Hello, world.

Welcome to discover your talent, do what you love, number 239.

I'm creator and host, Don Hutchison.

Every day I interview someone from around the world who has discovered his talents to do work he loves,

to create a life of success, satisfaction, and freedom.

An only child in a town with only one TV station long before the internet,

Robert Hartline learned how to turn his shyness and isolation into door

openers. Fear factors into his success in a major way. Don't interrupt and don't talk to strangers

factor in too, but not as you might think. Welcome, Robert. Hi, Don. Thanks for having me.

It is our pleasure. Robert, are you using your talents doing work that you love?

I am today. Well, that's really all that matters. That's perfect. We want to hear the whole story.

Robert Hartline is the founder of Call Proof, a serial entrepreneur. He's built his businesses to where today they generate 24 million plus in total revenues.

His expertise around sales and automating follow-up

sequences have helped hundreds of entrepreneurs and salespeople contributing to millions of

dollars in additional sales. So, Robert, that's a pithy summary of your career. Tell us what you're

involved in now that has you engaged and excited, if you will? I guess today, Don, you know, I'm

focused on growing call proof as a SaaS startup that I started about five years ago. And, you know,

it's kind of a change in direction from my entrepreneurial life. It's been fun. I've learned a ton.

So that's where I'm probably most engaged today.

Yeah, we learned a little bit about that as we were getting together for this interview.

Tell our listeners a little bit of the background for a call proof. It sounds like a very

fascinating and much needed idea. Yeah, so, you know, most entrepreneurs tend to be their best salesperson,

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