Dennis Berry

CEO, Epic Entrepreneur Media | Founder, Epic Biz Launch© | Business Strategist | Linkedin Coach | Follow for posts on Business, Ai, and Life Mastery

In 1999 I was a sales leader for SYSCO Denver.

I was doing pretty well, but saw that there was an imbalance.

I had the blood, sweat and tears and my managers had nice cushy offices with pictures of beach vacations.

- I was making $80k/year working 60 hours/week
- They were making $250k at 30 hours/week
- And, SYSCO was a $30B/year company

I realized then and there that I wanted a better lifestyle, so my entrepreneurial adventures began.


The path to success has never been easy. 

In 2003, after 15 years of heavy drinking, I was able to get sober.


That’s an important part of my story, because I learned that alcohol isn't the problem.

It’s what I used to cope with the REAL problem... my thinking.

If we can master our mindset, we can design a beautiful life.


I've built 2 multimillion dollar companies and managed dozens of teams.

The first was a Rare Coins and Precious Metals Company, which was my greatest teacher and changed my life forever.

It taught me that if we don’t manage our minds, life becomes very difficult.

And, even if we make some money, we’re struggling in other areas like our relationships or health.


No matter how successful we become, if we’re not masters of our minds, we’re not as successful as we could be.

I’ve coached some of the highest level leaders and entrepreneurs to master their minds, scale their businesses and build beautiful lives.


It’s never an easy process, but well worth the effort.

And, with the right guidance, it’s MUCH easier.


In 2021, I realized that Linkedin is much more than just a job posting platform, so I decided to build a brand and business on here which has transformed my life!

And, I help others do the same.

- I am a business coach to elite leaders and entrepreneurs
- I have an investment education/management company
- I now have 185,000 Linkedin followers (350,000 total)
- I live on the Caribbean Sea in Playa Del Carmen, MX
- I have a newsletter with over 135,000 subscribers
- I live in Valencia, Spain 3 months per year
- I am a pretend middle-aged athlete

I went from making $80k and building somebody else’s dreams,

To unlimited potential and living my own dreams everyday!


If you’re interested in learning how I did this, there are a few ways I can help.

1. The Elite Leaders Newsletter: https://dennisberry.com/newsletter

2. Join the Elite Leaders Network: https://lnkd.in/eS-cTH4y

3. Or, if you’d like to dive deep, I take on about 10 clients per year.

You can apply here: https://dennisberry.com

Wishing you massive success!
D.

Business Coach/Owner

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗪𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗠𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽?

Simply put: We are entrepreneurs helping entrepreneurs THRIVE!

We are a community of business masterminds of all types.

We welcome amazing people to share their experience so we can grow stronger together. 


𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗽𝘂𝗿𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲:👇

To drive bottom line growth with a community of like minded individuals from different walks of life in an ever-changing fast-paced world. 

We educate, inspire and motivate each other to thrive.


𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗴𝗼𝗮𝗹𝘀:👇

▪️ Improved Bottom Line Revenue Growth
▪️ Improved Emotional Intelligence
▪️ Improved Relationships
▪️ Improved Health


𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘂𝘀:👇

⚡️ Quick short-term wins and massive long-term gains.

⚡️ Manage your stress and prevent burnout.

⚡️ Streamline your systems and processes.


𝗜𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂?👇

✅ Ready to make radical lasting changes, but don't know where or how to do it

✅ Curious how other people seem to become successful, but can't figure it out

✅ Tired of struggling and not reaching your potential


𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗶𝘀 𝗗𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗶𝘀?

▪️ Certified Life Mastery and Business Development Coach since 2005
▪️ 2-time 7-figure business owner
▪️ Best-selling author
▪️ Influencer

His goal is to help you align your passion with your purpose, and create a specific strategic plan of action to create wealth.

He has been sober since April 8, 2003 at which time he became a successful businessman, athlete, and family man. 


𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀:👇

▪️ Group meetings 2 times per month

▪️ One 1-1 coaching session with Dennis per month

▪️ Additional retreats and activities TBD

▪️ Free access to Dennis's Solopreneur Operating System

▪️ Free access to LinkedIn Influencer Accelerator Masterclass Recording


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Email: contact@dennisberry.com


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https://dennisberry.com/mastermind/

The sky isn’t the limit.

Your beliefs are.

Most people don’t fail because of lack of talent.
They stop because of invisible ceilings 
they never question.

Those ceilings are built from:
↳ Old conditioning
↳ Past experiences
↳ Things you were told when you were younger
↳ Fear dressed up as “being realistic”

Here’s the hard truth:
You are rarely limited by circumstances.
You are limited by preconditioned 
behaviors you learned to survive.

Beliefs become habits.
Habits become identity.
Identity becomes destiny.

But it doesn’t have to stay that way.

When you challenge the belief, 
you unlock the behavior.

When you change the behavior, 
you expand the outcome.

5 Shifts That Remove Self-Imposed Limits:

1/ Question the Story You Keep Repeating
 ↳ Ask: Who taught me this?
 ↳ Most limits were borrowed, not chosen

2/ Separate Fear From Fact
 ↳ Fear predicts failure
 ↳ Facts show what’s actually possible

3/ Act Before You Feel Ready
 ↳ Confidence follows action, 
not the other way around
 ↳ Momentum breaks mental ceilings fast

4/ Surround Yourself With Expanders
 ↳ Your environment reinforces belief systems
 ↳ Get around people who normalize bigger goals

5/ Prove Yourself Wrong Daily
 ↳ Small wins rewire old patterns
 ↳ Evidence beats motivation every time

The moment you outgrow your old beliefs,
your world gets bigger.

Not because the sky moved.
But because YOU finally did.

Are you challenging your limits?

PS. If you're looking for high level peer support to challenge your limits, I created The Elite Leaders Network.

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Neuroscience and Business Development Coach for High Performing Leaders with Burnout or Addictions. Turn Your Chaos into Clarity. CEO, Epic Entrepreneur Media. Founder, Elite Leaders Network.

Your dreams don’t die from lack of talent.

They die from constant distraction.

The whole world is hijacked by:
 ↳ Beeps
 ↳ Dings
 ↳ Buzzes
 ↳ Notifications

All day. Every day.

And the most addictive cheap dopamine on the planet?
Short form video.

It is literally designed to:
 ↳ Hook your attention
 ↳ Keep you scrolling
 ↳ Steal hours of your life
While telling you it is harmless.

Here’s the hard truth:
You cannot build anything meaningful while your attention is fragmented.

If you want real focus, 
you must turn it ALL off.

That means:
 ↳ Notifications
 ↳ Endless videos
 ↳ Porn
 ↳ Mindless eating and drinking
 ↳ Constant background noise

Anything that keeps you from sitting with one task.

Multitasking is a lie.
As long as you have:
 ↳ 20 tabs open
 ↳ TikTok or Reels running
 ↳ 30 priorities fighting for attention
You will move slowly and call it burnout.

Progress comes from one thing at a time.
Not everything at once.

Look at Pavel Durov.
Worth $17B.
Owns a social media company.
Does not even use his phone because it distracts him from his work.

Let that sink in.

If the guy who built Telegram avoids the device…

Why can’t you?

Your future needs your attention.
Nothing else does.

What are you focusing on?

PS. If you're looking for high level peer support with for business, finance and emotional intelligence, I created The Elite Leaders Network.

Check it out here: 👉 https://lnkd.in/eVS_G_R4

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Michael Pedersen

Revenue Growth | Emotion-Based Brand Messaging To 3x Your Revenues | Bridging the gap between sales and marketing

High-pressure phone sales teams lose 30%-40% when recovery takes longer than the next dial.

DecideFast™ Between-Calls Performance Stability Software 
"Tough calls don’t crash the day.”

