The Hardcore Closer Podcast

After dealing with pain, adversity, and a brutal truth, Amberly Lago has been through three major accidents and 34 surgeries and didn't let that stop her from helping others. Amberly is a personal trainer, speaker and a devoted mother and wife. Amberly is also a Best-Selling Author of her book "True Grit and Grace" and runs her podcast True Grit and Grace.  Amberly addresses how she hasn't let her...

There's a huge opportunity you're missing as a business owner, operator, and leader. We get caught up selling ourselves, business partners, and clients on why they should work with us.  On today's Hardcore Closer episode, Ryan addresses another side of sales that we don't pay attention to which is selling people to work for you.  When you hire a new employee you have to quickly decipher if you thi...

When it comes to discussing a sensitive topic everyone becomes a Facebook expert and only because they may have heard a small bit of the information or maybe they read an article. Ryan is going to address why you need to be informed about your taxes when it comes to your business or company and how you can be eligible for resources you didn't even know about. Ryan talks about the difference betwee...

Ryan addresses why being attractive on social media will improve your clients and notoriety. By attraction we aren't talking about just look. We are talking about how you are appealing to other people when they click on your Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, ETC. Profile.  Ryan shares an experience at his first speaking event about how the host was completely unrecognizable from her profile. He speak...

Ryan addresses why you need to be looking at social media apps for how beneficial they are to anyone in the Sales, Marketing, and even the Entrepreneurial world.  Ryan talks about what happened in 2002-2003 that changed his mindset on Sales and Marketing after meeting an established Couple who were clients at the car wash he worked at during that time.  Ryan spoke about these "house meetings" that...

The value of your investment is the biggest piece of your time. Owning a business can be one of the hardest things to do at times if you don't have the right resources. Over 500,000 businesses fail each year due to wrong investments, or lack of knowledge of what the consumer wants or needs.  Adam Lyons is a Serial Investor and Business Strategist who has a mission of helping businesses increase th...

Having a family is a true blessing and finding the perfect home is an answered prayer. Alvin "Hope" Johnson is a Multifamily Developer with almost 40 years of experience in Real Estate. Alvin is the President of the Hope Housing Foundation which is a Texas Non- Profit that is dedicated to helping low income to moderate income households be able to live in affordable housing while developing the co...

The financial mind is focused on the overall cost. The truth is that you can live your dream lifestyle. You can drive the car you want, you can afford the clothes, the watches, and everything you want to do.  Ryan addresses how he felt when he walked on stage for the first time at Arete speaking in front of thousands of people. He compared himself as "an opener at a comedy show". At that time Ryan...

Ryan and Brandon will be addressing why it is easy to build assets through Real Estate by taking you through some of the processes and how they work. Brandon talks about what got him into Real Estate and why he is passionate about it. Brandon speaks about where his mindset was about five years ago when he decided to start his Company and the aspirations he had for it.   Brandon Brittingham is the...

Ryan is addressing the truth behind the unanswered question of how you can be the most knowledgeable person in sales but still be broke. The main point is focus. Anyone can blow through a season of their favorite TV show but when it comes to the bottom barrel work they don't want to put in the extra hour.  Ryan speaks about a few experiences he went through coming up in his sales career that molde...

Today we live in a world of continuous advancement. These advancements affect every situation going on in the world we live in today. When you think of sales you must think of cold calls, annoying the consumer until they buy. That's not how it works in 2022. Today Ryan MFKN' Stewman is going to give you an insight on how to generate leads and produce a modern day sale.  The consumer is growing sma...

We live in a greed filled world where everyone wakes up with the goal of being wealthy. Unfortunately not everyone can achieve that dream in their lifetime, and when they do the majority of them buy things that they want, not what they need. There is a lesson in today's episode, the difference between someone who is wealthy and someone who is rich. Everyone wants to stop when they feel comfortable...

Like many in this crazy matrix, we're born into a system.  A system that is rigged for winning and losing.  The smart ones break free and get labled ADHD, non-compliant, behaviorly challenged, and every other label they can slap on them to keep them limited.  But the smart ones see everything the matrix is made of and start finding the loopholes.  Education becomes a money grab.  Rules become sugg...

