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Master of Sales: Escape the Million-Dollar Hamster Wheel and Build a Revenue Machine That Runs Without You
Paperback
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Feb 8 2026
Pages: 402
Weight: 1.18
Height: 0.82 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
What if your company could close deals... even when you're asleep?
Right now, your revenue depends on heroic bursts of effort-late-night emails, last-minute discounts, and adrenaline-fueled closes. One big deal saves the quarter. One lost deal ruins it.
From the outside, it looks like success.
Welcome to the Million-Dollar Hamster Wheel-the place where founders, executives, and high performers become the single biggest bottleneck in their own growth.
In Master of Sales, lawyer, entrepreneur, and influence strategist Joseph Plazo reveals a radical idea:
Sales is not an art.
It's a system.
And systems can be engineered.
This book is your blueprint for transforming chaotic, personality-driven selling into a predictable, scalable revenue machine.
Instead of heroic closes, you'll build processes that close deals for you.
Instead of guesswork, you'll run your company on clear economic metrics.
Instead of burnout, you'll design a system that grows-even when you step away.
Inside This Book, You'll Discover:
The Million-Dollar Hamster Wheel - and how to escape the founder's sales trap
The Velvet Rope Policy that filters out bad clients and protects your time
The Human Algorithm for closing complex, high-value deals consistently
The Automated Closer that generates revenue 24/7
The economic formula (LTV: CAC) that tells you exactly when to scale
The step-by-step playbook for firing yourself as the chief salesperson
How to build a high-performance sales team that runs the machine for you
This Book Is Perfect If You:
Are a founder stuck between $1M and $10M in unpredictable revenue
Feel like the company stops growing the moment you stop selling
Want a repeatable system instead of heroic last-minute closes
Lead a sales team and need forecastable, data-driven growth
Are a top performer ready to move from rainmaker to architect
Think of It Like This:
Most founders build sales like a street performer-
improvised, exhausting, and dependent on applause.
This book turns you into the architect of a skyscraper-
a structure that stands, earns, and grows long after the builder leaves the site.
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