FUTURE OF SELLING · JASON LIM
What if a first call ended with a purpose and a date, not with a pleasant 'let's keep in touch'? Imagine opening conversations that still work when the other person is already busy, and a follow-up that does not vanish into the week. Even if they only agreed to a short call, you still leave with a reason to meet again. It's like putting a bookmark in a book before you close it: both of you know where to start next time.
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Our graduates have produced 8-figure results and beyond.
Closed $7M+ in deals by 24 and rebuilt from zero twice.
20+ years of coaching, starting with basketball at 16.
Since 2016, his events have reached 100,000+ founders across Asia.
A $7M+ record that began with odd-hour first conversations is why a Bali opening is judged on a second date, not on being pleasant.
A basketball court taught short repeatable drills; an opening is practised until it holds when the call is early, late, or cut short.
The 8-figure results come from graduates who used the same method in their own work. Read two of their stories below.
Marshall Thurber and Joel Bauer are two of them. The full list follows in his story below.
You bring the live outreach, so the next first call already uses the new close.
An odd-hour opening is practised until it earns a second date, on the outreach you are already running.
The method puts a clear purpose early, which is what a busy remote buyer needs when they have already done their own research.
This applies Sales Prospecting Singapore to an odd-hour first conversation.
Odd-hour outreach already in motion is the practice ground.
A pleasant but empty first call is rebuilt until a second date is asked for.
The reason to continue is practised so it survives a dropped line.
If the second meeting is where the pitch falls apart, add sales pitch coaching in Singapore. Around the odd-hour first conversations, the missing second date, and this week's outreach. The odd-hour first conversations, the missing second date, and this week's outreach guide the drills.
“I have been in this business for quite while, but this course has cleared up a lot of doubts and strategies that I should use.”
“I used some of the strategies immediately and after two weeks generated $20,000 worth of sales.”
Shawn Khoo, CEO, 8Yolk Design Studio. Programmes attended: Facebook Ads Mastery.
“In just 3 weeks, I increased my margins and my sales improved by 20%!”
Wee Jun Wei, Managing Director, Lara-J.

When Covid arrived in 2020, Jason Lim lost everything he had built. He spent nights on any friend's couch that would take him, and still he kept teaching. He turned the speaking and closing skills that had saved him into Future of Selling.
Starting in sales at 21, he had already closed over $7 million in deals. At 16, he began coaching on a basketball court. Today he is the founder and mentor behind DreaMaker Ventures. He learned from renowned mentors: Marshall Thurber (creator of Money & You®), Joel Bauer, Tony Robbins, Chet Holmes and Bob Proctor. Founders from Skystone Asset Management, Signarama Singapore, Enlightenment Education, Mindreader AI and 8Yolk Design Studio have worked with him. He wants them to succeed without giving up the people who matter.
You both enjoyed it, and nobody knows why you would meet again.
The useful minutes are already gone.
The other person has to work to find the ask.
Time buyers spend with suppliers
17%
When B2B buyers are considering a purchase, they spend only 17% of that time meeting with potential suppliers. When they compare several suppliers, the time with any one sales rep may be only 5% to 6%.
17% of buying time goes to suppliers, so an odd-hour opening still has to earn a second date, on your odd-hour first conversation.
The second meetings never quite appear.
The thread gets heavier, and easier to ignore.
The work depends on mood, not on a practised opening.
A pipeline of warm first conversations is not the same as a pipeline of next steps.
Most people try to be likeable in a first conversation and hope the purpose will be obvious later. A busy buyer needs a reason and a date before they hang up. It's like having a lovely walk and never agreeing where you will meet the next day.
An odd-hour opening follows P.I.T.C.H. from the Future of Selling page.
When B2B buyers are considering a purchase, they spend only 17% of that time meeting with potential suppliers. When they compare several suppliers, the time with any one sales rep may be only 5% to 6%.
Direct foreign tourist arrivals in Bali from January to December 2025, up 9.72% on 2024.
Of B2B buyers prefer an overall rep-free buying experience, yet for tasks such as judging whether a product or service fits their company's needs, buyers prefer to seek seller input.
The first meeting is built so a buyer hears the purpose and a dated next step before anyone hangs up.
Foreign visitors to Bali in a year
6,948,754
Direct foreign tourist arrivals in Bali from January to December 2025, up 9.72% on 2024.
Source: BPS-Statistics Indonesia, Bali Province, 2 February 2026
Buyers who'd rather skip the rep
61%
Of B2B buyers prefer an overall rep-free buying experience, yet for tasks such as judging whether a product or service fits their company's needs, buyers prefer to seek seller input.
Source: Gartner press release, 25 June 2025: survey of 632 B2B buyers, August to September 2024
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