Musings
Positivity & Honesty, We are only Human
Not Throwing in the Towel Two weeks ago, at around this time my last email had just gone out and very kindly, I received several positive comments from colleagues, friends and family too. And then, into my inbox came this challenging comment, followed by a copy and paste from my email: “That does not sound… Read more »
Breaking records, being true to yourself, we are here to support you
The great thing about starting a business in the midst of a pandemic, which is then promptly followed by a substantial reduction in the sales volume in the very product that you are trying to sell, is that you get to break records all the time while the expectation is that you should be going… Read more »
How we got here, an inside perspective
I am kind of ‘cheating’ this week, as I wrote the message below for a feature in the Rodney Homed publication. The great thing is, this allows you a chance to get to know me a little better. You can look back in time and connect the dots to see how Independent Agent came about… Read more »
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 »