
Headsmack: Conversations with Misfits
The Headsmack Podcast with host Paul Povolni invites you to listen in on conversations with misfits, mavericks and trailblazers. Join us as we explore the life of difference-makers and those who have stumbled, fumbled and then soared.
Be inspired as they candidly share their journeys and the aha moments that changed everything.
Headsmack: Conversations with Misfits
Jim Padilla / Sales Godfather. Business Growth Strategy
Entrepreneurs struggle to scale because they rely on tactics, funnels, and closers instead of systems and human connection. Many feel like sales just “isn’t them.”
Imagine having a sales machine that works whether you’re online or not. Imagine building a team that sells with heart. Imagine finally getting back your time—and your confidence.
This episode delivers the blueprint. Jim Padilla unpacks how to stop selling and start solving—and how doing so can change your business and legacy. Stick around—this one will shift your sales paradigm.
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Guest Bio:
Jim Padilla is a renowned sales strategist and founder of Gain the Edge, known for generating over $500 million in client revenue through high-performance sales teams and systems. His expertise in influence stems from a rough early life—foster care, street life, and jail—where reading people became a survival skill. Jim transformed that skill into a calling, helping mission-driven entrepreneurs scale ethically and sustainably. He’s also on a bigger mission: building “opportunity cities” to empower ex-cons and aged-out foster youth with purpose, training, and employment.
Link: https://gtenow.com/salescallaudit-diy
Paul Povolni, the founder of Voppa Creative, has been a creative leader for over 30 years, with clients around the world. He’s led teams in creating award-winning branding and design as well as equipping his clients to lead with Clarity, Creativity and Culture.
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