How do you stay productive? Do you use lots of different gadgets, tools and technology? Are you an ol’ fashion pen and paper person? I sat down with Gary Chambers, who is a full time Realtor and owns and operates a 2,000 acre farm also, and we talked about how he stays productive. In this…
“Try not to do too many things at once. Know what you want, the number one thing today and tomorrow. Persevere and get it done.” – George Allen Are you trying to do too many things at once? Are you wearing too many hats? I’m not talking about multi-tasking necessarily. I’m talking about projects and…
I am traveling often to do real estate trainings and social media talks. I try to carry on the airplane as much as possible for a few reasons. 1. Saves huge amounts of time. Not having to check a bag and not having to wait around for a bag can save 30-60 minutes. Maybe not…
“Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day.” Macbeth, William Shakespeare Many times, the challenge of increasing business and sales is not knowing what to do or even how to do it. Most business owners and sales people I talk with, know what to do and how to do…
Note from Darin – Dean Ouellette is a real estate agent in the Chandler Arizona market specializing in short sales, a father of five and a blogging junkie at sites like TheProductiveDad.com. This is a guest post from him. There are many tools in my real estate career that I could not imagine working without….
Professional One Franchising has been asking some thought leaders and influential industry types about ROI in Social Media… Some how I accidentally got added to that list and just yesterday they published my video. Here is my video answer response to the question, “Is there ROI in Social Media?” This isn’t the first time I’ve…
“What’s measured improves.” – Peter Drucker This week I’ve been talking a lot about knowing the value of your time. Read: How you are losing $8,000 a month or more and Why You Need To Value Your Time Today I want to share with you an exercise that I do in live trainings and real…
Time is really the only capital that any human being has, and the only thing he can’t afford to lose. – Thomas Edison Yesterday, in my Productivity Nugget, I talked about how you are losing revenue every month because you are not putting a value on your time. I’ve been doing an exercise with some…
“Until you value yourself, you won’t value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it.” M. Scott Peck I got dragged into a semi interesting (more annoying) debate on facebook the other day. This expert of time and money and business told me that time should not factor into…
“You have not converted a man because you have silenced him.” – John Morley I am a naturally curious person. I like to learn, I like to improve. I think sometimes my curiosity turns into suspicion in certain cases. What does being curios and suspicious mean? It means you ask lots of questions and look…
As a real estate speaker I’m in airports alot. One of the things that I’m aware to look for in airports when I’m trying to make a connection or have a long walk between terminals, are the moving walkways. The moving walkways are awesome. I’m able to get to where I’m going faster without using…
He didn’t tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it. ~Clarence Budington Kelland My Dad, Lloyd Persinger is one of the most productive people I know. That’s a picture of him and me. His work ethic is second to none, even though he is retired and turning an age…
Are you looking for a magic bullet to increase your sales? To increase productivity? It seems like many people are. It seems like people are looking for the magic bullet when it comes to weight loss money business selling real estate succeeding online I get it. I understand the idea of looking to hack the…