Thursday, May 07, 2009

Pursue your Passion

What is your passion? In order to find success, you must develop a passion and have the desire to obtain in any way possible. You have heard the clichés before: Pursuit of excellence, pursuit of perfection, pursuit of happiness, pursue your dreams, pursuit of complete customer satisfaction and many more. To find success, you must be relentless in this endeavor.

To pursue success in real estate you must want to be the best in the field. As we know, there are many agents in the business but there are a few that stand out in the crowd. To be the one that stands out in the crowd you must think outside the box, develop new skills, perfect the ones you have, develop a niche, learn how to deal with various types of personalities and continuously educate yourself on the business. By pursuing these areas of your business, success will follow. Let’s break down the word pursuit and follow the theme for your success

P – Persistence. You must have the desire to never give up. To be the best, you must be persistent. Be persistent in prospecting, marketing, personal development, and other areas to lead yourself to success.

U – Understanding. You be understanding of other people and what their objectives are in each situation. By understanding what they want and by helping them achieve it, you will achieve more as a result. Remember, killing them with kindness usually wins!

R – Resilience. You must be able to take no as an answer. It has been said over and over sales is a numbers game and if you can’t take no or have thin skin – get out of the business.

S – Schedule. You need to have a schedule in which to follow that will lead you to success. Your schedule should include prospecting, follow up, networking and education. When you know what you are going to and when you have to do it by – your deadline – you have a greater likelihood for success.

U – Unwavering. You must have the unwavering commitment to be the best to end up as one of the best. You must also understand it is a continuous process.

I – Involvement. You have to get involved in working with your past clients, networking groups, social events, your children or grand children’s events, coaching, community events, charities and so many others if you want to have success. Success doesn’t come to you, you have to go out and get it so get involved today!

T – Training. You gotta learn if you want to earn. The more you know, the more you grow.
It isn’t difficult if you know what you want. Determine what your passion is in life, develop it, and pursue it for your success. Get it? Got it? Good!