Winning Is A Habit

Facing The Giants

It’s TOUGH out there.

Facing the Giants. Have you seen it? It’s the story of a high school football team with nothing going for them, personally or as a team. Yet, despite all odds, they end up winning the state championship.

How is that even possible?

Five Lessons From the Giants

  1. Don’t write off a bad day, week or month as a loss before it’s over.
  2. Once you hit a goal, don’t give up.
  3. Always give your VERY best.
  4. You inspire others when you perform at your best.
  5. No matter what, refuse to walk around defeated.

What It Looks Like in Your Business

A slow month isn’t over on the 15th. A missed recruit isn’t the end of your pipeline. A listing that didn’t sell isn’t a verdict on your career. The agents and leaders who win are the ones who show up the next morning and do the work anyway, and their teams notice.

In the end, we all know the CHOICE is ours. And I know you and I have too much to offer to play small for the rest of this year.

We may make a touchdown, drop a pass or even fumble the ball. We get back up. Let’s play BIG and give our VERY BEST to win the day.

Winning Is A Habit
Winning Is A Habit

Framework: This post is part of Action Produces Data, the coaching framework for consistent production: take the next right action, track it and let the results, not opinions, guide what you do next.

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Mark D. Johnson

Mark D. Johnson, MBA, is Managing Partner of Recruiting Insight and the former CEO of the nation's 35th largest brokerage firm, which he grew roughly fivefold to $8 billion in annual sales. A real estate broker since 2000 and a California licensed broker, he is adjunct faculty at Chapman University and South Orange County Community College District, and author or co-author of six California real estate textbooks and the book Up In Your Business. He coaches broker-owners, managers and recruiters on recruiting, retention and leadership.

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