"DecideFast™ runs alongside your existing tech. 
No integration required.
No coaching.
No training.
No workflow changes.
No IT involvement.

Teams do not fade because of skill or effort. They fade because timing breaks under pressure.

Training happens before the shift.
Coaching happens after the shift.
Dashboards explain the problem once the day is already lost.

Nothing supports recovery in the seconds after a call, when performance actually drops.

That is the gap DecideFast™ fills.

DecideFast™ compresses after-call recovery so each interaction starts clean.

Used in seconds.

No management overhead.

See fast after-call recovery live. 
No slides. No pitch.

CEO & Founder

Does your website convert? When was the last time you gave it a refresh? How does it compare to your competitors?

Your company website is your brand on the Internet. An under-performing and outdated website will cost you revenues. 

Let’s jump on a discovery call to see if we are good fit to work together 

Visit: www.AZNetmarketing.com or 
Email: mike@aznetmarketing.com

How is this even possible?

30–45% annual attrition has become normal in phone sales.

That range shows up consistently across industry benchmarks from Contact Center Pipeline and ICMI, especially in high-volume and BPO environments.

Now put a dollar frame on it.

Research from SQM Group and Gartner estimates the cost to replace a frontline agent typically lands between $10,000 and $20,000 once you account for recruiting, training, ramp time, and lost productivity.

That means a 300-seat operation turning over a third of its workforce each year is quietly absorbing millions in replacement cost alone.

What’s important here.

This didn’t become normal because leaders stopped caring.

Managers are under real pressure. They run WFM, QA, coaching, engagement tools, training programs. They are actively trying to stabilize performance with the systems available to them.

The issue is timing.

Most of those programs work before the day starts or after the damage shows up in reports.

Performance doesn’t usually break in meetings or dashboards.

➡️ It breaks in the moments between interactions.
➡️ Right after a bad call.
➡️ Right before the next one.
➡️ When pressure carries forward and nobody sees it.

So teams adapt.
🚫 They manage averages.
🚫 They absorb churn.
🚫 They normalize something that would feel unacceptable in almost any other function.

This isn’t about blame.

It’s about noticing when something abnormal quietly became accepted as “just how it works.”

At what point did “this is brutal” turn into “this is normal”?

Mike Pedersen

Phone Sales Teams Lose 30%-40% Output After Lunch | Between-Calls Performance Software That Keeps Afternoons From Breaking | No Training. No IT. No Workflow Changes

Can a phone sales rep reset in 10 seconds?

Most leaders have never tested this.
Not because it sounds impossible.
Because nothing has ever been built for that window.

Sales performance is designed around calls.
Measured on calls.
Coached on calls.

But floors don’t drift during calls.
They drift after them.

That small gap between one call ending and the next starting quietly determines the rest of the day.

🚫 No system reaches it.
🚫 No process operates there.
🚫 No tool moves fast enough.

Leaders feel the impact anyway.

⬇️ Energy drops by mid-day.
⬇️ Confidence slips in real time.
⬇️ One bad call spills into the next.

By the afternoon, the floor is still staffed, but performance is uneven.

Most solutions arrive too late.

🚫 Dashboards explain yesterday.
🚫 Coaching fixes tomorrow.
🚫 Training assumes calm and recall.

None of those help in the moment that actually bends the day.

Sales performance doesn’t break on calls.
It breaks in the seconds right after them.

When recovery is immediate, performance holds.
When recovery drags, the day compounds in the wrong direction.

That gap has always been there.
Leaders have felt it.
They just haven’t had anything fast enough to stabilize it.

The real question is simple.

What happens in the 10 seconds after a call ends?

That moment decides whether the next call starts clean, or carries residue.

DecideFast™ operates in that gap.
Between calls.
In real time.

We’re running a contained test with sales leaders who want steadier floors without adding training, process, or disruption.

If this matches what you see on your floor, message me and we’ll see if it fits.

Every sales leader I talk to shows the same curve.

