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13 de December de 2022

Lee Lamont: Lessons From Britain to Texas

Lee Lamont came from a difficult background. He was raised by a single mother, and she had to rely on government assistance. As a result, he had to work harder than anyone around him. The lessons he learned come down to simple principles that can be replicated. Here are some of the simple principles that will always work.

Outwork the competition

If the competition is getting out of bed at 7, get up at 6. If they’re making 100 calls, make 101 calls. A common trait to very successful people is that they always outwork the competition. The average person might be looking to clock in and out, but if you go that extra mile, your customers will know it.

Always answer the phone

Are you busy? I imagine you are. But if you are willing to answer the phone any time to help out a customer, he will appreciate the work you are doing to make him feel valued. Make time for your customers, and they wil make money for you.

Be good

This is fairly simple. Don’t lie. Don’t cheat. Don’t take advantage of people. When you have your customers’ best interest at heart, they will give you more business.

Have people around you who can help you.

You are the average of the 5 people you spend the most time with. When you are around high-value people, you will have a positive feedback loop of growth.

Lee Lamont has been a successful entrepreneur by following principles that can work for any business. Follow his example and you can take your business to the next level.

Lee Lamont: Websiter – instagram

Michael Valdes: Facebook page – instagram – Youtube Channel

6 de December de 2022

Questions and Answers

On episode 15 of the Michael Valdes Podcast, my guest is, well, you, the audience. In my previous video, I solicited questions for this episode. I answer some of these questions in this video.

3 mistakes I’ve learned from:

1- Be on time.

On my first day as a director at Deutsche Bank, I got caught up in a call with a client and was a little late for my first directors’ conference. The door was locked. And even though the door was made of glass and I knocked on the door loudly, no one noticed me. The managing director called me an hour or so later and told me that the directors locked the door and wouldn’t let anyone in late. Since then, I’ve never been late to a meeting.

2- Belief in yourself.

Self-confidence is when you know you can do the job, and you let yourself know that you can do it well. Arrogance is believing that you are better than everyone else.

3- Listen more than you speak

A mistake I made early in my career is trying to show off how knowledgeable I was in any particular subject. I was eager to prove myself to the people around me. But I’ve since learned the most dangerous words in the English language are “I already know that.” I now understand that I can always learn from anyone else’s experience and I should listen more than I talk.

What is a typical day like for me

I try to fit a lot into my day. I Get up at 5 AM and work out. I make my first calls around 7 AM. I schedule a 90-minute-2-hour block in the morning and the afternoon, because I follow up on my calls. When I start doesn’t matter as much as getting things done in the morning, having that break in the day, and getting things done in the evening.

Why I do what I do

Legacy is what I leave behind after I’m gone. Last year I changed the name of my family trust to “Herencia,” which means “legacy” in Spanish. That’s a reminder for me that I want to do this in order to leave a legacy for others.

How I define leadership

I definite leadership as empowering others. Leadership also means doing that with humility. I learn from others, including the people I work with and who work for me. I want to help everyone around me become a leader in their own way.

How to connect with others and have them notice my contributions?

Reaching others is easy if you take the initiative. Nearly everyone is available on social media. If you are good enough to be undeniable, people will see the quality of your work and that you do it with the intention of helping others.

Be sure to write in with your own questions for an upcoming episode.

29 de November de 2022

Using Social Media to Your Advantage with Levi Lascsak

On this episode, live from NAR, I interview Levi Lofton. Lofton is a social media superstar. And he approached social media success the way he approached many things in his life: through “hyperlearning.” Hyperlearning, which may be a term he coined, involves studying as much as you can about a subject in 60 days and then executing on what you learn. Here is how to learn in 60 days.

Immerse yourself

Thanks to YouTube, Skill Share, or even your local public library, you can learn how to do anything. Whether you want to change a light bulb or learn particle physics, there are books and videos that will help you learn the basics.. Yes, it can take years of practice to achieve mastery, but learning the basics of anything no longer takes enrolling in expensive schools that take years. Completely immerse yourself in a topic for 60 days.

Pick 1 topic

Traditional 4-year schools give you a well-rounded education. If you want to learn as much as possible in 60 days, have tunnel vision on the one topic. Don’t try to learn everything about everything, try to learn everything about one thing. The other subjects can come later.

