Keyword: Business Development

It’s smart to pretend to be stupid – here are six reasons why

It’s smart to pretend to be stupid – here are six reasons why

We Overestimate… …what we think we know and we underestimate what we don’t know. We think we’re pretty smart.  We move quickly.  We think quickly.  We know how to solve problems and get things done. We’re pretty smart and we act like it. Guess what? Acting Smart Is Stupid When we believe we Know-It-All, we don’t… Listen Observe Ask Questions ...

Ken Brand | 2010/04/12  | 37 Comments Coaching

No Brown Nosing Required. Your RAISE Is Ready When You Are.

No Brown Nosing Required. Your RAISE Is Ready When You Are.

Good News!  Your Raise Is Effective As Soon As YOU Are. No Brown-Nosing, glass ceilings, boot licking, politics, nepotism, seniority, annual performance reviews or begging for a raise. In our real estate world, YOU are your own boss.  That’s good news for hard persistent faithful smart committed motivated workers, bad news for slackers. Why? Because the real estate business is ...

Ken Brand | 2010/02/01  | 26 Comments Coaching

The Paradox Of Shrunken Comfort Zones

The Paradox Of Shrunken Comfort Zones

We Like Comfort. Comfort is safe. Comfort makes us smile and feel happy.  We think our Comfort Zone is safe.  A good place. We Don’t Like Change. “I used to have a comfort zone where I knew I wouldn’t fail. The same four walls and busywork were really more like jail. ”  ~My Comfort Zone Change introduces us to the unfamiliar.  Unfamiliar ...

Ken Brand | 2009/06/01  | 15 Comments How to

The Daisy Chain Reaction Technique

The Daisy Chain Reaction Technique - By Ken Brand

 Perpetual Referrals Unfurled At first blush, what I’m sharing may smack cheezy.  Cheezy as in hairy-chested, gold-chain-infested, Hasselhoff-esque infomercial.  Hear me out.  Please.   If you choose to use the Daisy Chain Reaction Technique during, not after your listing and selling transactions, you can expect to unfurl perpetual referrals.   [Whad-a-ya think about my Daisy Chain name?  You know Evian is Naive spelled backwards right? And last, ...

Ken Brand | 2009/05/18  | 6 Comments Coaching

I Quit. You Should Quit Too. Addition By Subtraction.

I Quit.  You Should Quit Too.  Addition By Subtraction.

Quitters Never Win? All truth passes through 3 stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident. ~Arthur Schopenhauer  ”QUITTERS never win!” was scorched into my kid memories.  I’m an adult now.  I call “Bullshit”. Parent Tapes remind us.   Clucker crowds wag fingers, scratch and well…they cluck Tsk-Tsk.  Traditional business frowns.  Coaches cull. ...

Ken Brand | 2009/04/27  | 25 Comments How to

Favors. Dollars. Dimes.

Favors.    Dollars.   Dimes.

Jump Again by ~sakisc on deviantART Congratulations!   People view you as an expert and the “Go To Gal”.   You know “correct” is happening because people are picking up their phones, dialing your number and asking for your expert answers to their burning questions.   Questions like: What’s the deal with Obama’s $8,000 Tax Credit? We’re sweat’n like swine. ...

Ken Brand | 2009/03/13  | 8 Comments Coaching

Self Shh! Is Suicidal

Self Shh! Is Suicidal

Do Not Self Shh! Conversate. Do you ever feel like you’re working harder than a Lucifer humming bird flaps her wings and your success is as gravity bound as a Chinstrap Penguin? Odds are, you’re a victim of Self-Suicidal Shoushing. If you continue self imposed silence, personal things wilt and eventually die. Things like your spirit, your faith, your bank ...

Ken Brand | 2009/01/16  | 14 Comments Coaching

Pssst! She’s Seducing Your Friends. Brad Pitt Is Helping.

Pssst!  She’s Seducing Your Friends.  Brad Pitt Is Helping.

She’s Flying Her Purple Cow Freak Flag. Listen. All the people you know, she knows. She knows you’re a pro, respected, savvy and well connected. She wants to seduce your people. She knows she has to delight, surprise, entertain and fly her Purple Cow Freak Flag. Next week, while your chapped lips and paper cut tongue heal and you’re waiting ...

Ken Brand | 2008/12/19  | 16 Comments How to