Mornings prove the team can execute.
Afternoons make it look like they can’t.

✅ Same reps.
✅ Same scripts.
✅ Same leads.

Most explanations miss the point because they focus on effort, motivation, or skill. None of those change at noon.

What actually changes is the operating condition.

🚫 Calls stack.
🚫 Difficult interactions cluster.
🚫 Nothing clears between one call ending and the next beginning.

So by mid-afternoon, reps aren’t performing worse.
They’re performing under load.

That’s why dashboards lag reality.
By the time the numbers dip, the damage already spread across dozens of calls.

If morning performance exists, the capability exists.
The question isn’t how to train harder.
It’s how to stop degradation from compounding during the day.

Most teams don’t have a way to manage what happens after the call and before the next one.

That gap quietly decides how the day finishes.

If you run a floor, you already know this pattern.

Most phone sales teams don’t struggle because of tools, talent, or effort.

They struggle because daily output isn’t predictable.

Same team.
Same dialer.
Same leads.

One day hits.
The next day misses.

That inconsistency creates real downstream problems.

• Managers spend their afternoons intervening instead of managing
• Clients feel the instability before reports ever show it
• Forecasts become guesses, even with solid activity data

The dialer does its job.
Activity is optimized.

What changes is execution as the day wears on.

Pressure accumulates.
Judgment slips.
Tone changes.
Small drops compound across dozens of calls.

Most systems measure results after this happens.
They were never designed to stabilize performance while it’s forming.

That gap is why output feels harder to control than it should.

Sales performance still drops later in the day.

Even in teams using Gong or similar tools.
That confuses a lot of sales leaders.

Because the calls are recorded.
➡️ The data is there.
➡️ Coaching is happening.
➡️ Yet consistency still breaks.

Here’s why.
Most sales tools explain what happened on the call.
They do not support what happens after the call.

➡️➡️ Insight explains what happened.
What carries forward after a call determines what happens next.

Between calls is where problems stack:
➡️ One bad conversation carries forward
➡️ Confidence dips before the next dial
➡️ Hesitation shows up quietly
➡️ Call blocks lose stability

By the time coaching or reviews happen, the day is already off track.

This isn’t a tooling failure.
It’s a missing layer.

Insight explains performance.
Recovery protects it in real time.

If your team starts strong and fades by the afternoon, what actually happens between calls today?

That’s the question worth looking at.

After Call Work looks fine on dashboards.

It’s killing output in reality.

Reps finish a hard call.
✅ They log notes.
✅ They click dispositions.
✅ They pause.

🚫 That pause turns into hesitation.
🚫 Hesitation turns into slower dials.
🚫 Slower dials turn into crushed afternoons.

Leaders see:
 • ACW implemented
 • Systems configured
 • Activity targets set

But still spend the day reacting.
ACW tracks tasks.
It doesn’t stabilize execution.

If nobody owns what happens between calls, consistency erodes even when everything looks “set up correctly.”

That gap is where performance quietly breaks.

Solution providers sell “performance software.”

Here's my problem with it.

Most of it measures. Almost none of it improves execution/outcomes.
Here’s the line that gets blurred.

What most companies call performance:
➡️ Dashboards
➡️ Reports
➡️ Visibility
➡️ Retrospective analysis

Trends after the outcome is locked.
That is measurement.
Measurement explains what already happened (lagging indicators).

What performance actually is
✅ Execution under pressure
✅ Consistency as conditions deteriorate
✅ Output holding when rejection stacks up
✅ Results changing in real time

I come from an athletic background (a full-ride D1 college scholarship).
Track and field. Javelin, then Decathlon. Attempted to make an Olympic team.

➡️ Performance was never the quality of the data.
➡️ Performance was the clock. The distance. The placing.
➡️ You didn’t win because practice was tracked better.
➡️ You won because execution improved.
➡️ Coaching works, but not in the moment of pressure between calls.

Phone sales work the same way.
If execution doesn’t change between calls, performance doesn’t change.
If nothing stabilizes execution during the day, afternoons break.

