Nudging the boundary of complacency in Real Estate Success

A Real Estate Career is not for the faint of hearts; it is a Challenging Pursuit, and one of the Major Obstacles to Achieving Success is “Negotiating Against Ourselves.” While most Real Estate Agents understand the importance of keeping their promises to clients, they often Struggle to Keep their Promises to Themselves. This insidious absence of Self-Integrity in some, can have serious consequences that can Derail their progress.

Fear, especially collective Fear, has a way of projecting you into an unsure future full of dismay and angst; the more you entertain it the darker the scenarios. #KeySuccessIdeas - The Challenges we currently face with COVID19 are real and each one of us has a positive part to play – we can’t let ourselves be defeated by resignation and simply revert to watching the news all-da...

Happiness is not an esoteric state of being that is ephemeral and out of reach; it is a deliberate pursuit of bringing “Good” within the reach of those around us. - #KeySuccessIdeas - Happiness lives in Action not passivity and does not have a Dollar amount attached to it. H...

Working your Business as an Entrepreneur is not always smooth; you have to work on some difficult problems; it is not always Sunshine and Roses - you have to get at the difficult tasks and get them out of the way. - #KeySuccessIdeas - You are not going to always want to wake up in the m...

Burnout in Real Estate is very common, especially in the Spring Market; and burnout leads to lack of Motivation or the over-indulgence of food and drinks and major lack of Sleep. - #KeySuccessIdeas - You can prevent yourself from burning out but you must start telling yourself the truth. Some believe that watching 4 hours of TV at night is their ...

If you carefully study the amount of time and level of difficulty of your Daily Business Activities you will find that 99.9% of them are very straightforward and easy to complete, and only involve a few steps. - #KeySuccessIdeas - They tend to be intellectually uncomplicated; within the grasp of your abilities; and take little time to comp...

A Real Estate Career is unlike any other; it is an Emotional Career - a Career in which the emotional courage of the entrepreneur plays a big part day in day out. - #KeySuccessIdeas - Many consider the word “emotion” as the opposite of reason which is quite erroneous; emotions and logic live side by side and are not on opposite...

Spend time working as an entrepreneur diligently and you will experience a massive breakthrough - your most valuable asset is Time itself; and you already have a bag of it that everyone and everything is trying to gnaw at it. - #KeySuccessIdeas - It takes Discipline to properly protect your time, and to use it as the jet fuel for your career. Everything...

Procrastination, Perfection, Fear, Hesitation, Rejection, Competition, Stress, Excuses, Pressure, are all words that enter and reside in the vocabulary of all entrepreneurs. - #KeySuccessIdeas - I want you to consider two of my favorite words: Progress and Done. Progress is very straightforward - we work each day to make progress not to be...

Ah the end of the year, in fact the end of the Decade; we are jumping into the 20’s with a cool numbered year - 2020; it is a year that sounds sexy; it is a decade that we will call the Twenties, or the 2020’s. - #KeySuccessIdeas - The previous decade did not have a name; it was name-wise blah. This one is exciting and it will cause many of us to s...

The ability to tackle Conflict and Resolve it is a daily grind for Real Estate Professionals. Inherent in a Real Estate Transaction is Conflict, and our agents must learn certain techniques that help not aggravate such situations. - #KeySuccessIdeas - Why do I say that Real Estate Transactions...

The Road to Success is not always about obsessing about how to reach Success, but rather about focusing on the fundamentals of your endeavors and of your career. - #KeySuccessIdeas - This is the time a year for you to have clear goals for 2020 and to visualize them so they are clear in your mind, in fact if would help tremendously if you created a vi...

Every Real Estate Professional on a journey for long-term Success and Staying Power must develop Grit, Period! #KeySuccessIdeas - Grit can be summed up in this overt statement: “I know you don’t feel like working on this right now; but you will Suck it Up and Get to Work!” and this statement is not yelled at you by others...

When you are new to being an Entrepreneur you want to learn everything, and of course, you want to avoid making mistakes - which is very understandable. #KeySuccessIdeas -There is a lot to learn. Take for example Real Estate as a Career, you not only need to learn how to take a transaction from inception to completion, you have to learn how to go get the business

Success is the constant battle between Good Habits and Complacency; it is a never-ending battle. #KeySuccessIdeas - You will not wake up one day having conquered Complacency once and for all, but you can keep it in check by ongoingly designing Good Habits and being mindful of your Daily Activities. Complacency has something going for it an...

The most significant hunger for Entrepreneurs is the desire to learn; to absorb ideas and find a way to implement them in one’s business. #KeySuccessIdeas - Smart Entrepreneurs know that they are in the business to Personal Growth; they must get themselves in tune with the demands of the marketplace. Personal Development is a daily grind of...

You will hear me nudge Entrepreneurs and Real Estate Professionals to build better relationships with Sleep and Waking Up Early in all my Strategy Courses, Training Programs, and Boot-Camps. #KeySuccessIdeas - It is not a capricious approach to running one’s business - I say it is a Necessary one. I always share the need to ha...

There is a subtle demand, an unspoken requirement of you if you choose to be an Entrepreneur; and no one will check whether you fulfilled your end of it or not; it is the obligation to show up. #KeySuccessIdeas - Yes, you must show up daily in the marketplace to get your share of the Real Estate Transactions; and no one is going to do this for yo...

Gratitude plays a big role in the life of Entrepreneurs and especially Real Estate Professionals; your business is a people business and you cannot succeed by yourself sitting on island. #KeySuccessIdeas - You are connected to the community, to your neighbors, and to all the people thinking about Buying and Selling nearby. You are in the busin...

How do you become a writer? You start Writing. How do you get listings? You start Prospecting for Listings. #KeySuccessIdeas - How do you become a Piano Player? You start playing the Piano. Yes, all of this sounds over simplistic for many, and this is why they keep waiting for inspiration, or for a new deeper understanding, or for serendipity to cross their pa...