The most common message I get is not from VPs or directors. It is from reps. And it almost always goes some version of: I agree with everything you write. My company is not doing any of it. I have been here nine months. I do my job. Nobody has told me what good actually looks like or where I am going next. What do I actually do?
This week is the answer to that question. The blog is what to do Monday. The progression guide is the month-by-month map nobody handed you at onboarding. The pipeline health diagnostic is the honest look at your territory most reps have never taken.
If you manage reps, forward this. It is the thing somebody should have sent on day one.
This Week on the Blog
New Post · For the Reps
Nobody at Your Company Is Going to Future-Proof Your Career. Do It Yourself.
Your last call review had three pieces of feedback. "Create more urgency." "Tighten the opener." And "great energy!" — which is what managers say when they watched the whole recording and came up empty. Six things to do this week that make you impossible to replace, impossible to automate, and genuinely ready to promote. No permission required.
Read the full postNew Free Resource
The BDR Progression Guide: Month by Month to AE-Ready
What great BDRs are doing at each stage of the role — from Gate 1 at day 30 to AE-ready at month 12. Benchmarks, skills, and curated resources to self-learn in every area. Includes specific podcast episodes, YouTube call breakdowns, and Gong Labs research. The path nobody hands you, laid out month by month.
Read the full postRun This Monday
The five-sentence POV that changes how your AEs see you
The thing that separates a rep with options from a rep who updates their resume every reorg is not talent. It is whether they can build a point of view on an account. Pick your single best account. Write five sentences before your next touch.
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1. The moment
What's going on at this company right now.
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2. The pain
What their real pain probably is — in their words if you have them.
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3. The trigger
Why it matters now. What's the event that makes this the quarter.
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4. The pattern
How it connects to a customer you've seen before.
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5. The test
The one thing the AE should test in the demo.
Free Tool
How healthy is your pipeline, actually?
Most reps don't know the answer until it shows up in a pipeline review with their manager. The Pipeline Health Diagnostic tells you before that — how well you're actually covering your territory, whether your account prioritization is deliberate or alphabetical, and whether the deals you're handing over are real. Run it before your next 1:1. Show up with the data instead of the hope.
Read the full postUnsolicited Recommendations
Show · The Bear
Technically a show about a restaurant. Actually the most accurate portrayal of what it feels like to manage a high-pressure team with no playbook, no resources, and everyone operating at the edge of their capacity. Every episode made me think about coaching, systems, and the cost of not developing people early enough. The pasta scene in season two will make you want to call someone and apologize.
FX on Hulu
Book · Same as Ever, Morgan Housel
About the things that never change in a world obsessed with what's new. Human behavior, risk, why people keep making the same decisions despite having more data than ever. Quietly one of the most useful books for understanding why prospects do what they do — and why the same objections keep showing up no matter what the market is doing.
Amazon
Podcast · Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend
Nothing to do with sales. Nothing to do with enablement. Just one of the funniest things available in podcast form, which is a genuine service to your brain after a week of call reviews and pipeline conversations. Conan's interview style is also — and I say this completely sincerely — a masterclass in asking follow-up questions. You will notice it once you know to look.
Apple Podcasts
One Bad Joke · Except It's Not
What's the difference between a BDR and a pizza? A pizza can feed a family of four.
Just kidding. The BDR also cannot feed a family of four until Q4.
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