Episode 69

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Published on:

1st Jun 2022

Creating Impact In All Walks of Life - Tyler Meckes, Account Manager, Dooly, Host 20% Podcast

Summary:

Tyler Meckes is an Account Manager at Dooly - a company focusing on winning more deals by improving Salesforce hygiene, running a winning sales process, and eliminating low-value work for salespeople. In college, he obtained both a Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree in Exercise Science from Bloomsburg University. Hi graduate studies allowed him to further hone his research/analysis, professional conference presentation, and teaching skills. He didn't realize it but all skills that he uses every day in his current sales role.

Tyler is also the founder and host of The 20% Podcast, where he interviews professionals across all industries to discuss how they got to where they are, and tips/tricks to their success in their industry. He shares the 20% of information of what will teach listeners the most beneficial 80% of what you need to know about a subject.

We had a great conversation about how Tylers saw his dad employ sales skills as a construction worker, how he learned sales from being a customer service person at Lowe's, and the importance of how he honed his human skills in life and how they serve him well in his current account manager role.

Key Moments:

03:56 - Sales skills are life skills

20:00 - Is sales art or science?

28:30 - Listening, collecting information and asking the right questions

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About the Podcast

Sell By Being Human
On the Sell By Being Human podcast, award-winning sales professional Alex Smith provides the proven way to harness your innate human skills like empathy, curiosity, and kindness to learn how to sell and navigate the sales journey.
This is where human connection and sales meet. You may be someone whose success depends on influence, negotiation, and your ability to create change, but you may reject aggressive sales tactics. Maybe you feel stuck in corporate "autopilot," knowing your best asset is your genuine personality, but you struggle to use it to get what you want. Then this channel is for you.

It will teach you how to close the gap between wanting to be ethical and feeling pressured to sell aggressively. You’ll also learn actionable strategies for translating emotional intelligence into high-trust results. Join Alex and top guests, including NY Times bestsellers, keynote speakers, and global founders, as they prove that being truly human is the ultimate sales advantage.

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Alex Smith

Alex Smith is a seasoned sales professional and podcast host who champions a human-first approach to selling. With nearly two decades of experience, he explores how empathy, curiosity, and genuine connection drive influence in everyday life. Through his podcast, he highlights stories from people across all professions, showing that anyone can persuade and create impact simply by being human.