The Thorn versus The Dangling Carrot

[Steve Chan]

This year (2020) I attended The Best Ever Conference in Keystone, CO, which is an excellent event that Joe Fairless host's every year. His keynote speech was based around the premise of having a thorn, rather than a dangling carrot, to help motivate you to achieve your goals. Here is a better description: 

https://joefairless.com/top-lessons-from-every-best-ever-conference-2020-day-1-session/

This was one of my biggest takeaways from the conference. The thorn that I created for myself was hiring a professional real estate coach to help me acquire a large multifamily property. Although I am already a partner in hundreds of units in Dallas, I want to execute a plan from start to finish as a key principle. I'm starting to become more active on BiggerPockets so you can follow my journey. In the meantime, what's your thorn?

[David Evans]

@Steve Chan thanks for sharing your journey as well as the insights from this years Best Ever Conference. My “thorn” is my morning texts from my managing broker reminding me to make my prospecting calls as well as my Wednesday evening calls with my real estate mentor.