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Consistency is very motivating. When you follow football all season you are excited about the Super Bowl. When you exercise every day, you are eager to keep up the effort. When you help your child with their homework every day, you are even more excited about their schoolwork and getting good grades.
And when you work on your business in a consistent way, when you work on a specific aspect of your business consistently, then you are eager and motivated to apply it. You are even more motivated and excited to succeed in your career.

Be consistent with following up on leads or returning phone calls in a timely manner or promptly completing paperwork. What can you do consistently to motivate you?
So this week make a concreted effort to be consistent in just one aspect of your business then notice the results from it.

Can you believe we are about to have our 1st Fifteen Daily Coaching Webinar this Friday?

Our first one was conducted in April of 2009. We had many people tell us we wouldn't be able to keep the pace. No one had ever heard of live coaching EVERY day. Now several other coaching companies have "daily contact" but still not like us I am proud to say. We offer insight, intelligence and motivation on a consistent and personal level for many Agents.

I am proud that we have continued to offer such a great service and so many of you have succeeded because of it. So make sure to listen in on Friday.

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Hey All,
Back in December I attended the Triple Play Convention. There I produced this great promo video for Broker Agent Speakers Bureau. I think it is pretty good if I do say so myself. For those of you who follow my work you know that there is now 4 Phases to Business Planning and not three which came about directly from your comments and suggestions. So take a moment to watch and tell me what you think!
http://realtytimes.com/html/flvplayerNC.htm?open&FLV=http://vidcdn2.webcastcity.com/Go/RichLevin_BusinessPlanFocusedMotivated.flv 

1. This may be obvious.  The most common and classic goal setting mistake is not setting goals.  Do you have goals set for 2011?  If not, you lose.  People with goals always outperform those without.  People with goals are more focused, confident, happier, and productive.  

2. Setting one level of goal is far less motivating than setting three. 
Using Football as an example; Exceptional goal is to win the Super Bowl.  The Tiptoe goal might be to make the Playoffs.  And the Disappointment goal might be to have a winning season.  Throughout the season the team measures its progress in relation to those goals and each game is more meaningful.  In your Real Estate Business set an Exceptional, Wow, Goal; a Tiptoe, that would be OK goal, and a Disappointment Ouch Goal.  Then each week and each month measure your progress toward those goals and each day’s activities is more meaningful.

3. This is critically important. Set your sales goals by sales volume based on contract date; e.g. $500,000 in sales contracts accepted in January.  If you want to set income goals, translate it into the sales volume in the appropriate months; e.g. income of $6,000 in March might mean $250,000 in sales by the end of January.  Setting goals by closing date or income means that you can’t do anything about the goal in the upcoming days and weeks.
 
4. Are you aware of your goal or goals for January?  Are you aware of your February goals?  People who are constantly aware of their goals outperform those that are not constantly aware by over 100%.  When you drive you are aware of your speed.  You keep it in existence by looking at your speedometer.  When you have an appointment you are aware of the time.  You keep it in existence with a watch or clock. When you diet you are aware of your weight.  You keep it in existence with a scale.

By breaking this four classic mistakes will have your best 2011 ever. Good luck!  

It's funny I got forwarded this link from probably 6 different coaching clients plus many of you told me about it so I thought I would share it with every one.
http://www.eatthatfrogmovie.com/?cm_mmc=CheetahMail-_-MO-_-01.03.11-_-FROGMovieCons

It fits exactly into what I teach so it is nice to know that my clients get the connection. Great little video.

The new KODAK PLAYTOUCH  is here! It is the game changing solution for real estate video and for the first time, real estate agents can get a flexible, pocket sized,  full high definition wide angle  video solution for under $200 with Kodak!

The PlayTouch brings the goods to the real estate video game, which as you all know will literally explode in 2011!  More than most people, real estate agents need a dedicated video device to shoot high quality video and easily upload and edit it.  While the KODAK Zi-8 Pocket Video Camera is awesome, the KODAK PLAYTOUCH offers (the differences between the ZI-8 and PlayTouch are in BLUE):

• 1080p video with a 5MP Digital Camera
• Combination External Mic Jack and Headphone Jack for great audio
• Capacitive touch screen with "on screen editing"
• 33mm wide video at 720p (much wider than Zi8)
• Digital Image Stabilization
• Incorporates the "one click"  EASYSHARE button from our Digital Camera line.
  

The product retails for $199.95, but your followers can get it for an incredible price of $159.96  through you at Kodak Play Touch  .  In addition, we now have  new ultra-wide angle accessories!

We have two new lenses that are magnetic and attach seamlessly to the Playtouch, Zi8, and the Playsport.

1. Wide Angle Lens - $19.99     http://tinyurl.com/kodakrealestatewideangle  Fisheye Lens - $29.99             http://tinyurl.com/kodakrealestatefisheye  The Wide Angle Lens accessory is an addition to the Kodak portfolio because of Agent feedback!  It gives you  22mm wide angle video on the KODAK PLAYTOUCH!   This ultra-wide video let's you shoot much more with much less video time used, and lets you also take 22mm stills shots as well!

Add it all up and for less than $200, a real estate agent can get the KODAK PLAYTOUCH and our wide angle lens, and be all set to shoot wide angle video.  As with the Zi8, agents need to buy an SDHC Card, and any lavalier microphone will work with the camera to help them get great audio.  Good microphones like our Audio Technica 3350 average about $40, and can also be bought easily at most retailers as well.  

For information on all these products and more please visit http://www.kodak.com/go/redeal .  

This is part 2 of The Radio Interview from 12/27/10 with Jim Ronding of REMAX 1 in Superior, Wisconsin and
Duluth Minnesota.
 Very interesting info about goal setting and reaching goals.

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I recently told the "The Shinny Penny" Story and thought it would also be a good blog post.I had spent years early in my coaching career following shinny pennies.

Here is the story. You are standing in a very long line at the airport. You look down and see something shinny so you get out of line to see what it is. You realize as you pick it up that it is only a penny but now you have to get to the back of the line.

I relate this to your business. How often have you gotten side tracked with a new tool, a needy client, a personal issue or something else that takes your attention away from your business? You follow that shinny penny which gets your business off track costing you considerable time and money.

As mentioned I was guilty of getting sidetracked with business opportunities and tools that were just not right for my business. Now we as a company are very aware of the "shinny penny" when presented with a business opportunity. We will of course do our due diligence and vet the company but we no longer let it consume what we are doing. If it fits into our business model or directly moves the business in the direction we are headed then we work it into the current business model. We no longer change the business model to make things "work"
By keeping track of your numbers and having consistent benchmarks; it allows you more quickly get back in line and by simply being aware of shinny pennies as they occur is the first step in not allowing them to consume you. So next time you are intrigued by a business opportunity, a new tool or something else. Take a moment to consider if it is simply a 'shinny penny' or if it will enhance your business.

Rich discussess how to accomplish New Year Resolutions for good.

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