Courage & Clarity
Courage & Clarity
Steph Crowder
212: "The Ick Test": 1 Step to Go From Gross to Aligned Selling
26 minutes Posted Sep 28, 2026 at 1:00 pm.
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In this episode, Steph unpacks the "ick": that visceral, gross, out-of-alignment feeling that creeps in when you're selling, and walks through the single shift that turns it around. She breaks down the three specific moments where the ick shows up most (reaching out to your warm network, crafting your "what do you do?" one-liner, and sitting on a sales call wanting the client so bad), the one thing that's always happening when the ick hits, and how moving the spotlight off yourself and onto t...