Episode 112

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Published on:

7th Feb 2024

How to Make Asking for Help Your Superpower - Francisco Oller Garcia, Solutions Architect, Medidata

Summary:

Francisco Oller Garcia is the Solutions Architect at Metadata. B2B marketers use Metadata’s Marketing OS to drive more revenue without all the manual and repetitive work. From running paid campaigns to personalizing web experiences to optimizing everything to revenue – Metadata automates all of this.

In this episode of the Sell By Being Human podcast, I interview Francisco Aller Garcia, a solutions architect at Metadata. Francisco shares his journey of living life with a disability and how he has learned to savor life by embracing self-acceptance and courage. He emphasizes the importance of asking for help and building a strong support system. Francisco also discusses the power of sharing personal stories and humor in connecting with others. He highlights the role of understanding and empathy in moving sales forward and provides advice for both non-sales professionals and experienced salespeople. Overall, Francisco's story is a testament to the power of being human in sales.

Takeaways

  • Embrace self-acceptance and courage to live life to the fullest.
  • Ask for help and build a strong support system.
  • Share personal stories and use humor to connect with others.
  • Focus on understanding and empathy to move sales forward.

Key Moments:

03:49: Living life and savoring it

05:34: The power of asking for help

09:40: The importance of self-acceptance and courage

10:30: Selling by being human

11:55: The impact of sharing personal stories

13:55: The power of humor and jokes

21:16: Creating a comfortable space for conversations

27:48: Moving a sale forward through understanding

30:31: Embracing sales in non-sales roles

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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.