Model success

Levi modeled success by finding people who are successful and doing what they did, with some minor tweaking for his goals and his personality. The “how” of success will always change, but the “who” is what matters. Find out who has done what you want to achieve, and then model their behavior. If you want to build a better mousetrap, be as persistent as Thomas Edison when he invented the light bulb.

Be yourself (in the future!)

Who would you be if you achieved success? What decision would you make? How would you approach a situation? What would your emotional state be when you made decisions? Would you rush or think things through? What would the wisest and most experienced version of yourself do in your situation? Do that today.

You can achieve far more than you realize is possible because you’re unknowingly repeating patterns and sticking to invisible scripts that were designed 100 years ago. Break out of the old patterns and embrace the future.

Levi Lascsak: Podcast – Twitter – instagram

Michael Valdes: Facebook page – instagram – Youtube Channel

15 de November de 2022

Connecting with Customers by Air and Land with Mathieu Arseneault

Movie star good looks. A sexy French accent. A helicopter pilot’s license. If only we could all be as blessed as Matthieu Arseneault. Matthieu has innovated a new way to sell high end real estate by taking his clients with him on a helicopter ride, giving potential buyers a literal birds-eye-view of the property ad surrounding neighborhood.

How do you connect with people like that? By listening and then working hard.

That’s all it takes, really. Listen to the needs of the people. Don’t be afraid to give unique and different answers, but always listen to their needs.

Then, it takes consistent hard work. You don’t learn to pilot a helicopter in one day, and you don’t become a real estate great in one day. It takes day after day of hard work, of overcoming rejections, and learning from your mistakes. But if you show up day after day, it doesn’t matter if you don’t have movie star good looks, you can’t help but be successful. Watch this interview to see how he integrated his two interests and became such a unique voice in real estate.

Mathieu Arseneault: Facebook page – instagram –Website

Michael Valdes: Facebook page – instagram – Youtube Channel

8 de November de 2022

Dean Graziosi: Learning From The Past, Preparing For The Future

Today, my guest is Dean Graziosi, a multiple New York Times best-selling author, entrepreneur, and investor. Dan was able to change the trajectory of his life at an early age by making the decision to not become a blue-collar worker and become an entrepreneur. He had to change his thinking in order to change his career. Here are some of the ways he has learned to flip the script:

Replace “how” with “who.”

In life, when you want to get to the next level, your brain’s default question is “how.” How do I do this? How do I achieve my goal? And that can be completely overwhelming. But instead ask this question: Who has already done it and is willing to share what they did? There are very few truly original problems and solutions out there. If you can find it (and it’s not that difficult), you can find an expert who has a book, a podcast, a video series, or even is willing to mentor you personally. Find who has accomplished what you want to do and be like them.

Replace a to-do list with a not-to-do list.

Every entrepreneur has a ton on their plate. They have to do so many things. But if you take the time to audit what you have to do, you may realize that you’re doing things that you don’t need to do. This can even be things that you used to need to do, but now no longer serve you. To manage your time effectively, create a not-to-do list so you can focus on what you do best.

Focus on impact, not income

Is there any better feeling than helping others? I’ve asked thousands of people this question: at the end of your life, if you could only choose to have an impact on other people or have lots of money, which would you choose? The answer is overwhelmingly impact. If you focus on impact, having a high income can be a byproduct of giving that value to people. So don’t put your focus on how you make money, focus on how you make an impact and the money may come. And even if it doesn’t, the impact you make will be more important.

If you flip the script in life, you will be able to do so much more than people who just do what they’ve been doing their entire lives. We have invisible scripts in life, and most people don’t even realize it. When you make the shift from going along with life to taking control of your life, you can make the impact that you want.

Dean Graziosi: Facebook page – instagram –Website

Michael Valdes: Facebook page – instagram – Youtube Channel

2 de November de 20222 de November de 2022

How to Live Like a Culhane

The Glenn Effect With Brian Culhane

Glenn Sanford is the founder of eXp Realty. This is important to know because he is a mentor to my guest, Brain Culhane, and many of the lessons that we can learn from Brian come directly from Glenn. Glenn is such an effective leader and innovator that I call other people using his lessons “the Glenn Effect.”

