487: Sponsoring Isn’t Selling. It’s a Leadership Invitation.
Release Date: 12/01/2025
488: The Belief Bridge: How Leaders Actually Move People
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Most leaders think people say yes because of a great pitch, the perfect message, or the right closing script. But that’s not why people move. In this episode, I'll reveal the real reason people say yes through a powerful concept we created called The Belief Bridge™. You’ll learn the three stages every person must cross before they join your team, buy from you, or decide to trust your leadership again: 1. Belief in YOU 2. Belief in your solution 3. Belief in themselves And you’ll discover the silent force that’s been collapsing that bridge without you realizing it: your leadership...
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487: Sponsoring Isn’t Selling. It’s a Leadership Invitation.
Your Virtual Upline Podcast
Most people think the reason they struggle to sponsor is because they’re not confident enough, bold enough, influential enough, or good enough at “explaining the business.” But that’s not the truth. The real reason sponsoring has felt heavy, discouraging, or inconsistent is because you were taught a version of sponsoring that was never built on belief, only pressure, performance, and persuasion. In this episode, we expose the fear-led system that drained your belief, shrunk your calling, and turned sponsoring into a transaction instead of a transformation. And he reveals the...
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486: The Belief Recession: The Real Reason Your Team Stopped Growing
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Everyone is talking about algorithms, engagement, and strategy… but no one is naming the real crisis in the profession: We’re in a Belief Recession. Not a motivation dip. Not a recruiting slowdown. A collapse of belief in the system, in leadership, and in themselves. In this episode, I reveal the truth most leaders have felt but haven’t been able to articulate: your business didn’t stall because you failed… it stalled because the fear-led system you were given collapsed underneath you. The old way of growing through pressure, hype, and constant performance no longer works. Your team...
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485: How to Get Your Chicken List to Reach Out to You
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What if the people you’ve always dreamed of leading started coming to you? In this first episode of Taking Off the Mask, Bob shares the powerful story of Stephanie Wood, a leader who reignited her business through the power of presence and authenticity. After years of doing “all the right things” and feeling like nothing was working, Stephanie made one simple shift in how she showed up in her content. The result? One of the people on her chicken list, someone who had been a customer for ten years, reached out to her and joined her team. This isn’t a story about recruiting....
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484: The 4 Biggest Sponsoring Mistakes People Make
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Are you tired of signing up team members who quit, fail to launch, or just aren't as driven as you are? Do you secretly worry that sponsoring is the one area of your business you've completely failed at? What if I told you that the reason you're not attracting motivated leaders is because you're faithfully following a system that has utterly failed you? It's not your fault! On today's episode, we’re having a mirror moment as I expose the four biggest sponsoring mistakes I see being taught today. In fact, most people in the industry today have never really developed the skill of...
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483: Your Content Has Been Wearing a Mask
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You feel the burnout, the comparison, and the constant pressure to post... but what if your content isn't broken? What if it's just wearing a mask? If you’ve been showing up every day, posting exactly what you're told, but still feeling numb and disconnected, then this is a must-listen episode. Today, I'm having one of the most important conversations about why your successful-looking content isn't generating the results you desperately want. It's not because you're broken; it's because you've been trained to lead from fear instead of love, hiding your authentic self behind tips,...
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482: You're One Presentation Away with Colin Boyd
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Do you ever feel that quiet pressure to perform every time you show up? Whether it's going live on social media, leading a team call, or stepping onto a stage, it’s like there’s an invisible weight telling you to prove something. And if you've been taught to push, promote, and pitch your way through it, you’ve probably noticed it leaves you feeling disconnected and drained. In this episode, I’m joined by my good friend and speaking expert Colin Boyd. We’re having a real, honest conversation about what it looks like to lead and speak from a place of purpose instead of pressure. This...
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481: This is What It Sounds Like to Step Into LOVE-LED™ Leadership
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Can you relate to the constant pressure to perform? Do you ever find yourself carrying the quiet fear that you're slipping behind, or that a simple "no" from a client is proof you're not cut out for this? In this powerful, unscripted coaching session, I sit down with Amy, a health coach who, from the outside, has it all together, but on the inside is battling these exact feelings. You'll hear the raw, emotional moment she reconnects with the purpose that first inspired her to become a coach. We'll unpack the "red light stories" that try to derail us and the old patterns that make us walk away...
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480: Are People Feeling Your Pressure…or Your Presence?
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Are you feeling the pressure to constantly sprint in your business, posting nonstop and messaging everyone with a pulse? Do you ever worry you're falling behind because you're not keeping up with the frantic pace? In this episode, I share a powerful story about a client who felt exactly that. She was shamed for "going slow," but was actually making one of the most important shifts of her entire business journey. You’ll discover why activity without alignment is just noise and how moving from a fear-led to a LOVE LED™ approach can lead to more fulfilling, sustainable growth. I’m going to...
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479: 'Post More and You'll Grow' is Killing People's Businesses
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Feeling burned out from social media? The advice to "just post more" is not only outdated, it's dangerous. AI-driven algorithms now make generic content invisible, proving that trying to out-post a machine is a game you can't win, and today I want to smash the myth that quantity trumps quality on social media. In this episode, I share why the new AI-driven algorithms are making your generic, check-the-box content completely invisible, and why trying to out-post a machine with human effort is a game you just can't win. But there's a better way, and I reveal the secret to the new social...
info_outlineMost people think the reason they struggle to sponsor is because they’re not confident enough, bold enough, influential enough, or good enough at “explaining the business.” But that’s not the truth. The real reason sponsoring has felt heavy, discouraging, or inconsistent is because you were taught a version of sponsoring that was never built on belief, only pressure, performance, and persuasion.
In this episode, we expose the fear-led system that drained your belief, shrunk your calling, and turned sponsoring into a transaction instead of a transformation. And he reveals the category-defining shift: People don’t join to build a business. They join to build a life that matters.
You’ll learn the new LOVE-LED™ approach, a simple, human, deeply aligned way to invite people into possibility by seeing them, understanding their real desires, and opening a door without pressure or pitch. If you’ve ever struggled to sponsor the right people… if your conversations feel forced… if you want to lead from truth instead of tension… this episode will unlock a completely different way to build.
Listen to Learn:
9:39 - How to stop only shouting product hype and start being a mirror to reflect back to prospects the powerful version of themselves they want to become
22:05 - Why you need to recognize that your calling is way bigger than your company
24:23 - An introduction to embrace the LOVE-LED™ Sponsoring Invitation model, and what this approach entails
26:05 - What people really say ‘yes’ to (and it’s not because of your rank or achievements)
29:29 - A breakdown of the three-part LOVE-LED™ Sponsoring Framework and why it’s so powerful
37:31 - The primary motivators of successful leaders and how this differs from what motivates the “wrong type” you don’t want to attract
42:13 - What the deepest desire in the purpose bucket is as you move beyond the surface-level goal of merely helping people
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