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Hi guys,
Some of you have already detected some errors and ommissions in Neil’s article but heck, Neil would never let a few extra facts get in the way of a good marketing strategy that helps position him as the RE Knight in Shining Armour!
That aside, I did think this particular line was a real “cracker”….
If that fails, the third step is develop a Code of Conduct.I guess this means he has no documented professional standards he expects his devotees to work to.
Hmmm I actually thought professional standards (with a good dose of ethics thrown in as well) is what the Jenman System is all about.[
]Let’s get serious, he’s been on this for ages now and I don’t hear the wrappers saying how their business’ are collapsing due to the “nay sayers”.
Then again, if I’m wrong, wrappers who are finding it hard to do business due to articles like Neil’s could put a post up on here to educate us all.
Benson,
what conclusions did you draw from the article? [
]Hi Ken,
This IS the land of opportunity. Believe me, for those who want to do it, there’s plenty on offer.
Now that doesn’t mean it’s easy for all or that everyone has the same opportunity.
Take any group of people, indigenous Australians, single white males, left handers, tall people etc and I’m sure you can come up with evidence how that group is discriminated or disadvantaged.
Yet within those very same groups, you’ll find people who rise above the issues simply by using them to their advantage or just ignoring them altogether.
It’s what goes on inside your head that’s important, not the labels others put on you or worse still, those you put on yourself!
Research Oprah Winfrey’s life story and you’ll see a good example of what I’m talking about.
We ALL have strengths and weakenesses. So use your strengths to your best advantage and in the meantime, work on your weakenesses.
And finally, the Queen! [}
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I agree with you… it is rather ridiculous celebrating her birthday and we can’t even get the day correct! [:0)]Look, I’m no second class “pomm” and have never, ever considered myself to be one of the Queen’s subjects.
But like it or not, dear Lizzy IS the Queen of Australia and that is so out of touch with modern day Australia it’s absurd, yet a small percentage of royalists Aussies (wanna be pommies), lead by our PM still want it kept that way.
Bring on the Republic. [
]Celivia,
At risk of setting off a huge debate on this… I’ll say this.
The Russians wanted to get to the moon first and were “watching the skies”.
I would have thought they would have blown the whistle to say, heay, there’s no spaceship up there!
Maybe they were in on the joke too! [
]paulpaul,
Neil is a real pro when it comes to marketing.
Some of what he has to say is very good and some of it is, in my opinion, sheer junk that simply appeals to the “easy thinkers” like many of our “current affairs” shows do.
It’s good that he pushes for better quality / standards within the RE industry. There are still plenty of agents who really do their vendors a disservice and he wants to see them out.
His issue with wrapping seems to come from a transaction a friend of his entered into around 25 years ago that went bad – hence his logic is all VF deals are done exactly the same.
I have attempted to contact him to get his response on the issue that he is an advocate to ban wrapping yet he benefits ( directly or indeirectly) through his business arrangements where agents knowingly sell properties to wrappers. I suggested that if he was truely committed to banning wrapping, then he should instruct his team to never knowingly sell a property to a wrapper. (much the same as advocating for a cigarette ban but then teach people how to sell them to smokers!)
To date, I’ve received no relpy. Oh well. [}
]I also see clear and obvious contradictions in his books on his fav’ topic of auctions. Read why he hates auctions and then read his rules on buying at auctions. The two don’t match up!
An as you point out, it’s strange he thinks it’s unethical to sell at below market price, but ethical to sell at well above it.
I guess it’s the fact the Agent must act for the vendor, so it must be ok. I wonder what happens when his vendor becomes a buyer? Might not be friends any more! [
]Still, he’s entertaining and I’ve got some of my very best buys through his “approved” offices. And his trained guys aren’t quite as annoying to deal with as some.
Enjoy
John B
Aafreen
My guess is that you really dont want to know where everyone else got started in as much as you want to know where YOU should get started.
Most people dream of a better lifestyle but do nothing, so you have actually started by beginning your search. Congratulate yourself on taking some action.
You can read countless books, you can attend any number of seminars, talk to whoever, but you wont get anywhere until you become very emotionally involved in the outcome.
What do I mean?
You gotta know what you want and want it with a passion. The more passion, the more driven you will become.
If it’s just a preference, chances are you wont do much.
But when the “wanna be” becomes a “must be“, boy oh boy you will things change.
Let me explain;
My turning point, came 2 years ago when I drove a 24 seater bus for a group of people to a winery for a day.They drank top class champers ($80 – $100 a bottle) from loooovely glasses ( not plastic picnic cups!) on the way there and back, dined on the finest food the Yarra Valley has to offer and had a fantastic day out. (then tipped me an extra $200- because they enjoyed the drive!)
I chatted with a few of them and I discovered they were all multimillionieres yet they weren’t stuck up pricks. (one is the President of an AFL club). They were really nice people.
I thought, man, if i wanted to have a picnic with my family and friends, this is how I’d love to do it. But I couldn’t afford it so it would never happen! Grrrrrr painnnnnn.
And I realised there and then that I was a “wanna be”. Always had been, always would be unless I took loads of action. These men and women were all self made – they took an idea and took action. They were doing the things I wanted to do as a result of their action – I needed to action now!
I was now highly emotionally involved in the outcome. I knew change was needed and it was time to IMPLEMENT all that theory and get serious ( without loosing the fun aspect).
Well 2 years has passed and yes indeed, things have changed.
What I now have is the ability to make certain choices.
Example; I sometimes buy fish n chips, sit on the beach with my family and eat it from the box, wraaping the fish in the paper… yum yum! Other times, we dine out at nice restaurant and order from the left side of the menu, not the right!
Take action, find something that works for you and work it hard!
But above all, never ever forget:
1) Money can buy you anything except for the things money can’t buy.
2)The things that have the most value, are the things you can not value.
3)Understand the value of your time and your health because once gone, no amount of money can ever get them back.
4)always wave at kids on the school bus[]
5)Take your dog to obedience school, you’ll both learn something.[]Enjoy
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