{"product_id":"sell-the-hole-not-the-darrin-w-destasio-9798181866089","title":"Sell The Hole Not The Drill: What Top Sales Performers Do Differently","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMost salespeople are selling the wrong thing.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey are selling features, capabilities, and \"industry-leading solutions\" to buyers who do not care about any of it. Buyers do not wake up thinking about your product. They wake up thinking about missed targets, wasted time, broken processes, and pressure from every direction. Your product only enters the picture if - and when - it becomes a believable way to fix something that already matters to them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat shift is what most salespeople never fully make.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSell the Hole, Not the Drill\u003c\/b\u003e is the playbook built from 25 years of doing it at the highest level - leading teams at Oracle, IBM, MicroStrategy, Demandware, Alteryx, Horizon-Five and beyond, hitting quota in every role, and mentoring dozens of sales professionals along the way. It is not a motivational speech. It is not a list of tactics dressed up as strategy. It is a blunt, practical guide to what actually separates the top 5% from everyone else.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcross 31 chapters and 9 parts, you will learn: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy buyers decide emotionally and justify logically - and how to use that to your advantage\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe questions that actually open deals versus the ones that just fill time and create false progress\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow to run discovery calls, demos, and negotiations that move things forward instead of stalling them\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat President's Club performers do every single week - including the math that gets you to 150% of plan\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy most follow-up fails and what the top performers do differently after the 4th attempt when 90% of reps have already quit\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow to build trust fast, price with confidence, and stop apologizing for your value\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe real reason deals stall - and it is almost never what you think\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not a book about closing techniques or manipulation. It is about understanding how buyers actually think, showing up prepared, and caring enough about the person across the table to educate them instead of pitch them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeople who are educated, buy.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhether you are a new rep finding your footing or a seasoned seller who knows something is off but cannot name it - this book will change how you sell.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBuy it for yourself. Buy it for your team. And know that every copy does more than teach someone to sell better.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Darrin W. Destasio\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798181866089\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.44lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.31d","brand":"Darrin W. Destasio","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48871438844159,"sku":"9798181866089","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/sell-the-hole-not-the-darrin-w-destasio-9798181866089","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}