by Dustan Woodhouse | Jun 10, 2017 | Uncategorized
Six rules for (self)leadership from Jack Welch worth pondering. Ask yourself how each might apply to your own life and business. 1. Control your destiny, or someone else will. 2. Face reality as it is, not as it was or as you wish it were. 3. Be candid with everyone....
by Dustan Woodhouse | Apr 21, 2017 | Uncategorized
The #1 path to consistent referrals from the same source(s) is to answer the phone the first time it rings, be in front of your computer to intake the application on that first call, and respond to every subsequent call or email instantly. Losing two hours to a...
by Dustan Woodhouse | Apr 7, 2017 | Uncategorized
This piece was originally published on the most excellent mortgage news site Canadian Mortgage Trends. Day One. New business cards in hand, you sit down at your new desk in the brokerage office, what now? Your first three years are going to be hard work....
by Dustan Woodhouse | Mar 31, 2017 | Uncategorized
Here is my own take on the serious business of napping. During any peak period of activity in our industry a Broker can experience intense 12-, 14-, and even 16-hour days back-to-back-to-back. A key survival skill is mastery of the power nap. Make no mistake, it is a...
by Dustan Woodhouse | Mar 25, 2017 | Be The Better Broker
Hello my fellow Brokers, None of what is said in the following posts is new, but it does not seem to be a message found in print very often. If you think any one of these posts is worth sharing, please do so, and to those of you that already have shared them –...
