Hey, welcome back to the Think Bigger Real Estate show. I'm excited to be here today in kind of in a unique setting underneath an airplane, apparently. I just saw that. I'm with my productivity coach Jay Puppo. Jay, thanks for being willing to do this--love this guy. He's become a very dear friend of mine and I thought it'd be interesting today, to have this broadcast come from Jay and my coaching session. I think any time you're being coached, it is essential to not just look at the business. I was taught once that if your personal life ends up in shambles, it will act as an anchor to the rest of your business goals. It will really slow you down. So I know that some of the first questions that Jay asks me when we sit down in a productivity coaching meeting is how are things? How's life? How's the family? How's your health--things that he covers, areas that aren't necessarily business--and then we dig into business. I know that I feel strongly that that's by intention, by design--one because we've got a personal relationship, a friendship, a deep friendship. But in addition to that, it's all part of the big picture.
It's definitely part of the big picture. You know, one of the things I love about Mr Keller's book, the ONE Thing is that he starts out by talking about the most important thing, which is your spiritual life. You just have to have a center--this whole thing. And so he says, start with your spiritual life, then think about your body, then think about your key relationships and the very last thing you think about is money, right? Yeah. So you have to start with the core.
I love that. Jay and I were talking in advance of this and there's really seven key areas of life that we focus on that Jay holds me accountable to. And we would encourage, I guess an invitation for everybody here is that habits are the fastest way to change your life. And so, we would encourage, or an invitation, as you think about this concept that if you really want to increase your business, you're going to have to be a better person. You're going to have to improve habits outside of just your business life, otherwise they won't be sustainable. And so we have an invitation, that we want to talk about, which is to take one step forward with something non business related. It's the weekend, and now although many of my real estate agent clients will be working part of the time, but not all the time, hopefully. Jay, what advice would you have for somebody if they're like, "You know, I really want to change either a health habit or relationship habit or a spiritual habit." What advice would you give them?
Yeah, I would encourage you and anybody who might be watching to think about the focusing question. Mr. Keller says, what's the one thing? So we're looking for one small thing. What's the one thing that I can do such that by doing it, everything else will be easier or unnecessary. I've have been thinking about this. You know, this vessel that I live in called my body and how do I make it healthier? How do I make it stronger? And you know, you can think of a million different things like: eat better, and I have got to go to the gym for 900 hours a day and I have got to do this and I have got to do that. It becomes overwhelming and you do what?
Nothing.
Nothing--Yep. And so this weekend I'm committing, live to your audience and to you, that I am increasing my water intake.
Cool.
Because I've noticed that my skin's a little bit dry or I noticed that my mouth is a little bit dry or I've noticed I'm a little bit low energy and probably I've had too much caffeine this week. So my goal is 100 hundred ounces of water over the weekend, which is way more water than I normally drink. And so we're not trying to change the world overnight, we're just trying to look for that one little habit that you can do that will have massive impact.
I love it. And so I would invite you: Is it your health? Is it your spiritual life? If it's spiritual, maybe it's say a prayer. Maybe it's go to church. If you're not religious in any way, maybe it's go give service. Go find someone to serve and help and tap into that deeper purpose, whatever that looks like for you.
Or have gratitude.
I like that.
You know, just just being thankful. One of the things I teach my clients is when you're sitting in the car and you hit a red light, that's the universe's signal to you to take a timeout and look around and say, "What am I thankful for?" And use this phrase, go like this, "I am grateful for..." And look around you and say, for example, "Man, that tree, I'm grateful. That's a beautiful tree. Holy Cow. I'm grateful for that tree." "I'm truly grateful for the stop sign because it made sure that nobody crashed into me." Just all of the things that you can be grateful for. I promise you, if you get to five, your whole attitude, your whole day will be different. Just be grateful.
Man--powerful stuff. Thank you for sharing that, Jay, again, let's put this into action, right? It's one thing to listen to some people talk about some ideas. My intent is not just to have you thinking bigger, but also acting bigger--implementing these things, improving your life so that your business can also improve. So, this weekend we invite you collectively to pick one area, one non-business area of your life, and start a new habit this weekend. And I think you'll find that business will be better as a result. Your energy will be better and you'll be a better person and a happier person as well. So, Jay, thank you again.
Have a good weekend.
It's a pleasure. Thank you all for tuning in and we'll catch you next week.
