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Waste No Day: A Home Services Motivational Podcast
Waste No Day: A Home Services Motivational Podcast
Author: Brian Burton & Nate Minnich
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A podcast devoted to challenging, encouraging, advising, and highlighting the men and women of the home services industry. Whether you are a plumber, electrician, or HVAC technician, you all share the common tension of being both the hero and the villain in the eyes of the customer. Hosts Brian and Nate discuss and interview guests to show how to not only be the hero, but to be rewarded with more than a cape. [CLAIM:9U0WG0ZR]
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BOOT CAMP DALLAS: NOVEMBER 6–7, OMNI AT THE STAR
This isn’t a seminar. It’s a Boot Camp.
Two days with Brian Burton and Dylan Moya, the man selling $3M+ a year out of one plumbing truck. Live role play. Real objections. Direct coaching. You’ll leave with a sales process you can run Monday morning.
Ticket Options Available
General Admission, VIP, and team ticket options are available. See current availability and event details below.
Capped at 100 seats. When they’re gone, they’re gone. And our hotel room block has sold out at every Boot Camp, forcing late bookers to stay somewhere else. Book your ticket and room early.
Grab your seat:
https://wastenoday.pro/DallasBC
Aaron Hagan, owner of a rapidly scaling Mr. Sparky electric franchise, joins the show to break down how his team turned aggressive scaling goals into reality, surging from a small shop to an incredible $80 million run rate. Reflecting on four years of massive evolution since his last appearance, Aaron details the mindset required to navigate near-business-ending mistakes, embrace high-stakes stretch goals, and traverse unprecedented revenue territories in a solely electrical contracting business.
Throughout the conversation, electrical contractors, plumbers, HVAC techs, and home service business owners will discover how to push past fear when setting multi-million dollar targets, learn why making critical errors is an inevitable part of exponential growth, explore the resilient mental frameworks needed to bounce back harder after major setbacks, and understand the operational grit required to scale a franchise across multiple states and regions.
Listen to this episode to discover how shifting your mindset around risk and massive growth targets can completely transform your home service business.
Presented by Trainual
Build a better-trained home service team with Trainual.
BOOT CAMP DALLAS: NOVEMBER 6–7, OMNI AT THE STAR
This isn’t a seminar. It’s a Boot Camp.
Two days with Brian Burton and Dylan Moya, the man selling $3M+ a year out of one plumbing truck. Live role play. Real objections. Direct coaching. You’ll leave with a sales process you can run Monday morning.
Ticket Options Available
General Admission, VIP, and team ticket options are available. See current availability and event details below.
Capped at 100 seats. When they’re gone, they’re gone. And our hotel room block has sold out at every Boot Camp, forcing late bookers to stay somewhere else. Book your ticket and room early.
Grab your seat:
https://wastenoday.pro/DallasBC
Figuring out your leadership style as a home service owner or manager is essential whether you are running a plumbing, HVAC, electrical, or roofing crew. In this solo episode, hosts Nate Minnick and Brian Burton break down the three types of home service leaders—the Enforcer, the Protector, and the Mentor—and explore how to adapt your approach to the people you lead.
The conversation unpacks several practical insights, examining how to communicate a team member's worth and potential so clearly that they are inspired to see it in themselves, drawing on wisdom from Dr. Stephen Covey’s framework. You will hear real-world discussions on moving past the fear of losing people that causes bosses to hide the truth, dealing with the friction of ego, excuses, and infantile pride when trying to coach younger techs, and recognizing the diamonds hidden inside rough lumps of coal. The hosts also touch on previewing upcoming deep-dives into the 7 Habits with certified instructors, exploring clandestine versus rooftop leadership styles, and overcoming imposter syndrome in team members who are struggling with self-doubt.
Listen to discover how shifting away from fear-based management can help you build a culture where technicians and contractors are truly motivated to run through a wall for your company.
Presented by Trainual
Build a better-trained home service team with Trainual.
BOOT CAMP DALLAS: NOVEMBER 6–7, OMNI AT THE STAR
This isn’t a seminar. It’s a Boot Camp.
Two days with Brian Burton and Dylan Moya, the man selling $3M+ a year out of one plumbing truck. Live role play. Real objections. Direct coaching. You’ll leave with a sales process you can run Monday morning.
Ticket Options Available
General Admission, VIP, and team ticket options are available. See current availability and event details below.
