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The Role of Discipline in Achievement
Dec 30, 2022

One Powerful Habit to Kickstart Your Year | Vol. 27

Our team at The ONE Thing  has helped thousands take the 66-Day Challenge™ to build powerful habits in their lives. Today, I want to share the most impactful habit we’ve found in the past six years.

Read Article →One Powerful Habit to Kickstart Your Year | Vol. 27
Dec 22, 2022

To Move Forward, Look Backward | Vol. 26

We’re down to the final two weeks of 2022. That means just two more editions of the TwentyPercenter before 2023. This week, the call to action is to turn your experiences into insights. Next week, I’ll share the most powerful habit I’ve found to kickstart your year.

Read Article →To Move Forward, Look Backward | Vol. 26
How can I learn the lessons this market brings me so I never need to learn them again?
Dec 16, 2022

Recession-Proof: A Letter to Yourself for the Next Recession | Vol. 25

I thought that 2020 would be the year the real estate market crashed. When Covid hit, I bemoaned the fact that I’d gotten lax with my finances. I regretted that my database had been neglected. Eleven years of growth had led to sloppy habits and a messy business.

Read Article →Recession-Proof: A Letter to Yourself for the Next Recession | Vol. 25
Dec 9, 2022

Do you have a ‘Say Yes’ Fund? | Vol. 24

You’re making your list and checking it twice. Gotta figure out who gets what and at what price. Is gift-giving at work making you frown? This week, I’d like to share a hack to take the head-scratching out of professional gift-giving. That said, I have no answers for what to get your mother-in-law.

Read Article →Do you have a ‘Say Yes’ Fund? | Vol. 24
"Activity isn't the same thing as productivity."
Dec 2, 2022

The Busyness Trap | Vol. 23

In an interview with the Wall Street Journal’s Rebecca Blumenstein, Astro Teller, captain of Moonshots for Alphabet's X, asked this question: “If I was to tell you that we’re gonna to try and get a monkey up on a ten foot pedestal to give a Shakespeare monologue, which do you think we should do: train the monkey first or build the pedestal first?"

Read Article →The Busyness Trap | Vol. 23
One question to ponder in your thinking time: How can I leverage client events to supercharge my referrals in 2023?
Nov 25, 2022

The 5-Step Recipe for a Perfect Pie Day | Vol. 22

I recently caught up with Laura Gillott. Laura’s team is based in Lebanon, Oregon, a town of about 17,000. Nevertheless, her team sold 552 homes for $196M in volume this past year. For 30 years, Laura has been serving her corner of the Willamette Valley and a huge part of her team’s success comes from client events. They host about two per month, anchored around the biannual Pie Days for Thanksgiving and Independence Day. This year she gave out over 1,000 pies and received 65 referrals!

Read Article →The 5-Step Recipe for a Perfect Pie Day | Vol. 22
Nov 18, 2022

16 Ahas from Fall Masterminds | Vol. 21

Four times a year, we mastermind with our top agents from around the globe. We send invites to the top 250 teams and individuals. Of the 180,000 real estate agents in our company, these superstars represent the top 0.3%. This week, I’m sharing my favorite ahas from our most recent gathering.

Read Article →16 Ahas from Fall Masterminds | Vol. 21
In the image below are two paths. You’ll need to decide which is the right one for you. One is a wide-open highway going downhill into the horizon. Strap on your seat belt and hit the gas! The other is a forbidding mountain path into icy crags and blistering winds. Strap on your crampons and hope that a storm doesn’t blow in. If I told you your dreams lay down either path, only an alpinist with a Red Bull sponsorship chooses the mountain route. Virtually everyone prefers speed and comfort over frostbite and misery. It’s a no-brainer.
Nov 11, 2022

Why Discovery Leads Design | Vol. 20

Today, I’d like to share one of my favorite ahas from our 2022 ONE Thing Goal Setting Retreat last weekend. For the past six years, we’ve hosted a two-day retreat to share a framework for setting near- and long-term goals from a foundation of purpose and values.

Read Article →Why Discovery Leads Design | Vol. 20
If I sent this to my sphere, I'd hide my face, too!
Nov 4, 2022

Don’t Fall Back If You Want to Leap Ahead – A Daylight Savings Time Hack | Vol. 19

On November 6, 2022 at 2am, most of us will set our clocks back an hour. It’s the annual shift from daylight savings time to standard time. In direct violation of the spirit of daylight savings, the extra hour of daylight will almost universally be spent on an extra hour of sleep. With inflation being what it is, it may be the only extra of anything we get for a while.

Read Article →Don’t Fall Back If You Want to Leap Ahead – A Daylight Savings Time Hack | Vol. 19
Number of minutes in a day
Oct 28, 2022

The Great Equalizer | Vol. 18

One afternoon, I noticed my partner, Mitch, had the number “1,440” framed on his wall. This was probably a decade ago when he was just starting his role managing Gary Keller’s family office.

Read Article →The Great Equalizer | Vol. 18
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