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Real Estate Business Tips – Do What You Say
This week’s Real Estate Business Tip is something that is extremely important on many levels (Business and Personal). And this tip is, “Do What You Say.”
Sounds simple and miniscule doesn’t it? Well it is far from it. How many times has someone told you that they would call you back, or get back to you about something, or keep you in the loop, or let you know, or shoot you an email, or whatever and NOTHING HAPPENED? Better yet, how many times have you said that to someone and then not followed through with what you said?
Of all the pet peeves that I have, this one might top the chart. There is nothing that is more annoying to me than someone who says they’ll do something and then not do it! And 90% of the time I would venture to guess that they knew when they said it that they weren’t going to do anything, however they said it anyway. Why?? Because you didn’t want to hurt my feelings or let me know up front, and perhaps I’ll forget about it? Makes no sense does it?
Confession time…I was once guilty of this habit. And that is exactly what it is by the way, a BAD HABIT. In my earlier investing days I can recall times when I said that I would call a seller back or a buyer back and then not do it. Why did I do this? I think at the time it was just the easy way out and the easy thing to say to not disappoint the other person. Well, eventually I was called out on it and I was embarrassed. From then on I committed my self to ALWAYS do what I say, and on the flip side of that ALWAYS keep people accountable to what they say. Funny thing is, once you make this commitment you’ll be surprised how many other people DON’T do what they say.
Although breaking this bad habit wasn’t easy, once I committed my self to it, it wasn’t long before I was Always doing what I said I was going to do. Am I perfect now? Absolutely not, but I guarantee that I am better than 99% of other real estate investors and business professionals out there when it comes to doing what you say.
There are two secrets to making this work for you:
Secret #1 - Don’t say you’ll do something if you are at all unsure that you’ll be able to do what you say.
Secret #2 - ……..To be continued…….
Stay tuned for next week’s follow up article to this one where I share with you Secret #2 to being able to always do what you say and always keep people accountable to what they say. You won’t want to miss it!
I hope you enjoyed this short article. If so, please post your comments below.
To your real estate investing success,
Brian Evans
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