Capped at 100 seats. When they’re gone, they’re gone. And our hotel room block has sold out at every Boot Camp, forcing late bookers to stay somewhere else. Book your ticket and room early.
Grab your seat:
https://wastenoday.pro/DallasBC
Why do homeowners constantly reject your solutions, choose cheaper competitors, or make decisions based solely on price? For plumbers, HVAC techs, electricians, and contractors, losing kitchen-table conversations to a "cousin who does this" or a lowball quote is frustratingly common.
This episode dives straight into why customers are rejecting your offers and how to recommend services without making clients feel pressured or sold to. You will learn how to step back and look at the home’s system in its entirety, uncover what actually matters to the homeowner during a service call, and help the client become a true owner of their home's health. Discover how to handle pushback at the kitchen table without getting defensive or letting your ego take over, avoid reducing your value to a simple price-only decision, and stop losing jobs when customers say they are going with someone else.
Listen to this episode to sharpen your communication skills, protect your margins, and turn difficult customer conversations into closed deals.
Presented by Trainual
Build a better-trained home service team with Trainual.
BOOT CAMP DALLAS: NOVEMBER 6–7, OMNI AT THE STAR
This isn’t a seminar. It’s a Boot Camp.
Two days with Brian Burton and Dylan Moya, the man selling $3M+ a year out of one plumbing truck. Live role play. Real objections. Direct coaching. You’ll leave with a sales process you can run Monday morning.
Ticket Options Available
General Admission, VIP, and team ticket options are available. See current availability and event details below.
Capped at 100 seats. When they’re gone, they’re gone. And our hotel room block has sold out at every Boot Camp, forcing late bookers to stay somewhere else. Book your ticket and room early.
Grab your seat:
https://wastenoday.pro/DallasBC
Dealing with price shoppers in the home services industry often feels like an uphill battle, but contractors, plumbers, HVAC techs, and electricians might actually be creating the very behavior they dread. Instead of automatically blaming lost bids on low-ball competitors or assuming homeowners are just tire kickers, service professionals need to examine how their own attitude, demeanor, body language, and option presentation shape the customer's mindset.
Drawing on the classic principle of selling how the client wants to be sold to rather than using the golden rule, this episode explores why homeowners really buy—focusing heavily on Seth Godin's philosophy that people purchase relationships, stories, and magic rather than raw goods and services. Listeners will learn how to spot the subtle cues that cause a client to entrench as a price shopper, how to stop making excuses after losing a dispatch, and why checking your ego at the door is the ultimate tool for improving conversion rates.
Listen to this episode to discover how to shift your approach in the field, dismantle price objections before they start, and make your value completely incomparable.
Presented by Trainual
Build a better-trained home service team with Trainual.
BOOT CAMP DALLAS: NOVEMBER 6–7, OMNI AT THE STAR
This isn’t a seminar. It’s a Boot Camp.
Two days with Brian Burton and Dylan Moya, the man selling $3M+ a year out of one plumbing truck. Live role play. Real objections. Direct coaching. You’ll leave with a sales process you can run Monday morning.
Ticket Options Available
General Admission, VIP, and team ticket options are available. See current availability and event details below.
Capped at 100 seats. When they’re gone, they’re gone. And our hotel room block has sold out at every Boot Camp, forcing late bookers to stay somewhere else. Book your ticket and room early.
Grab your seat:
https://wastenoday.pro/DallasBC
Too many home service sales pitches fall flat not because the offer lacks value, but because technicians confuse homeowners with technical jargon, long words, and complex presentations. When customers don't understand what is happening in their own home, they default to polite avoidance and tell you they need to think it over. Mastering home service sales requires burning as few mental calories as possible through a structured, repeatable sales process that feels entirely fluid to the client.
This episode explores proven strategies to help plumbing, HVAC, and electrical professionals present options that homeowners actually say yes to. You will learn why utilizing a consistent presentation process preserves your energy for high-impact enthusiasm, how to drop the ego excuses that trap techs in the same income bracket for years, and why leveraging relatable analogies bridges the gap between technical problems and customer understanding. Discover how simplifying your communication style stops accidental confusion, mirrors timeless storytelling frameworks used to connect with any audience, and aligns your presentation so you and the client review options together at the exact same moment.
Listen to this episode to transform your customer interactions, stop driving away potential business with overcomplication, and start closing more options in the field today.
Presented by Trainual
Build a better-trained home service team with Trainual.