If tools only explain losses after the fact, they are not performance tools.
Measurement tells you what happened.
Performance determines what happens next.

This is why DecideFast™ sits in performance stability.
We operate where execution actually breaks.
Between calls. Under pressure. In real time.
✅ It does not measure outcomes after they fall.
✅ It stabilizes execution while work is happening.
That distinction is the whole point.

It's time companies focus on outcomes, not just measurement.

If you’re an inside sales leader and output is still off, you fix it. You don’t keep buying dashboards.

Phone-based sales operations lose 30% of daily output after lunch.

The pattern appears across teams, industries, and tech stacks.

What operations leaders see:
✅ Strong morning dial rates.
🚫 Declining afternoon production.
➡️ Same reps. Same leads. Same hour count.

What the metrics show:
✅ First-half call volume: 12-13 per hour
🚫 Second-half call volume: 8-9 per hour
🚫 Conversion rates: drop proportionally
✅ Manager intervention: increases 3 PM onward

What this represents operationally:
⬇️ 30% of capacity unused every afternoon.
⬇️ Full payroll expense. Reduced output delivery.
⬇️ Forecast misses despite effort increases.

Standard fixes don't address it:
🚫 Better list quality doesn't prevent the decline.
🚫 Script improvements don't maintain afternoon pace.
🚫 Incentive adjustments don't change the pattern.
🚫 Additional coaching doesn't stabilize output.

Because the constraint isn't in those areas:
➡️ Training builds capability over weeks.
➡️ Coaching refines execution over days.
➡️ Dialers optimize connection rates continuously.
➡️ CRMs track activity after it occurs.

None operate in the moments between calls when one difficult interaction affects the next four attempts.

That's where the 30% disappears.

That's the operational gap costing seven figures annually.

It's time to stop normalizing 30% drops and fix it.

Inside Sales Leaders:

Your dashboard is red. Again.

12 calls/hour this morning. 8 calls/hour right now.
Same reps. Same leads. Different output.

You know exactly when it started.

That brutal rejection at 1:47 PM. The one where the prospect hung up mid-sentence. Your rep stared at the screen for 12 seconds. Dialer queued the next call. Rep wasn't ready.

That call tanked the next four.

You watched it happen. You couldn't stop it.

Every. Single. Day.

DecideFast™ operates in those 8 seconds.

Between one call ending and the next connecting. Where your rep either clears what happened or carries it forward.

Pilot teams: Afternoons now match mornings.

If you're done watching 30% disappear daily, let's talk.

DM me. 10 minutes.

The One Moment No Phone Sales Tech Stack Covers

Between-Calls.

These moments during the phone sales day explain why performance breaks even when everything appears to be in order.

It is the only moment no system owns.
Dialers move the next call. CRMs log the last one. Nothing is responsible for what carries from one interaction into the next.

It is the only moment managers cannot scale into.
A manager can step in after the damage is visible. They cannot be present in the seconds between every call across dozens of reps.

It is the only moment dashboards cannot see.
Dashboards show outcomes after execution already changed. They never show the hesitation, tone shift, or pace decay forming between calls.

It is the only moment where one interaction affects the next.
A harsh rejection does not stay isolated. Without clearing, it alters the next conversation, then the next, then the next.

It is the only moment that explains same-day instability without blaming reps.
The capability is proven in the morning. The breakdown happens later because carryover compounds, not because reps forgot how to sell.

That moment sits between calls.

DecideFast™ is a between-calls stability performance software for phone-based sales teams, designed to prevent output decline throughout the day. 
Not training. Not coaching. No IT lift. No workflow change. 

Used in the seconds after a tough call to clear the carryover fast and maintain dial pace and next call success.

We are executing low-risk, 14-day, 25-rep contained tests to stabilize afternoons for phone sales teams. 

Let's talk if you want to hit your afternoon numbers and have your managers intervene less.

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