I do not know if my wife will let me do it.
Ah, my favorite. I love this one. I'm always amazed whenever I hear words like these come out of someone's mouth. So, hang on to your hat. Here's THE reply:

YOU: "John, let me ask you a question. Did your wife give you permission to stay in a job that's keeping you broke?"

I love it! This is fun, and you know something, it works! When you say it though, you have to be PERFECTLY SILENT afterwards and not say anything till they respond. I've had prospects where I get stone cold silence in return for about 10 seconds which feels a lot longer and then a sigh on the other end of the line and a voice that quietly says: "you're right. let's do it. " GOT TO LOVE IT! Other times, people say, "Yeah, I know, you're right. I still got to ask her. " These are generally not the people I want in my business anyway so I'll usually just take it away and tell them.
YOU: "That's ok Dave. I'm really only interested in working with people who are driven, decisive and serious about achieving their dream. That's doesn't sound like you so I'm going to go ahead and let you go".

Now it's do or die time. If they come back with, "no wait." and make a decision, I'll probably sponsor them. Otherwise, I simply hang up and move on.
Bob