Here are some of the lessons passed down from Glenn that Brian uses every day, and you can to:

Develop your personal brand

The biggest lesson Glenn taught Brian was to develop your personal brand. He said, “Every real estate agent should start a brand and call themselves the CEO of their brand on day one.” Glenn put himself as the CEO of eXp Realty when it was just him in an office. That branding made eXp seem so much bigger than it was, and now, it is the top real estate company in the world. And so Brian did the same: He is the CEO of the Culhane Group, and has been since day one.

Be innovative and embrace change

Brian started working with Glenn in 2005. At the time, there were no ready-to-go website template companies like SquareSpace, and making a website was a laborious task. But if you were willing to put in the effort (or pay someone to do it) and make interesting content, you could stand out in the days before people mindlessly doomscrolled their phones. Glenn had the first mover advantage when it came to selling real estate online. When Brian first got his real estate license, the first thing Glenn told him to do was go out and take pictures using digital cameras which were cutting edge at the time, and take pictures of houses he wanted to sell. Brian was able to close his first real estate deal this way.

Don’t be afraid of success

Most people are afraid of success, even though they aren’t aware that they are. They unconsciously sabotage themselves because they have hidden scripts in their lives that money is evil or maybe they don’t deserve to be successful. Get out of your own way, stop self-sabotaging, take control of your mind and direct it towards whatever ends you desire.

Instead of unconsciously sabotaging yourself, take ownership of your own mind be conscious about your actions.

On this episode, you’ll hear what Brian learned from Glenn and from other mentors, how to grow a brand, and how to set audacious goals and achieve them. This is just the beginning for Brian, and you can hear how he’s doing it.

Brian Culhane: Facebook page – instagram – Linkedin

Michael Valdes: Facebook page – instagram – Youtube Channel

25 de October de 2022

How to Make The Agent Be The Brand with Tristan Ahumada

Tristan Ahumada is the founder of Lab Coat Agents. Tristan is a podcaster, social media influence, business consultant, public speaker, and oh yeah, he’s a realtor, too. He is one of the top 1% of all real estate agents in the United States, and he did it by adapting new technology to make personal connections. By using social media and other internet resources, he was able to make himself the brand. You can apply his methods yourself and make the agent (that’s you!) the brand.

HOP

One of Tristan’s easy-to-remember mnemonic devices is HOP, which stands for Home, Online, and (in) Person. Connect with your potential customers at home by reaching out to them with something physical: a card, a gift, or anything that they can physically touch. Online means, of course, finding them online. This means making videos, making social media posts, and engaging with them in a way that when they’re on their phone or computer, they can easily find you. And in person means making it possible for you to meet your customers in person, so that can be having seasonal parties that they are welcome to join or corporate events.

Competence, Honesty, and Benevolence

Competence is the knowledge and understanding to get things done. Honesty inspires trust. Benevolence is showing that you actually care about your customers. The most important of these three is benevolence. A customer can forgive you making a mistake, but if they know that you don’t have their best interest at heart, they won’t give you another chance. When you have these three qualities, you can develop a strong relationship with your customers.

Tristan became one of the top 1% of real estate agents by using the newest technology as a way to make connections with customers. But those connections are only the first part; the second is getting your customers to trust you and to remember you. By following these steps, you will be a lot more successful.

Tristan Ahumada: Facebook page – instagram – Website

Michael Valdes: Facebook page – instagram – Youtube Channel

11 de October de 2022

How to Use the BID Principle to be Successful

This is a special episode of the Michael Valdes Global Podcast. Rather than interview a guest, this episode will give you a basic principle to use in your life and career to be successful: The B.I.D. Principle: B stands for Beliefs. I Is for Integrity. D is for Discretion. I have used these three principles to guide my entire career, and you can too.

What does this mean?

Belief means belief in yourself. You have to have confidence in yourself, in fact, the absolute conviction that you are unstoppable. A famous quote, often attributed to Henry Ford, is, “If you think you can’t do it you’re right, if you think you can do it, you’re right.” What this means is that if you don’t believe in yourself, you’ll never accomplish anything, but if you have complete confidence in yourself, then nothing can stop you.

Integrity means holding yourself to a high standard. That often means leaving a large payday on the table in favor of a long-term gain. Your standards can not be for sale. I once told a client that a certain property was just not a good match for him, even though it would have made me a fat commission. But this client was so impressed by my integrity he offered me a position in a company he was starting looking for a specific kind of property. The most important quality he was looking for at that time was integrity, because that sort of investment is very risky, and he needed someone who was always going to be honest with him.

