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Alex Belcher has helped clients buy and sell over 1000 properties in his 9 year career as a Real Estate Agent. He was featured on the cover of Realtor Magazine as the year's Top 30 Under 30. In this episode Jim interviews him on HOW he went from being one agent among many to one of the best. Alex's practical advice will help anyone who wants to build a lasting business based on establishing rapport and caring about people.
In this episode you'll get to hear time management and productivity coach Megan Sumrell talk about:
*Why she uses the word "harmony" instead of "balance" *What her actual morning routine looks like *How to manage ALL THE THINGS when life is busy *How to stay organized and on task Check her out and follow her at www.megansumrell.com
You don't achieve ANYTHING that you don't work for. So whatever goals you have for your life or your business obviously require effort. But we still so often find ourselves not putting in the effort we know we should. We're not consistently doing the things we know we ought to do - WHY!? This is the question that Jim & Jamie answer in this week's episode. People will do everything they believe is both worth doing AND that they'd be successful in - so if we're not taking action, chances are it betrays the fact that we either don't believe the activity is worth it - or we don't believe in our ability to do it. Tune in as a gut check to inactivity.
When you think of what's possible for your life or your business - what data is influencing those thoughts? What metric do you use to define and understand your potential? In this episode Jim zooms in on a scene from the movie "Facing the Giants" and shows how we're often capable of WAY MORE than we give ourselves credit for. The haunting thing in all this - is that we'll only put effort toward things that we think are possible, and if we sell our potential short - we won't work to achieve goals that would otherwise be within our reach! Starting October 1, we are BUILDING BELIEF in our members' community. Check it out here.
In this episode Jamie shares her story from being a nurse with young babies, to starting a business in order to find herself, to losing a marriage, and finding the courage to rebuild. She realizes that life is hard and it throws curve balls - but that we have what it takes to do the hard things. And the beauty that comes on the other end can only exist because of the hard stuff we walked through.
How important is clarity in presenting your business? How does getting laser-focused on what's important help our efficiency and productivity? In this episode Jim & Jamie were LIVE with their private members' community talking about "Treating Your Business Like a Business". They discuss time blocking, social media marketing, morning routines, planners, dressing the part, etc... And as always - check them out at Power Partners Coaching.
I watch so many people put off doing what they really want to do because they don't feel ready or they don't feel like it's the right time... But they haven't defined what the "right time" even looks like - so even if they stepped on it, they wouldn't recognize it. In today's episode Jim is solo talking about how to choose to move forward even though you might not feel ready. You can catch Jim & Jamie at Power Partners Coaching where aspiring businesses achieve focused results.
There are a lot of things we COULD do, but what SHOULD we do? People freeze at this question all the time, waiting for confirmation, affirmation, even a neon sign from heaven to let them know what they should do. In this episode I share my story - and what it looks like to move forward with ZERO guarantees. What it looks like to do it scared, and without certainty.
What would you do if you weren't afraid? In this episode Jim catches up with an old friend that he worked with in the ICU, and now Corey has left his day job to pursue a dream as an entrepreneur. What is the journey like to take the risk and leave what's secure for what's unknown? How hard is it to redefine yourself and pivot? What are the obstacles you face when turning your dream into a reality? These are just some of the topics we cover in this weeks episode! Catch Corey at Cre-Tek
What if the story you told of your life wasn't the only story that could be told? What if you had the power to change your situation? Would you want that power? Would you want that power even if it meant you'd be held responsible for what you did with your freedom? In this Episode I talk about competing world views of Chaos and Control and illustrate how they've been around since the beginning of time and how they impact our lives today in everything from menial tasks like finding a babysitter to hugely important things like whether we're going to take a risk or play it safe.
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