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Do Hard Things Podcast | Gabe Lullo and Lexi Graham
What happens when you walk away from the career you’ve spent your entire life building?
Leslie Venetz, founder of Sales-Led GTM and USA Today bestselling author of Profit-Generating Pipeline, joins Gabe Lullo and Lexi Graham on the Do Hard Things podcast to share the decisions, mistakes, and lessons that shaped her approach to leadership and sales.
Leslie discusses turning down a $460,000 executive opportunity to build her own business, learning that a leadership title doesn’t automatically earn trust, and developing her “earn the right” framework.
The conversation explores why so many sales teams struggle with trust rather than tactics, how curiosity can be developed through deliberate practice, and why real grit means consistently showing up for a bigger purpose, even when progress is slow.
It’s a candid conversation about betting on yourself, earning trust, and redefining what success looks like.
Listen to the episode: https://open.spotify.com/show/7c5IlZshEVZrJtY5QtQGF3