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Luke Lunkenheimer

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
2139 total appearances

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Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
From Bank Robber to Sales Success: Luke Lunkenheimer's Journey of Redemption and Resilience

I'm a robot. I just go in here and turn the switch on and here we go. So I got to be honest with you and not to sound braggadocious, but that's exactly how it went. I mean, I walked in there and what I noticed immediately was the nature of a car dealership.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
From Bank Robber to Sales Success: Luke Lunkenheimer's Journey of Redemption and Resilience

I'm a robot. I just go in here and turn the switch on and here we go. So I got to be honest with you and not to sound braggadocious, but that's exactly how it went. I mean, I walked in there and what I noticed immediately was the nature of a car dealership.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
From Bank Robber to Sales Success: Luke Lunkenheimer's Journey of Redemption and Resilience

There's one or two horses, guys that are just doing the job, working the program, doing what they know they need to do, following, sticking to the script and selling a lot of cars. Then there's the mix of the mediocrity, which are the people that are, you know, blowing lines in the bathroom, going out to liquid lunch. You know, this is central New York. So this is a thing.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
From Bank Robber to Sales Success: Luke Lunkenheimer's Journey of Redemption and Resilience

There's one or two horses, guys that are just doing the job, working the program, doing what they know they need to do, following, sticking to the script and selling a lot of cars. Then there's the mix of the mediocrity, which are the people that are, you know, blowing lines in the bathroom, going out to liquid lunch. You know, this is central New York. So this is a thing.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
From Bank Robber to Sales Success: Luke Lunkenheimer's Journey of Redemption and Resilience

There's one or two horses, guys that are just doing the job, working the program, doing what they know they need to do, following, sticking to the script and selling a lot of cars. Then there's the mix of the mediocrity, which are the people that are, you know, blowing lines in the bathroom, going out to liquid lunch. You know, this is central New York. So this is a thing.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
From Bank Robber to Sales Success: Luke Lunkenheimer's Journey of Redemption and Resilience

Pretty sure, too. That's what led me to my aforementioned question. But then I forgot you said you're in the bar business. So and then there's like the four or five guys that are just sitting around smoking cigarettes, drinking coffee, doing nothing and getting no results. Go figure. So I was the tenacious young whippersnapper that came in and was taking all the ups.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
From Bank Robber to Sales Success: Luke Lunkenheimer's Journey of Redemption and Resilience

Pretty sure, too. That's what led me to my aforementioned question. But then I forgot you said you're in the bar business. So and then there's like the four or five guys that are just sitting around smoking cigarettes, drinking coffee, doing nothing and getting no results. Go figure. So I was the tenacious young whippersnapper that came in and was taking all the ups.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
From Bank Robber to Sales Success: Luke Lunkenheimer's Journey of Redemption and Resilience

Pretty sure, too. That's what led me to my aforementioned question. But then I forgot you said you're in the bar business. So and then there's like the four or five guys that are just sitting around smoking cigarettes, drinking coffee, doing nothing and getting no results. Go figure. So I was the tenacious young whippersnapper that came in and was taking all the ups.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
From Bank Robber to Sales Success: Luke Lunkenheimer's Journey of Redemption and Resilience

And then I started catching hell for taking all the ups. But then the manager started paying attention. And my closing ratio was better than the top guys. Yeah.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
From Bank Robber to Sales Success: Luke Lunkenheimer's Journey of Redemption and Resilience

And then I started catching hell for taking all the ups. But then the manager started paying attention. And my closing ratio was better than the top guys. Yeah.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
From Bank Robber to Sales Success: Luke Lunkenheimer's Journey of Redemption and Resilience

And then I started catching hell for taking all the ups. But then the manager started paying attention. And my closing ratio was better than the top guys. Yeah.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
From Bank Robber to Sales Success: Luke Lunkenheimer's Journey of Redemption and Resilience

so they're telling these horses that have been around for 10 years like guys you can't bitch at the kid he's closing everything he touches so you know unless you see him do something in egregious violation of our policy you got competition yeah christmas i'll say that was my first experience in my working order because i don't i come from you know corporate restaurant businesses business into kind of my own stuff and doing my own deals

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
From Bank Robber to Sales Success: Luke Lunkenheimer's Journey of Redemption and Resilience

so they're telling these horses that have been around for 10 years like guys you can't bitch at the kid he's closing everything he touches so you know unless you see him do something in egregious violation of our policy you got competition yeah christmas i'll say that was my first experience in my working order because i don't i come from you know corporate restaurant businesses business into kind of my own stuff and doing my own deals

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
From Bank Robber to Sales Success: Luke Lunkenheimer's Journey of Redemption and Resilience

so they're telling these horses that have been around for 10 years like guys you can't bitch at the kid he's closing everything he touches so you know unless you see him do something in egregious violation of our policy you got competition yeah christmas i'll say that was my first experience in my working order because i don't i come from you know corporate restaurant businesses business into kind of my own stuff and doing my own deals

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
From Bank Robber to Sales Success: Luke Lunkenheimer's Journey of Redemption and Resilience

I love watching car guys tell car stories. You watch your eyes lift. You get into it. Your temperature rises. These are the real stories. I want to hear this.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
From Bank Robber to Sales Success: Luke Lunkenheimer's Journey of Redemption and Resilience

I love watching car guys tell car stories. You watch your eyes lift. You get into it. Your temperature rises. These are the real stories. I want to hear this.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
From Bank Robber to Sales Success: Luke Lunkenheimer's Journey of Redemption and Resilience

I love watching car guys tell car stories. You watch your eyes lift. You get into it. Your temperature rises. These are the real stories. I want to hear this.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
From Bank Robber to Sales Success: Luke Lunkenheimer's Journey of Redemption and Resilience

But it must be told.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
From Bank Robber to Sales Success: Luke Lunkenheimer's Journey of Redemption and Resilience

But it must be told.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
From Bank Robber to Sales Success: Luke Lunkenheimer's Journey of Redemption and Resilience

But it must be told.