1063 Boxes are for Pansies

0:00I ask my clients, why are you in your box? Why aren't you breaking out of your box, right? Why don't you get outside your box? Why don't you, why don't you think outside the box? Now, I think you all understand what I mean by that, of course. And keep inside the Rocky Mountains, transported through the power of the internet, and arriving inside your tiny, pure buds. It's the appraiser coach podcast, helping appraisers increase their efficiency, quality, and make more money. Here's the guy who makes it as Mike's mission to create value for real estate appraisers nationwide. First of all, I want to make it very clear. If you're on YouTube, I want you to look at both of those thumbs, right?

1:03I'll just zoom right in here to the camera. You see that? Do you see any, any green whatsoever on those two thumbs? Those of you who are listening on audio, I'm going to answer for you. I do not have a green thumb. My wife has a bit of a green thumb, and I don't think she would mind me saying that. She's saying this next part. She's actually never been very good at it, but she loves it. She usually plants our vegetable garden. Yes, I help reluctantly, but she plants our vegetable garden every year. She plants the flower gardens every year, and by about fall, let's just say the yield would not be something that most gardeners would be proud of, but that's okay. We do enjoy beautiful flowers throughout the year, and I'm just not one that enjoys gardening at all. I'm the one that takes care of the outside, the mowing the grass, the trimming, the picking up the leaves, making sure that the sidewalks are blown off, and that kind of fun stuff.

2:08That's enough for me. I don't enjoy that. I don't enjoy it very much, but gardening to me, I'm an efficiency guy. I just don't feel very efficient when I can go to the grocery store and pick up the same stuff in about half a second. Nonetheless, this last spring, my wife bought some pansies, and if you've ever bought flowers like pansies, those that are already started to grow that you just basically transplant, you know, of course, that they come in little plastic boxes, and it hit me. Once you brought them home, this analogy, because I talk a lot about boxes as a coach. In fact, you've heard it on this program many, many a time, right? It is a common theme that Dustin Harris, the appraiser coach, comes back to many, many times as I'm coaching and mentoring, and I ask my clients, why are you in your box? Why aren't you breaking out of your box?

3:10Why don't you get outside your box? Why don't you? Why don't you think outside the box? Now, I think you all understand what I mean by that, of course. And this idea that we, as human beings, have a tendency, honestly to not be very creative. We have a tendency to just kind of go with the flow, if you will, and just do what our mentors taught us to do. I did the same thing. My mentor, God rest his soul, my wonderful father taught me to be an appraiser, but he taught me as he knew. And folks, I will tell you something. You ready for this? There's a secret here, okay? That doesn't work. It doesn't work to just do things like the next person. That's called staying in the box. Another way to put it is staying in your comfort zone.

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6:15will keep you from turning in late orders. It's a client management system. It is a systems management system. And furthermore, it is an automatic and automated system, meaning those things that you routinely do over and over and over again in your business can be automated so that you never have to do them again. They just happen with the software in the background. Want to find out more? Want to watch it in person? Want to see it? Work? Check out our website. It's on my website, the appraisercoach.com. You scroll to the bottom of the products and click on true home tracker. All right, folks, welcome back to the program. You know, as a human being, it is natural to remain in our natural state. I know that sounds counterintuitive, but I think you know what I mean.

7:17It's this idea that we are at peace with the things around us. We get used to the things around us and honestly, folks, you have gotten used to be in poor. You've gotten used to being average. You've gotten used to living paycheck to paycheck. You've gotten used to working 62 hours a week without a break. You've gotten used to not being able to take a vacation and go for two weeks at a time and not lose your shirt at the same time. And that's what you've gotten used to. And you felt in this little mode of comfort, if you will, but it's also what is keeping you poor and it's also what is keeping you in the box. One of the great secrets to success is those that have the ability to think outside that box. The people that have the ability to say, you know what, status quo isn't working for me. I'm going to do something different. I told you before the break that my wife last spring came home with pansies and came home with those pansies to plant in our garden.

8:18And I thought to myself, it's interesting that pansies come in a box. My friends, if you would like help to get out of your box so that you're no longer a pansy. I would love to help you with that. I really would. As your coach, I would love to mentor you to get you to the vision of where you need to be. I've been there myself. I went for a my solo pernure to a multi million dollar business and I've helped hundreds of appraisers to get out of their boxes and to find the success that they were looking for. I would love to help you in private coaching or in group coaching. Reach out to me at the appraisercoach.com. Love you all pansies or not. Go crazy value. You've been listening to the appraisercoach podcast with Dustin Harris. If you like what you hear, please give us a five star rating and post a short review on iTunes. For more in-depth insider information on how you can make more money as a real estate appraiser, visit theappraisercoach.com and sign up for the all-star team today.

9:23Thanks for joining us. And now, get out there and create some value.