Musings
The ‘Reality Distortion Field’
This newsletter is only read by real estate agents (and my mum) and so please, bear with me on the slightly less than positive angle on this one. Get through the first paragraphs to find the value. The same message seems to be bouncing around, whether I am talking to real estate agents, accountants, trades,… Read more »
How to Hire and Be Hired – Introducing Leese – Part 2
I have regularly spoken about how we build this business – we add bits on as we need them. This is a story about both hiring and being hired but there is more to it than that – I break the learning down a bit at the end because I think there are lessons for… Read more »
Introducing Leese Rogers
Leese has been with us for nearly a year now. I have mentioned her a number of times in this blog,so she is overdue for an introduction. I am going to go over the background to Leese’s hiring next week, but to keep that short, Kim and I found ourselves struggling to get enough done… Read more »
The Future Of Real Estate… Matt’s thoughts
I recently had the opportunity to share my thoughts on the Future of Real Estate. This blog includes just one section from that talk — a piece I felt compelled to pass on. Last financial year, we (Independent Agent) sold $229 million worth of property and in that $229 million there were a total of… Read more »
The Echo Chamber
I was out for a morning jog this week and I heard a couple of dogs barking across the valley at each other. I was deeply impressed with their ‘call and response’ regularity and the ability of one to copy the rhythm of the other, all in the interest of territorial awareness. Then of course… Read more »
Who doesn’t want to work with a nice person?
I might have warned you that every now and then I pitch. Well today is the day. Kind of… With a push I am sharing some comments with you. I was working through some ideas earlier today with an advisor who is pretty high up the food chain, well known in mergers and acquisitions and… Read more »
How Times Change
I know, I know, change is everywhere. But nothing makes you realise it quite like kids do. My son has just started high school and a tie is a part of the uniform. I had a ‘Proud Dad’ moment helping him with his tie on the first day of school, and assumed that for the… Read more »
A huge congratulations to Stephanie for collecting this year’s Rate My Agent award for the Northland Region
I thought that you might all like to know what it is like working with a ‘Rate My Agent’ regional award winner. Firstly, a huge congratulations to Stephanie for collecting this year’s Rate My Agent award for the Northland Region. Rate My Agent is the award that reflects not only an awful lot of work,… Read more »
The Valley of Despair
I came across the concept of the Valley of Despair the other day, and watching a handful of people start with us, and thinking about the experiences of others along our journey, I felt that a look at this was in order. Sometimes called the ‘cycle of change’, and often referred to as the Dunning… Read more »
What Are You Working On
This statement has always felt like the epitome of some kind of corporate invasion and micromanagement. I came across it in a management book I was reading and it was phrased in a way that was not so bad…. So I popped it up on my whiteboard and tested it…. On my team and on… Read more »
Nothing Makes Sense
When you accept that sometimes things just don’t sense it is a liberating experience. Here are some things I know I can do – and I know you can do too: But I sometimes feel like I work in a space where ‘nothing makes sense’. Because sometimes it just doesn’t. Here is why: I have… Read more »
If you knew you couldn’t fail
If you knew you couldn’t fail. I have heard this line so many times but last week it really got me thinking. If you knew you couldn’t fail, what would you do? Steve Buckley sent me a book for Christmas by NZ Mental Performance Coach David Niethe called ‘The Winning Mindset’ (thank you Steve!!)’. I… Read more »