come game time. Listen to this week’s episode as we dig into the mind of a professional who has lived it out.

In today’s show, we are putting Ryan Mayfield in your passenger seat to discuss team building and team work. Teamwork makes the dream work…yes that’s one of those tired cliches; but regardless of any clever statements, teams are still a part any organization. More than likely, you are part of a team now. Wouldn’t life be better if that team functioned more as a team and less like a group of individuals? That is the specialty of our guest today, Ryan Mayfield. Ryan’s sole focus is getting teams to work together. Even though he'd sat through almost every imaginable version of a leadership training and personality assessment, he never really felt like those trainings left a truly lasting impact on himself or those he worked with. That all changed when he encountered the enneagram. This led him to start his company, Evrgrn. Today, he works with many business leaders and teams across a wide variety of industries, using the enneagram to help them understand themselves, each other, communicate better, and love their jobs.

As we wrap up the year, it is time for some reflection. We created an end of the year compilation episode of the top 10 episodes from 2021. Listen to impactful clips from each of these dynamic guests and be reminded of the great information we have learned throughout the year. From us at the Waste No Day podcast, we thank each of you for listening and look forward to a great 2022. Enjoy the highlights!

In today’s show, we are putting Currie Gauvreau in your passenger seat to discuss water treatment and conditioning. Clean water is one of the foremost benefits of the developing world. So much so that it is almost taken for granted to open the tap and have a cup of clean, clear water. However, even with the appearance of clean water, our water is not as clean as it appears. Contaminants, pharmaceuticals, and much more is carried into our homes on a daily basis as “clean water.” Working as plumbers in the home services industry, if we are in the home there is a fair chance that water caused the problem. So, it makes sense that we would begin exploring what is in our water and how it not only affects our home but our own bodies. Currie Gauvreau has a ton of experience in the trades working as a trainer for years and now puts his expertise into learning more about water conditioning and treatment. On this episode he shares about the physical, chemical, and mineral components of your water and what to do about it.