Only The Best Will Do
Isn’t it interesting that people will pay up to $40,000 for a bottle of Champagne (like the one in the picture).
It’s intriguing that people will pay such a sum for a bottle of wine that probably tastes similar to many other high quality much lesser priced bottles but albeit it isn’t this one.
Why do people do this?
Is it the prestige of being able to buy it?
Is it just because they can?
Is it because they must have this particular taste?
Is it because purchasing such an item gives them a thrill?
Or is it a combination of all of them?
Who knows exactly but people buy it and I would say many ultra rich would buy it often.
Sure they could buy many other similar wines at a fraction of the cost that would probably suffice but it’s not this wine.
It’s not the wine that make their guest say “oooh gee that Champagne is spectacular” because few would have ever experienced a bottle like this before at a dinner party.
It’s not the wine that when they pull it out people ask, what type of Champagne is that? Because it looks so beautiful.
It’s not the wine that is so expensive, it makes you appreciate every drop.
See, people pay for the experience and if the experience is rare, it costs more.
This relates to everything, the better and more sought after the experience the more it costs.
That’s why when people specialise in something or become far better at what they do, they get paid more because they are exactly that BETTER.
What a more skilled person is selling is themselves and there is only so much of that person to go around and if you want to secure their time or services you have to pay for it and pay considerably more.
Why does Donald Trump get paid $1,500,000 to give a talk?
Because there is only one of him and if you would like to schedule his time to stand there and share his knowledge and experience for an hour or two, that is what it will cost you $1,500,000 and people pay for it.
Money is just an exchange for your time and skill set and the more specialised you become at something the more people will pay to have YOU.
So if you are looking to increase your income and aren’t sure how to do it, maybe think about increasing your skill set, specialising in something or owning a space in the market place which no-one else owns (such as mindblowing service) and once you start to do this and demand for your services increase, slowly and surely, you will be able to charge more and eventually your income will not only double but probably triple.
If you aren’t earning enough right now, ask yourself are you the most sought after person in your the market place and if you aren’t how do you start becoming that today?
What more could you be doing right now to increase the demand for your services?
Mat
Certainty
The foundation of success is certainty. It is driven by your thoughts and focus. Confidence comes from self belief and certainty and it’s a crucial ingredient in you success structure. On this video Mat talks about how certainty can help you achieve what it is you want and how important it is to keep focused on things that will create certainty.
8 Seconds
This is a tip from John McGrath about 8 seconds of courage. Quite often success in Real Estate happens when you have those conversations that require the 8 seconds of courage. It could be just the thing that can get the property moving or help the buyer progress. It isn’t always easy having those conversations but usually you feel great once it’s done.
The Set to Sell Meeting
This is one I thought I would dig out from the Community Vault.
The Set To Sell meeting is very important in the process of selling a home. It helps owners understand where to from here, things to look out for and why we make recommendations along the way. This is a step for every listing regardless of the method.
Download of agenda in the Vendor Management section of the downloads called Set To Sell Agenda.
Set To Sell Meeting
This is one I thought I would dig out from the Community Vault.
The Set To Sell meeting is very important in the process of selling a home. It helps owners understand where to from here, things to look out for and why we make recommendations along the way. This is a step for every listing regardless of the method.
Download of agenda in the Vendor Management section of the downloads called Set To Sell Agenda.
Post From This Morning
I read this on the video this morning but I thought I would share a written version too because it’s quite good to read.
It’s an extract from Tony Robbins’s book, Awaken The Giant Within and was written by an Eighty Six year old lady by the name of Nadine Stair.
Nadine says,
“If I had my life to live over again, I’d dare to make more mistakes next time. I’d relax. I’d limber up. I’d be sillier than I’ve been this trip. I would take fewer things seriously. I would take more chances, I would take more trips, I would climb more mountains and swim more rivers.
I would eat more ice cream and less beans. I would, perhaps, have more actual troubles but fewer imaginary ones. You see, I’m one of those people who was sensible and sane, hour after hour, day after day.
Oh, I’ve had moments. If I had it to do over again, I’d have more of them. In fact, I’d try to have nothing else – just moments, one after another, instead of living so many years ahead of each day. I’ve been one of those persons who never goes anywhere without a thermometer, a hot-water bottle, a raincoat, and a parachute. If I could do it again, I would travel lighter than I have.
If I had my life to live over, I would start barefoot earlier in the spring and stay that way later in the fall. I would go to more dances, I would ride more merry-go-rounds, I would pick more daisies.”