Some things you see on Social media are fake. The fake watches. Fake houses.  Fake businesses.  Fake people.  But there are anomolies you'll find if you look close enough.  If you know anything about me, you know I don't keep it real with fake MFKRs!  Today, our guest is one of those people who have managed to create an ideal life.  He's a savage serial entrepreneur and someone who has amassed 60,...

Reinvention.  Sometimes it's chosen, and sometimes it's forced upon you by circumstances of the algorithm on the planet.  It's your direct line of communication to the universe to state your inentions and change your life.  It requires:  - Drive  - Focus - Consistency - Hard Work  Today's guests include Jason Poston, IFBB Pro and "Thor," a Champion Strongman who stands 6'9 and weighs 420 pounds fr...

It's real easy to be a loser.  I've been a loser.   I've been a degenerate.  Do I like watching strippers bounce their asses?  Damn right.  But I'm married, and I know if I'm going to lead, that's not where I want to lead other men.  It's real easy to go out and get shitfaced, but I know if I'm going to lead, I can't be foggy-minded and still make the best decisions possible.  I can't tell you wha...

There's blood in the streets. This week, the stock market, crypto, and NFTs took massive hits.  People that were crytpo billionaires went down to hundred-thousandaires if they were lucky.   I'm going to give you the game on the top 3 professions that are currently in trouble and how to start planning to insulate your future.  It may require a pivot into a different industry.  Diversify your invest...

This is a continuation of last week's episode on the simplest, most effective way to set up a CRM.   So you've set up your CRM and built your sales funnel, and now you're getting leads. Now what?  Many sales people are still operating on tactics taught to them in the 80s and 90s..... Stank coffee breath Sweaty palms High-pressure desperation  Manipulative tactics to coerce you into making a decisi...

I am the founder and original member of the largest sales group on Facebook called Sales Talk With Sales Pros.  Today, I'm talking about some of the best CRMs (Customer Relationship Management Software).  Just because you have a CRM doesn't mean you are utlitizing it to it's fullest potential.   I'm going to share our tech stacks we use in our companies, the names of the CRMs, the workflows from t...

Think back to a time when Facebook's initial public offering of stock was $45 a share.   You might have thought that would cost way too much for one single share, so you didn't buy it. Or couldn't decide if Facebook would be around long enough to see the growth it would experience.   Well, that stock is worth $200.42 as of the date of this podcast. You would've quadrupled your money had you made t...

We're about the embark on the biggest Million Dollar Mastermind we've ever thrown in the history of Break Free Academy and Apex.  Some of the speakers include:  Sean Whalen, Lions Not Sheep Jessie Lee Ward- The #1 Network Marketer in the World Right Now!  Ed Mylett- He needs no introduction, but if you google him, it may take you a bit to learn everything you need to know about him.   Eric Thomas...

If you listen to this episode, you're about to be blessed with some information that will get you paid..........twice!  I've been saying this lately...... If the government offers to give you money, as a business owner, do not allow your ego to get in the way of what's yours!   It's your money they're giving away.... You might as well get some of it back!  But you'll have to listen to this episode...

There are pivotal moments in our lives we never forget.  It could be the birth of a child.  Your first love, second love, or forever love.  Getting married.  Landing that big job promotion.  Breaking out of being an employee and becoming self-employed.  A car wreck One connection with someone you look up to and admire The list goes on.  Today's episode is about the very last day I was in prison fo...

Inflation has taken over the nation. You see it at the pump.  You see it at the grocery store.  You see it in the supply chains everywhere.   Certain materials are hard to get. Barges are still parked off the coast of California filled with goods we need to make our lives easier and convenient.  The housing market is at a stand still.  Most homes up for sale have multiple offers on them.  The reas...

There are two types of people that walk into a room:  1. An energy demander  2. An energy producer When I walk into a room, I come with hands filled with something to offer.   Usually it's a lead. A connection. Something of value that I can leave with anyone I meet that they can use.  I don't give with expectation and I don't ask for anything.  I'm simply there to serve up a nice hot platter of wh...