Refusal to believe until proof is given is a rational position; denial of all outside of our own limited experience is absurd. – Annie Besant My clients and prospects aren’t using social media Are you saying this to yourself? I do hear real estate agents say, “My clients and prospects aren’t using social media,” usually…
“What you do is what matters, not what you think or say or plan.” — Jason Fried (Rework) hat tip to Michael McClure for pointing me in the direction of this video I’m a big fan of Jason Fried. He is the founder of 37Signals, they create simple, productivity software, and the author of the…
Real estate lead generation using craigslist and video. Kinda. Here is an idea for you. On Saturday I sent a productivity pearl to my productivity junkies email list. I shared with them a tactic that a few of my real estate coaching clients having been using for awhile now. The video was watched 94 times…
“Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren’t used to an environment where excellence is expected.” – Steve Jobs I had an interesting conversation with a prospective new client earlier this week. She said something that made me think about the importance of environment, what we allow around us and what we allow in our…
“Part of courage is simple consistency.” – Peggy Noonan If you are frustrated with not having a consistent income in real estate watch this video. You have to take consistent focused action if you want to have consistent income in real estate 4 Questions To Answer To Get A Consistent Income In Real Estate 1….
“Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler.” – Albert Einstein In this Productivity Nugget I talk about lead generation and lead conversion. We tend to make things complex. Making things complex is easy. I share with you what I feel lead generation and lead conversion are at its simplest form. Are you making…
He was my second appointment for the day. Someone that has started a website, looking to sell products and services. He wanted to set up a PayPal account in order to collect the payment online, accept credit cards and make ordering easy. He didn’t know how to do it, just knew that PayPal could. That…
“I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.”- Bruce Lee I’m a big fan of Bruce Lee. I have written blog posts about Bruce Lee before here. One of my favorite things about Bruce Lee and the idea of martial…
Energy and persistence conquer all things. – Benjamin Franklin What gives you energy? I’m not talking about redbull, coffee or another type of caffiene. I’m talking about pure, natural energy. A positive energy. Something that helps focus you and get you excited at the same time. Vision and goals and planning and strategy and tactics…
I was in Green Bay, Wisconsin the other week, and while recording the Coaches Corner with Dean Ouellette, who sells real estate in East Valley area of Phoenix, Arizona. Dean mentioned to me that he had just finished up doing an interview with Green Bay Greg, who believe it or not, specializes in selling Green…
What you focus on increases. What you give your attention to grows. You’ve heard it all before. I’m not giving you some groundbreaking, innovative idea here. What I want to share with you though, is that it’s true. What you focus on increases. This is the first blog that I’ve posted here on ProductivityJunkies.com in…
It is well known that “problem avoidance” is an important part of problem solving. Instead of solving the problem you go upstream and alter the system so that the problem does not occur in the first place. Edward de Bono How much time have you spent creating 4th quarter goals and a 4th quarter strategy…
I’m a big fan of elimination. I wouldn’t say I’m a minimalist. I would admit to being pretty materialistic. I have multiple homes. Multiple vehicles. Numerous guitars. An abundance of wakeboards and snowboards. I’m also very driven. I feel like I can do anything. Because this is my natural tendency, I’ve learned the behavior of…