Instead of looking back and wanting to live a different life, what can you change today to make your life more full and complete?
Mat
Do Differently
Living a life that is full and vibrant is what we all want however it seems to elude many. on this video Mat shares something from Tony Robbins book and also asks you to give thought about are you following your purpose. Life is so amazing and is ready to start creating your masterpiece.
The Handbag
This is one the girls might understand more than the boys.
It was my Wife’s birthday about a month or so ago and one of the gifts I got her was a handbag.
Her main one was getting a little worn and showing some wear and tear and I think it was mainly because it has a tonne of stuff in there and to be perfectly open about it I have no idea how she lugs it around everyday with that much stuff in there.
Whenever she has to find something in it she would rummage around in there for sometimes more than necessary looking for her keys or phone or whatever it may be.
Worse still heaven forbid if she asked me to find something in there if she had her hands full, it would take me at least 10-15 minutes to find anything and even then most of the time I wouldn’t be able to find it in Aladdin’s cave and she would have to do it anyway.
I would often say to her, why don’t you just carry less stuff in your handbag, what’s the point of carrying old pieces of paper, 3 packets of panadol, hairbrushes, a half open purse that is overflowing, stacks of loose change and who knows what else but all I know is the bag is full of stuff she will probably never use.
She would never clean her bag out and I just don’t get it.
The other thing I forgot to mention even though the bag is that full of what I would call rubbish, if she ever needed to find anything it is completely by feel.
In goes her hand rummage, rummage, rummage for a few seconds whilst looking up in the air and bingo out comes what ever she wanted, like it has it’s own special place in her bag…. Weird.
Anyway, I decided to get a new fresh clean handbag for her birthday and I was pumped.
It was really nice and the latest style apartently.
When she opened it, she loved it and it even had a part that she could put her phone and keys in on the side which would make it so much easier and streamlined for her.
She loved it so much we talked about how good it was for the next few days and I said multiple times why don’t you keep it really clean and clutter free because I’m sure it will make things so much easier for you when you need to find something, especially now with the new baby.
Well we went to the movies tonight and I couldn’t believe it, the new bag was now just as full as the old bag and I have no idea how it has virtually every piece of rubbish in it the old bag does.
How I found out was I had to carry the bag out of the movies while she carried our daughter.
I’m like…… What the????
How does this happen?
It really got me thinking and it comes back to the power of our habits and comfort zones.
This may be just a hand bag to me but to my Wife it is a zone that she is comfortable in and her deep engrained habit of living with her handbag full of what I would consider mainly rubbish is normal operation mode to her.
Which got me thinking about why we do the things we do.
Why do some people perform fairly ordinarily at their careers when all of the answers of success are already out their for everyone to follow, why is that?
It’s because they are ruled by long standing habits and they are unwilling to move past them to experience new heights and a totally new level of results.
Our habits are very powerful and pretty much drive everything that we do and they pretty much create the perameters in which we operate within on a daily basis.
If you aren’t performing at a level that you are happy with then take a good close look at your current set of habits and ask yourself are they the habits of a champion?
Are they the habits of the best in the industry or are way short of that?
Are your current habits allowing you to operate at peak state most of the time or are they no where near that?
Because if you are unsatisfied with how things are going for you then maybe it’s time to start working on some new ground breaking habits for yourself and experience a whole different outcome.
Maybe it’s time to change a few things and clean out your handbag.
It’s very easy to do but you first really have to want to do it and possibly get a little uncomfortable but soon enough you will create a new comfort zone, a comfort zone of high performance and things will be different.
It’s only something you know if things need to change in your life and if they do, make the decision and do something about it because if nothing changes, nothing changes.
The answers and new habits are already out there you just have to look at people who are already doing it and follow them and then fine tune it to suit yourself and new results will find you.
Things can be as good as you want them to be, you just have to go after it.
Does your handbag need a clean out?
Mat
So Many Ideas
Everyday there are so many ideas that run through our mind, one of them could be just the thing that will propel our career to the next successful place. On this video Mat talks about capturing the ideas as they flow because they are easy to forget and some of the most successful people are successful because they take the ideas and run with them.
One Thing
This month could be the best one of your life yet and on another recent video Mat talked about having goals just for this month. On this video Mat is asking everyone to share one goal and create a big accountability partner on this post. Then at the end of the month we are all going to check back into this post and make another comment about if the goal was achieved. So Mat is inviting everyone to join in and make a comment. Could be fun!
