John Alexandrov's Real Estate Inner Circle

Think Goals are Old? So are To-Do Lists

Last week I talked about how goal-setting is an old technology, and how making promises is like upgrading from your car-phone to a smart-phone.

Well "to-do" lists are similar. Like setting goals, we all use them, but we are rarely committed to them.

Let's think about the terminology. "To-Do" something is not really a big deal. We can always do something later, tomorrow, or not at all. If we have a task that we really want to get done, that we have to get done every day or every week to be successful, we give it a little more weight than just something "to do."

Let ask you a question. Do you get a lot done in a day? 100% of us in the business get A LOT done pretty much every day. If we don't, we go out of business.

Why is this important? With or without a "To-Do" list we find a way to get things done. It is actually 100x more important  NOT to do things than to spend time doing a lot what we do on a given day.

In this short video I talk about some of the things you are going to have to stop doing, and the process we use in place of "to-do" lists.

Think about the logic here:

1. Eliminate time-wasters by using a not-to-do list.
2. Set only three priorities a day and promise to complete them.
3. You will have plenty of time to complete the 6 income producing activities every day.
4. You will have the freedom, flexibility, and money to do what you want in life.

Think you can live without a to-do list? Can you eliminate one major time-waster from your schedule using a not-to-do list? If so, you're on your way to becoming an elite agent.

Check back over the next two weeks for a more in-depth look at setting those daily priorities and promises.

Thank you for reading,

John Alexandrov

www.RealEstateInnerCircle.net 

PS - the spots for our free appreciation event in West Palm Beach Florida are filling up (why do you guys/girls always sign up for these things last minute?), but we'd love to have you there. Click here for more information, or here to register. Thank you.

My 2010 Promise to You

Based on the incredible response we've received from real estate professionals of all walks of life to our previous post about promises, I want to make a promise to you.

In the next two weeks leading up to our event in West Palm Beach (you can learn more about the event here, or register here), I am going to unveil the most powerful promise ever made in the real estate coaching industry.

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Happy new years and 2010 will be best the best year of our lives. Thank you for making 2009 so profitable and fulfilling!

- John Alexandrov

Goal-Setting Is an Out-Dated Technology

How may of you use a cell phone to do business? Ok...how about a smartphone?

How many of you still use the car-phone you had in 1985 or a cell phone from 1997 that still dials your mom every time you put it in your pocket?

Congrats! 100% have upgraded the cell-phone technology you use to do business. 100% of you have done the same thing with your computers, appearance, and vehicles.

Then why haven't you upgraded your mind-set? Specifically, why have you not upgraded the approach you take toward improving your business and life?

Do you set goals? I would venture to say that at least 90% of real estate professionals in the year 2010 will set goals. The simple fact is that goal-setting is out-dated. For most people, it no longer works.

100 years ago nobody had heard of goals, but as we progressed along the 20th century EVERYONE began setting goals, and a lot of people made a lot of money telling others how to set goals. The truth is we continue to progress and more and more research suggests that goal setting does not offer a high probability of success.

I've read studies that suggest only 15% of people will actually accomplish the goals they set. Why? Setting a goal in-of-itself does not provide you with enough incentive to transform or conform your life to accomplishing that goal.

Now, you might be saying to yourself "I see his point, I've set a ton of goals over the past 5 or 10 years, and I don't really remember accomplishing much." It's OK. I am not hear to destroy the foundations of your life. Our research as a company, and independent brain research suggests that there is an updated method we all can use to accomplish what's important in our life: setting promises.

How is setting a promise different than setting a goal? When you set a promise, your personal integrity is on the line. If you promise your child that you will be there to pick him up after school, do you dare miss picking him up? If you promise to visit your mom every month, wouldn't you feel horrible for missing a month?

I think you see my point. As a business and real estate coach, I start coaching all my clients by ripping up their goals and working with them to create 7 promises based on what's important in their life. I then help them implement specific action steps into their schedule meant to satisfy those promises, AND I create tracking tools to verify their accomplishments. It's no wonder 100% of them are accomplishing what they want from life.

You don't want to keep using that car-phone anymore do you?

- John Alexandrov

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