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Selling Subprime Mortgages in 2009 with Brian Tracy Tapes
from Tough Love · #3
Audio-only archive episode — no video to seek.
4 minTim tells an extended story about working mortgage sales post-crash in 2009, his abrasive boss forcing the team to listen to Brian Tracy and Zig Ziglar sales tapes, and the surreal poverty of the operation including coworker Dan and his mother's complaint letter.
- 13:31Life coaches exist whose own lives are in complete shambles—getting evicted from apartments while charging people for advice.
- 14:01Tim argues motivational speakers are just skilled manipulators convincing people to do anything, not experts speaking from personal success.
- 14:38Tony Robbins succeeds by making people feel intensely in the moment—yelling in their face, forcing them to confront deep secrets in front of crowds.
- 15:16Tim was in sales in 2009 and his boss forced the team to listen to Brian Tracy tapes constantly.
- 15:37By 2009, nobody was making money or closing deals—the mortgage industry had collapsed and subprime banks were evaporating.
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