Why Getting FIRED Was The Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me
Dropping Bombs
Brad Lea
4.8 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 13 October 2025
⏱️ 74 minutes
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Summary
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Dropping Bombs Podcast: https://www.droppingbombs.com/
Tune into this electrifying episode of Dropping Bombs with Kristin Gutierrez—the award-winning entrepreneur, bestselling author, and high-ticket sales queen who's turned corporate setbacks into 7-figure freedom. From getting canned as VP of an $80M company to crafting premium offers that run on autopilot from the beach, Kristin unleashes raw truths on crushing fear, owning authentic sales, AI wrecking industries, and why playing small is straight-up robbing your bank account.
We cut to the chase: Scale smarter, close high-ticket deals with zero doubt, and ditch the chaos bleeding your revenue. Get Kristin’s exclusive frameworks for building unbeatable offers, fix those pesky funnel leaks, and unlock the mindset to obliterate self-sabotage. If you’ve been financially strapped or up against mental barriers, this episode is your game-changing moment: Life doesn’t just happen—it happens FOR you. Join Kristin’s masterclass and learn how grit, courage, and the audacity to say "yes" can revolutionize your empire. Entrepreneurs ready for the next level—hit play and transform your game now.
🔗 Resources
🌐 Kristin Gutierrez — https://www.kristingutierrez.co/
📲 Follow Kristin on Instagram @officialkristingutierrez — https://www.instagram.com/officialkristingutierrez
📚 Kristin’s Books on Amazon — https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B0C6RC4K7Z/allbooks
🔜 Upcoming Book: Simpler, Faster, Richer (Coming 2026)
📖 Brad Lea's Book, The Hard Way: The Entrepreneur's Guide to Making It in Business: https://bradlea.com/product/the-hard-way-by-brad-lea/
📖Other Books Mentioned:
- Buy Back Your Time by Dan Martell
- Who Not How by Dan Sullivan & Dr. Benjamin Hardy
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Brad Lea is a self-made entrepreneur who turned small-town grit into a multi-million-dollar empire. With over 25 years dominating sales and leadership, he’s mentored thousands to outsmart, outwork, and out win their competition. His top-rated podcast, Dropping Bombs, brings raw, game-changing insights from the biggest names in business.
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Brad’s also behind Closer School, the go-to program for mastering sales and closing deals like a pro. Want to 10x your income? This is where you start. His book, The Hard Way, lays out the brutal, honest lessons he learned building his empire—your blueprint to winning the game. Get it here: https://bradlea.com/product/the-hard-way/
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| 0:00.0 | Billionaires, they focus on the pay off, not the payout. I was working at an $80 million company. I just happened to be groomed by the biggest of the biggest. I could slide into your DM without being salesy or sleazy with my two-step framework. What is it? Oh. Got canned. That could have cost me everything. They said, you're not worth anything to us anymore. The best thing that ever happened to me. |
| 0:21.6 | I landed my first client that day at 2 p.m. |
| 0:24.6 | It's like 100 million plus dollars a year. |
| 0:26.6 | There's people that are depressed right now. |
| 0:28.6 | They're listening to this show trying to figure out how to get their business to the next level. |
| 0:31.6 | And reality is... |
| 0:33.6 | Here's where the magic happens is in the top two levels. |
| 0:35.6 | What it is, Brad Lee, back again. Here's where the magic happens is in the top two levels. |
| 0:45.1 | What it is, Brad Lee, back again with another episode of dropping bombs today in the studio, folks. |
| 0:48.6 | I got a real treat for you, especially if you like making money. |
| 0:50.0 | You're an entrepreneur. |
| 0:51.1 | Pay attention. |
| 0:53.6 | We got Kristen Gutierrez in the house. Brad, thank you so much to have it for having me. |
| 0:56.8 | You're welcome. And if you would, yeah, get that. There you go. Get that sucker. People are going to need to listen and listen closely. |
| 1:05.5 | Folks, if you guys don't know who she is, a lot of people don't, but they're about to. Kristen Gutierrez is a three-time award-winning |
| 1:12.8 | entrepreneur, two-time bestselling author, international keynote speaker, and high-ticket sales expert |
| 1:20.0 | known as the say-yes queen. Through her signature VIP days, Kristen works with entrepreneurs who are |
| 1:26.7 | generating over a million dollars and are ready |
| 1:28.7 | to stop playing small, help them curate premium offers, improve sales, and implement systems |
| 1:35.2 | that remove bottlenecks so their businesses thrive, whether they're in the Zoom room |
| 1:39.4 | or on the beach. |
| 1:41.3 | Tell me about that. |
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