Inconsistency in Sending Mailers Equals Inconsistent Income (LA 1717) RERUN
Transcript:
Steven Butala:
Steve and Jill here.
Jill DeWit:
Hello.
Steven Butala:
Welcome to the Land Academy show, Entertaining Land Investment talk. I'm Steven Jack Butala.
Jill DeWit:
And I'm Jill DeWit broadcasting from sunny Southern California.
Steven Butala:
Today Jill and I talk about how inconsistency in sending mailers equals inconsistent income.
Jill DeWit:
That's a mouthful.
Steven Butala:
Seems simple.
Jill DeWit:
Say that three times fast.
Steven Butala:
It seems simple. I can easily do it and bore the heck out of everyone. It seems like a simple concept-
Jill DeWit:
Saying it three times fast?
Steven Butala:
Yeah. It's a very, very simple concept, but it's hard. It's harder to do, we're finding from our members and even with us, once in a while, in our land buying and selling effort, harder to do than it seems. You know why? Because you run into issues.
Jill DeWit:
I don't think it's hard, I think it's discipline.
Steven Butala:
Yeah.
Jill DeWit:
That's really all it is and this-
Steven Butala:
You know what? That's exactly right. Discipline's hard.
Jill DeWit:
Oh, well, that's true.
Steven Butala:
Well said. [crosstalk 00:00:55]
Jill DeWit:
Who was the last person you disciplined? And please don't say me.
Steven Butala:
Geez.
Jill DeWit:
Give me your last discipline moment.
Steven Butala:
You know what? I hate the concept of discipline. I always have.
Jill DeWit:
I suck at it.
Steven Butala:
It's the thing about being a parent that I just... I never have gotten my head around it and never will.
Jill DeWit:
I know. Someone said that once a long time ago and I believe it to be true, the hardest thing about parenting is parenting. I would have easily been one of those parents that just went to bed at whatever time I was tired and let the kids just figure it out. Like, I'll fall asleep when they're tired. No, we got to do bedtime, we got to get them... That's a lot of work. That's not what this show is about, but anyway.
Steven Butala:
It's a lot of stuff.
Jill DeWit:
It kind of ties in to-
Steven Butala:
It totally ties in.
Jill DeWit:
...to this too. And I know we'll talk more about it.
Steven Butala:
We just recorded a show, actually, with a couple of guys, and it aired yesterday, or I guess, by the time this series, last week. And we really ended up talking about this topic. The stuff that it takes to do well, anything in life, is all the same. It's discipline, and a schedule, and staying on a schedule.
Steven Butala:
We used to say stay motivated a lot. I don't think that comes up that much any longer, because I think being motivated at this is pretty easy. I just think it's sticking to a schedule. It's all some version of that.
Jill DeWit:
I hear you.
Steven Butala:
Why don't you stick to a schedule? Because stuff goes on.
Jill DeWit:
That's true. I hear you.
Steven Butala:
Before we get into it, let's take a question posted by one of our members on the landinvestors.com online community. It's free.
Jill DeWit:
Skylar wrote, "Hi Jack and Jill. I found out about your live event the day before and I could not attend." You must have saw my note here, too. "I've been, however, listening to your podcast every single day. Please, would you consider this live event again? I'm a beginner, by the way, and I would really like to do what Jack says in the podcast." And then this member is just killing it. That was your note?
Steven Butala:
This member is just killing it? No, they wrote that about themselves.
Jill DeWit:
Oh, that's funny. Well, I wrote... It's funny you say this, I'm getting out my calendar right now so I can look it up. So I responded to the person and said, "Yes, because here's the whole deal, it's all about our live event." And it's cool to get together-
Steven Butala:
The reason I included this question is-
Jill DeWit:
Yeah, tell me.
Steven Butala:
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