Show Notes
"You don't need to post something groundbreaking every time. Just post your story. People are going to like that because they can see themselves in you." - Kade Hinkle Kade’s a young SDR in the game and he's been on LinkedIn longer than most sales reps you know. Not because someone told him to. Because he watched a YouTube video at 16, figured out LinkedIn was where the jobs were, and started connecting with people before he ever graduated high school. By the time he did, he had 2,000 connections and a job offer waiting in his inbox. He started in landscaping and now he's cold calling executives every afternoon and booking meetings from LinkedIn DMs in between, with over 12,000 followers. He's not doing anything magical. Prospecting in the morning. Emails around noon. Calls from 3 to 5. Video messages when he remembers to push himself. Posts at the end of the day from whatever he wrote in his notes app. The difference is he started. At 16. While most people his age were doom-scrolling Instagram. The rejection question came up. How do you handle getting punched in the face all day as a brand new SDR? His answer was pretty simple: "I know it's not personal. So you just keep moving to the next one." No elaborate mental framework. No morning routine. Just the understanding that a no isn't about you, and the next call is waiting. Here's what stuck with us though. Kade wants to be an AE by 20. After that it gets blurry. Maybe leadership. Maybe his own business. He's not sure yet. But he knows one thing: he's not waiting until he has something impressive to say before he starts showing up. He's posting the journey in real time, figuring it out in public, and letting people grow with him. In the age of AI, that's exactly what cuts through. Link to the full episode in the comments! 😎 Do Hard Things.
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