#1112: Time travel, the Toffler test, and why sourcing is dead

Silent Sales Machine Radio

Jim Cockrum

Entrepreneurship, Careers, Business

4.8 • 811 Ratings

🗓️ 14 January 2026

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

From the wheel to the iPhone, every generation has declared "we live in amazing times." And they were right. But here's what most sellers miss: the advantage was never the technology itself. It was recognizing when the game changed.

In this Coaches Corner, Brian introduces a concept that reframes everything: constraint migration. The bottleneck that defined your business last year? It's already been solved. The grind that made you successful? It's now holding you back.

Brian and Robin Joy unpack why "sourcing is solved," what the new constraint actually is, and a quote from futurist Alvin Toffler that explains why some sellers will thrive while others get left behind. Hint: it has nothing to do with reading and writing.

If you're working harder but not getting further, this episode tells you exactly why. And what to do instead.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome back to Silent Sales Machine Radio. We are your co-hosts. I'm Brian.
0:06.0	And I'm Robin Joy. And this is Coach's Corner.
0:08.8	Hey, everybody. And hey, Brian.
0:11.5	Hey, how's going?
0:12.4	It's going great.
0:13.3	Good. Loving that hoodie you're wearing there. I'm glad you dressed for the occasion.
0:18.2	Used to be like a never would wear a hoodie kind of guy. What's going on? I don't know what has happened is, I'm not sure I'm a fan of it, quite honestly, but my body temp seems lower as I'm getting older. And I'm like, I need a sweater. Oh, it's about getting old or, I mean, or older. Yeah, that's what you meant, right?
0:37.9	And I brought this up to my daughter-in-law and she's like, yeah, that's a clear sign of muscle loss of muscle mass. I'm like, shut your mouth. Yeah. That girl calls a spade when she sees one. So back to the gym, I go. Now I can actually, you know, do that. So, yeah.
0:53.9	All right.
0:54.4	Yeah.
0:54.9	Anyway.
0:55.3	All right.
0:56.0	Okay.
0:56.4	So you get something for us today.
0:57.6	How's your coaching? So act to the gym I go. Now I can actually, you know, do that. Yeah. All right.
0:54.4	Yeah.
0:55.0	Anyway.
0:55.3	All right.
0:56.1	Okay.
1:12.0	So you got something for us today. How's your coaching been going this week? Your coaching has been going really well. I've had multiple conversations kind of around the topic that I have for you today. But I've been thinking about time travel a lot lately. Time travel. Yeah. I mean, I love a good sci-fi, but what does that have to do? Well, not the Seine, not the Dolorean way, right? Like, we're in the, just the human kind. That is one of your favorite movies. Although it is one of the movies, yes. Between Back to the Future and Karate Kid, man. Yeah, that pretty much sums bright. Those are my movies right there. Those are your movies. Well, that and Rambo.
1:28.5	Right.
1:28.8	Okay.
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