Discretion means keeping your clients’ private information confidential. As a high-end real estate agents, I often deal with celebrities who value their privacy very highly. I could make my name by saying I was the realtor to the stars, but it would cost me the trust of my clients, which is much more valuable. My reputation can be lost in an errant moment if I tell people, even people who ask, if I work with this celebrity or that millionaire, without explicit permission.

Often, we can make mistakes, miss opportunities, or sabotage your chances without ever knowing it. By living with these principles, people will trust you with information that they only give to a select few. By being one of those few, you will have opportunities to succeed that most people won’t.

These principles may be easy to pronounce, but they aren’t easy to live by. Make these three principles part of your core belief system, to the point where you don’t even think about acting in any other way. You can use the B.I.D. principles to guide you in your career, and you’ll see your business grow in a way you never thought possible.

Michael Valdes: Facebook page – instagram – Youtube Channel

4 de October de 2022

Austin & Nate Cheviron: Helping Realtors to Live a Better Life

Austin Cheviron and Nate Cheviron are two cousins who run Cheviron Coaching. The real estate business can be grueling, and what’s more, it’s constantly full of rejections and almost-got-it situations which can lead even those who are financially successful to end up burnt out, abusing substances, neglecting their families, and in terrible health. The Cheviron Group set out to be a complete coaching service to give real estate agents the tools they need to be both financially successful and mentally and physically healthy.

A mentor can make the difference. Information is out there. But the feedback of a mentor who has your best interest at heart is not easy to find. If you have a “Mr. Miyagi” to guide you down the right path, it’s much easier to keep from losing sight of your real goal, which is to live a happy and fulfilling life, not just to pad your bank account.

The ideal client is someone who doesn’t need motivation, but needs guidance. As Nate and Austin put it, they can steer you in the right direction, but they can’t move for you. The ideal agent is able to move themselves.

The lessons they teach are timeless. Many of these lessons come from their own grandmother, Grandma Clem, who managed, in the magic way that grandmothers do, to corral the entire family to come to a weekly dinner, and share the workload to make sure everyone left well-nourished, both physically and emotionally.

But to really understand how timeless their wisdom is, you have to go back… way back, to antiquity. Austin’s favorite book is The Richest Man in Babylon, by George Clason. The book, written in 1926, shares the lessons of the ancient Babylonians, who were successful merchants 4,000 years ago, and built up wealth through trade rather than conquest. Nate’s favorite book is is Meditations by Marcus Aurelius (Gregory Hays translation). Marcus Aurelius, the Roman emperor, was a stoic philosopher, who believed the path to happiness was to live a virtuous life in harmony with nature.

Watch this video to learn how they have implemented these timeless lessons in their business.

Austin & Nate Cheviron: Instagram – Website – web2

Michael Valdes: Facebook page – instagram – Youtube Channel

28 de September de 2022

The Importance of Giving 100% in Everything You Do

Phil Hahn is a shining example of just what happens when you put 100% into what you do. His success is the result of going all in rather than just doing what’s expected. Hahn pushes what’s possible when it comes to customer service and when it comes to advertising, marketing, and branding yourself, and that’s why he’s not only the top 1%, he’s the top 1 in real estate. He’s not just the best, he’s the best of the best.

Before he earned his real estate license, he worked a blue collar job as a cement finisher/paver. He worked so hard that he lost 30 pounds in 3 months sweating his socks off. When he first started in real estate, in 2002, he set the very high bar of selling 100 houses between April and December. He reached this goal by engaging with the community, literally going door to door and using the technique of collecting food for the local food bank to get his foot in the door. He reached his goal and set his goal in 2003 to sell 200 houses!

To reach this goal, which was so audacious that his own broker thought it was too much, he started listing so aggressively that the other real estate agents in his office didn’t like it. Then he wrapped his large SUV with his name on it and parked in front of the office. And he was told not to park there because people thought he owned the office! A short time later, he moved on to another broker.

Phil was just getting started. From there, he used the same techniques that made him successful at a local level and expanded to a larger and larger radius until he was the number one real estate broker in Vancouver, then the number one real estate broker in the entire country of Canada. This is the result of hard work and dedication, in combination with creativity and audacity.

Phil Hahn: Instagram – Facebook – Website

Michael Valdes: Facebook page – instagram – Youtube Channel