It may read as a little bit extreme but I have to follow my list viciously otherwise I will be moaning and complaining like most of my good friends in the business who just wonder on how the heck I find time to do all this stuff and still have a life.
The key to having a great Not To Do List in simply refusing to make any compromises. Don't make a list and start making excuses right away on why it wont work.
The simple truth is that doing anything - even a 3 on a scale of 10 - in our business will bring new money to the bank. Doing nothing because you could not find time to do it brings exactly nothing to the bank account.
I have wasted enough years trying to be perfect - big mistake - rather be good enough and then tweak it later and slowly with checks coming in from day 1.
Mark Ijlal’s Not To Do List:
1. I will not waste my time standing on the Xerox machine or sending mail out.
2. I will not wast my time doing Quick Books or accounting.
3. I will not call and be put on hold with banks.
4. I will not leave voice mail messages that will end up in me playing phone tag with somebody.
5. I will not take calls in my real estate business without prescreening them.
6. Just because somebody sends me an e-mail does'nt not means that I have to drop everything I am doing and start replying.
7. I will not drive around every day and look at properties unless I know for a fact that is good solid deal.
8. I will not do open houses.
I know what is coming next - e-mails to me complaining that I can afford to do so because my real estate business is doing so well - and that is partially true. But here lies the catch 22 of it all - unless you can figure this out and have a Not To Do List for yourself when you are just starting your real estate business - you will never hit big time success.
So next time, I will share with you that how can you implement a similar list in your real estate business even when you are starting out.
And more importantly what you should be spending your time on every day instead of doing all the above busy but no money making activities.
