My question to you is obvious. Why do you high jack this thread if you are not interested in the topic at hand. I receive many PM's denouncing childish attacks like yours. If you don't like topic at hand why bother with this childish behavior which simply gets you notified and derails the thread that others may benefiting from.

My question to you is obvious. Why do you high jack this thread if you are not interested in the topic at hand. I receive many PM's denouncing childish attacks like yours. If you don't like topic at hand why bother with this childish behavior which simply gets you notified and derails the thread that others may benefiting from.

So true. That would be weird. Micheal Polzner Pres of Re/max Canada sent out a broadcast e-mail to all board members stating his frustration with all the low producing agents ib the industry. He called it the Elephant in the room. He stated it brings down the level of professionalism in the in the industry. He proposes and recommends a minimum number of yearly transactions for one to keep their liscence among other things. Lawyers and doctors must pay thousands per year to renew and keep their liscences where agents simply pay hundreds. If the lower producing agents were eliminated then my market would be less compeditive. Last year, out of 29,000 liscenced members only 1.2% sold more than 35 homes. That's roughly 350 agents. Many have teams which I do not. If the yearly membership dues were raised to $10,000 where they should be then I too would be like your gynochologist and your psychiatrist and your dermatologist. I could simply blog or wait for my website to make my phone ring. But the dad ttruth is over 65% sold less than 10 homes a year and I have to actively and agressively solicit my services to have a descent bottom line profit. Sad but true. If there were 29,000 gynocologists for 85,000 patients, your gyno may be cold calling to.

i used to post on here a lot!

still read every single day!

i stopped posting for quite some time

i hired Dirk Zeller as a coach

my consistency has gone through the roof

my bottom line has gone to the moon

time blocking has been the biggest change to my business that has pushed me to the next level.

there is a story in one of the books that i read in regards to time management.


here it is as best i can recollect>>>

a professor stands in the front of a full classrooom giving a class on time management. he pulls from behind the podium a large glass jar. he tells the students that the jar is representative of the time that htey have in the day. he then puts some large rocks in the jar until the glass is filled up to the top. he tells teh students that he is filling the day with activities. he asks the group if the jar is full. the group shouts "yes". he then pulls out from behind the podium some smaller gravel and pours it into the jar and shakes the jar until the gravel settles into the nooks and crannies in between the large rocks. he once again asks the students if the jar is full. the group is pretty sharp and realizes what he is doing. the group shouts "no, the jar is not full". the professor now pulls out sand and pours it in and shakes it around until it settles into the large rocks and smaller gravel. he asks again, is the jar full...the group shouts "no". he pulls out a pitcher of water and pours it into the glass jar and asks the students if the jar is full and the group shouts***"yes, the jar is full"***

teh professor asks the students what was the purpose of this demonstration. an eager student in the front of the classroom raises his hand and says "no matter how much stuff you put into your day, there is always room for more".

the professor says "i hope that is not the lesson that you walk away with". the professor then states that the purpose of the demonstration was to show that you must put in the big rocks first or you will never be able to get them in!

the big rocks are you time with your family and friends.

now, i have to get out of here because i have to work on my small gravel!

Keep posting! This thread rocks.

Lucky, Please excuse the behavior of some of the posters.

This is why there are 15,000+ lurkers on this forum. Too many people who have nothing better to do than hijack threads.

I don't like to cold call but I am learning a lot from this thread without criticizing the participants.

I don't like to work my friends (SOI) but I don't make fun of those posters.

Some of us come here to learn.

I hope the detractors can please respect that.

Why? Firstly, I have a sense of humor and so do the people whose opinion I value on this forum. Secondly, I place little value on the opinion of people who run around shouting, "Look at me! Look at me!" in the manner in which you do. Asked and answered.

Sorry you missed the intent of this thread!

Oh, I get it. I'm just not drinking the Kool-aid that you are serving up.

If you want to toot your horn with the ability to do so without being directly questioned, teach a class or write a book. If you want to post on a message board where people have differing opinions and are free to post those, in as cynical a way as they like, then stay here.

I've been here a long time, and I've seen plenty of guys like you come and go - here and in my day-to-day interactions. It works for you. Great. Doesn't work for some of the rest of us. But that doesn't minimize what we do.

As for those who are mesmerized by your posts, they should take ALL posts on this board with a grain of salt. None of it is the gospel and none of it is earth-shattering and new.