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Crying over spilt milk (or tea) being a professional Jan 05, 2025

In my main floor office is the desk where I sit every morning and every night. My wife and kids call this “Office #1” - as opposed to Office #2, which is hidden away in the basement. At any rate, I do my journaling and my writing here at this desk in Office #1. I also keep a desk calendar on this de...

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What are you doing the next 2 weeks? being a professional Dec 22, 2024

“Many times an old man has no other evidence besides his age to prove he has lived a long time.” - Seneca

 

The year is over. What do you have to show for your year?

I don’t mean in your results. Some of you had your best year, and some of you are on the cusp of leaving the business. The rest...

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Don't come in tomorrow being a professional steven's personal letters Dec 15, 2024

My middle son Zach is a smart kid, but this year realized he had enough of college for now. He chose to go abroad for a year to work, hang out, and figure out what he wanted to do with his life. On November 1st I drove him to DIA and off he went to Australia for a year. What I think of his decision ...

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The missing ingredients being a professional Dec 07, 2024

Many weeks throughout the year I travel and speak to groups of agents. After those sessions, some agents book a follow-up call with me. 

I immediately know who is a top performer vs. someone who is destined to remain in mediocrity - ie. underperformers.

Top performers show up to the calls they s...

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You get 8 weeks off being a professional Nov 23, 2024

Every real estate agent can take 8 weeks off - a week or so in January, a week in the spring, one to three weeks in summer, Thanksgiving week, and a couple weeks in December. This is one of those 8 weeks!

Sure, if you have deals to negotiate, buyers to show - I get it. Maybe you give away pies, or ...

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Be still and vigilant - like the Queen being a professional Oct 26, 2024

 

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Many agents are going to make less being a professional Aug 10, 2024

One of the things that used to piss me off the most over the last couple of years: when inferior agents offered a sub-par commission for the buyer’s agent, and I was representing a buyer.

Yes, I could have had my clients make up the difference. Aside from that though, what I really wanted to do: wa...

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Marketing is making you weak being a professional Jun 22, 2024

Some of my recent posts were intended to fire you up and challenge your thinking. You might even say I was poking fun at a few of you - kind of like a couple of siblings do on a long car ride.

Having said that, you probably wouldn’t disagree that the business and the market has changed significantl...

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Don't be on video! being a professional Jun 15, 2024

I don’t really mean “don’t be on video.” I mean video should not be anywhere near the top of your concerns or focus. Unless of course you are exceptionally good at it - which is not most of us.

I was listening in on an office of agents who had participated in a national coaching event with a big-na...

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Another lie: reviews! being a professional Jun 08, 2024

If you are someone who loves getting reviews and has a lot of client reviews, you are likely to be upset by this post.

I am not a big fan of reviews. I am biased for sure, but let me give you an example.

A couple of weeks ago I needed to buy a car for my daughter. She had a car, and then one of he...

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The Time Block Lie being a professional Jun 01, 2024

“I have it time blocked, I just don’t do it.”

I was doing one of my workshops this week, and we were specifically talking about door-knocking. One guy shouts out, “I have it time blocked, I just don’t do it.”

Best line of the week!

He said it so matter-of-fact, so authentically. He knows what he...

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Ghosting being a professional May 27, 2024

My friend Julie and I were talking about ghosting. She does sales for a company and we were discussing how many people “ghost” her.

Now, as a salesperson, we kind of know that some people are not going to call us back. That’s often their way of saying, “not interested.”

On the other hand, what hap...

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