As you start to prep your business plan for 2019 – dig into the books listed below to help with your mindset as part of the process. Setting goals is one thing, a great thing to do. This year, make sure to also set expectations. Set expectations for yourself and for your team. Communicate your expectations […]
There’ve been numerous studies (sorry, no links to any) that confirm a connection with both learning new information and processing experiences through putting pen to paper and writing things down. I write… a lot, much of it on a keyboard. However every single morning starts, and nearly every single evening ends, with my putting a pen […]
I just sent this out to my database, if you are so inclined feel free to send them the same link or shoot a similar version in your own words and send that (send me a copy of it as well). Why does the Mortgage Broker want so many docs? We actually don’t. Why does […]
Struggle. Anything worth doing begins with struggle. Struggle to push back against the weight of the world, struggle that’s seemingly insurmountable. Until you realize that just like doing a push-up, you can press against the world and win. Ask yourself, is it your body moving when you do a push up? Or is your body […]
A filter for social media. A filter for all forms of communication and action. A filter for living life. Is it true? Is it positive? Is it useful? Living by these three tenets makes for a less-stressful social media experience for sure, but lately I’ve been trying to apply them to my conversations, my writings, […]
In this business, each file you complete is another brick in your wall. The first walls (years) form the foundation that you are building your business success on. With a strong foundation, it’s up to you how many levels you build upon it. What strengthens a wall? Many things, but a key is the mortar […]
I’ve a new friend, his name is Roy. I have a photo of Roy and I together both smiling like old friends just a few minutes after meeting, although Roy and I were not smiling at one another a few minutes earlier — it could have been a much unhappier moment at the point the […]
There are many grooves worn into my brain, yours too; the repetition of mundane tasks creates low-level grooves with low impact on our day-to-day well-being. However there are others types of grooves worn so deep that when trying to think or behave logically we either trip over them or worse, we fall right into them, […]
Below is a recent post from my client facing blog. As a Broker with 90% of their clients in variable rate product, or two year fixed product, the #1 way to keep your phone from exploding, and clients themselves from exploding, is via regular updates on what, when, and why the Bank of Canada is […]
Week#52… … A week that finds many of us reviewing goals set 52 weeks ago, and setting new ones for the 52 weeks that lie ahead. For some it’s a first glance at a dusty goals sheet, or worse, a thought exercise, as the goals never made it to paper. If this is you, then […]