Musings
Perfect vs Good, Building the Bike as you Ride it, A Client Base of One
Each fortnight I share a small insight or two that has piqued my interest, inspired me orprovoked me in respect to business, motivation, or other areas of life. I share this with thehope that you may gain some insight or learn something that might get you thinking. It’sgreat for me because it allows me to… Read more »
I am not who I was. Neither are you. The database you forgot you had.
The latest iteration of Matt Jones is only about 3 years old. I’m laughing as I picture a ‘man baby’, however, this Matt Jones realised that unless he changed his ways and patterns and thoughts then he was not going to change. Author Brianna Wiest puts this idea more succinctly: This idea changed my Life,… Read more »
Greed is Good & Show me the Money – Four reasons why not
Does Facebook still do a ‘favourite quote’? I can recall that at one stage the favourite quotethat I published on Facebook was “Show me the Money” from the 1996 movie JerryMaguire. I have my targets and goals, in fact they are targets and goals that exceed mytargets and goals from years gone by. The idea… Read more »
What I want to say, beat procrastination and healthy living
I’ll tell you what I really want, procrastination tip, and healthy living. I want to start at the end on this one – as in I usually put this bit at the end. We are looking for experienced, motivated, independent real estate sale people who are tired of the hype, tired of being treated like… Read more »
Six High Performance Traits
I have identified six features that keep popping up time and again when I speak with agents who are running their business in a real stand-out manner. Whether they mean to or not, they often reveal some performance clues. Brusque and bullish or gentle and generous, I have spotted some features that I believe can be emulated. … Read more »
1 Year
It’s birthday month. On the 6th of October 2020, our first agent joined us and our first listings started going live. I am privileged to mark this milestone for Independent Agent. While this company was not quite born in a shed in the way of many kiwi businesses, my house is a barn-style and I… Read more »
Assume
This month I am making one of my less philosophical statements so far, but it addresses an area (you guessed it) that I have been mulling over. Those of you in sales who may be on the sensitive side and are not so thick skinned may get something out of this. By adjusting your mindset,… Read more »
You Gotta Try
You gotta, you gotta, you gotta try a little tenderness, That’s the song that is in my head (and now playing in the background) as I sit to write. Before I go any further, this is not a lockdown email (there have been a few right…!). I wrote this before our world got turned inside-out… Read more »
Comparison is the Thief of Joy
I am trying to be less concerned with what everyone else is doing. I have found that Comparison is the Thief of Joy and I would like to explore this a little further. It can be difficult to not compare yourself to someone else? I know that I am not the only one who suffers this curse,… Read more »
Dealing with Adversity, Irritation and Setback
Dealing with Adversity, Irritation and Setback – it’s a mind game How do you NOT get halted in your progress by the irritations and setbacks inherent in life in general? And how do you know when you have made it – what is the measure? When will you be satisfied? These are questions that I… Read more »
A Journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step
A Journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. This has got to be one of the most cliché and often repeated positivity or self-help statements, however one of my main thoughts this past month has been based on this familiar quote. I am naturally very impatient when it comes to seeing my… Read more »
You control how you play
Each month I share something that has inspired or provoked me in respect to business, motivation, and maybe even a bit of philosophy. This exercise is great for me, because this allows me to consolidate some of the things each month that have made an impact on me and I hope you benefit too. It… Read more »