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Will Hamm, "Where There's a Will, There's a Way!" (Hamm Homes)

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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
Pasadena And Southern California 818.516.4393

I think I will join Kathleen Daniels in a round of raucous laughter.  Another item on today's "to do" "must enjoy" list to cross off.   

Jun 06, 2019 08:10 AM
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Peter Testa
Nationwide Homes - Danbury, CT
PETER TESTA

I have a large list of things (goals) I want to accomplish. I scratch off 4, 5 6 things every day & I add stuff constantly. If my list ever goes down to nothing that means I am no longer active, so I hope I never accomplish it all. 

Jun 06, 2019 07:27 AM
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Susie Kay
Ultra Real Estate Dallas Fort Worth - Plano, TX
North Dallas Specialist

When you wish (*I mean reach) upon a star, makes no difference who you are......

Jun 06, 2019 09:01 AM
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Richard Weeks
Dallas, TX
REALTOR®, Broker

If your goals are not realistic you set yourself up for disappointment.

Jun 06, 2019 08:44 AM
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Raymond E. Camp
Ontario, NY

A little of both!

Maybe I will go buy a MEGA MILLIONS ticket fro Friday!

Jun 06, 2019 07:55 AM
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Kathleen Daniels, Probate & Trust Specialist
KD Realty - 408.972.1822 - San Jose, CA
Probate Real Estate Services

Hysterical question.  LMAO. 

Thank you, Will 

Jun 06, 2019 07:38 AM
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Candice A. Donofrio
Next Wave RE Investments LLC Bullhead City AZ Commercial RE Broker - Fort Mohave, AZ
928-201-4BHC (4242) call/text

YES. LOL

Jun 06, 2019 07:33 AM
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - Wanda Can!
Red Rock Real Estate (435) 632-9374 - St. George, UT
St. George Utah Area Residential Sales Agent

I always go higher, it's motivating and worthy of attaining Will!

Jun 06, 2019 07:32 AM
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Doug Dawes
Keller Williams Evolution - 447 Boston Street, Suite #5, Topsfield, MA - Topsfield, MA
Your Personal Realtor®

I make reasonable goals at this point in my life

Jun 06, 2019 12:46 PM
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Mary Yonkers
Alan Kells School of Real Estate/Howard Hanna Real Estate - Erie, PA
Erie/PA Real Estate Instructor

SMART goals: what's attainable? ! 

Jun 06, 2019 10:44 AM
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Dan & Laurie Pittsenbarger Team
Keller Williams Western Realty - Bellingham, WA
Lakeside & Coastal Single Family Homes

For me  it's the unobtainable goals that really give us purpose and motivation - the smaller goals give us a sense of accomplishment in the right direction.

 

Jun 06, 2019 10:05 AM
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Greg Large
ERA Real Solutions - Grove City, OH
A Tradition of Trust

Yes.

Jun 06, 2019 08:44 AM
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Barbara Todaro
RE/MAX Executive Realty - Happily Retired - Franklin, MA
Previously Affiliated with The Todaro Team

my goal on the marketing end is to create a postcard that will make the phone ring and focuses on the homeowner....it's all about the client not the agents....

 

I don't set goals for the team members...they know what we need to do to maintain our position in the marketplace.... they PUSH IT.... HARD.

Jun 06, 2019 08:26 AM
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Sally Lawrence
Advantage Real Estate - Tehachapi, CA
Broker, CHS, e-Pro, SFR, REALTOR®

Yes!  I do both but believe that if the vision isn't a "stretch" than I am less likely to attain it.  I get bored easily and if something doesn't require developing new skills and growth, than I have been known to abandon it and instead chase down the next SQUIRRELLLLL!!!!!

Jun 06, 2019 08:14 AM
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Roy Kelley
Retired - Gaithersburg, MD

Always reach for the stars.

Jun 06, 2019 07:55 AM
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Wayne Martin
Wayne M Martin - Chicago, IL
Real Estate Broker - Retired

Set reasonable goals that make you reach a bit!

Jun 06, 2019 07:42 AM
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Ryan Huggins - Thousand Oaks, CA
https://HugginsHomes.com - Thousand Oaks, CA
Residential Real Estate and Investment Properties

I stopped with that practice back in the corporate world.

Jun 06, 2019 07:42 AM
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Tammy Lankford,
Lane Realty Eatonton, GA Lake Sinclair, Milledgeville, 706-485-9668 - Eatonton, GA
Broker GA Lake Sinclair/Eatonton/Milledgeville

my number one goal is to have the happiest clients.  I strive for the stars with that one.

My production goals are always "do better than same period last year" and most years I do that.  in 2009 that was not the case as we were in the biggest year of decline and had the most inventory.

Jun 06, 2019 11:50 AM
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Coldwell Banker Realty - Charlotte, NC
Your Greater Charlotte Realtor

Goals? What goals? I don't set no stinkin' goals! Like Ryan Huggins - Thousand Oaks, CA I stopped that when I left the corporate world and have done pretty well and then some since. That's a bit like asking we about New Year resolutions... I don't set no stinkin' resolutions either! And I'm a much happier person for that.

Jun 06, 2019 10:23 AM
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Frank Rubi
Frank Rubi Real Estate, LLC - Metairie, LA
FrankRubiRealEstate.com

over the top!

Jun 06, 2019 09:49 AM
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Joe Pryor
The Virtual Real Estate Team - Oklahoma City, OK
REALTOR® - Oklahoma Investment Properties

Both, we focus on two metrics, closed homes and dollar earned volume. We want to make those goals by the end of the third quarter. Makes the 4th quarter more fun.

Jun 06, 2019 09:25 AM
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Kevin J. May
Florida Supreme Realty - Hobe Sound, FL
Serving the Treasure & Paradise Coasts of Florida

Gotta have both!

Jun 06, 2019 08:33 AM
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Annette Lawrence , Palm Harbor, FL 727-420-4041
ReMax Realtec Group - Palm Harbor, FL
Making FLORIDA Real Estate EZ

I believe this discussion, to be healthy, must begin with knowing the difference between appropriate goals and inappropriate goals.

Appropriate goal - call or greet five new ppl every day in July.

Inappropriate goal - double my income in 18 months.

An appropriate goal is one where you control the elements that result in the outcome.

An inappropreate goal is when one does not have control over the elements that determine the outcome.

In nearly every case 'income' is the result of acheiving many appropriate goals.

Reaching for the stars is great for a self-talk in front of a mirror but have no place in appropriate goal setting.

 

Jun 06, 2019 08:27 AM
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Ron and Alexandra Seigel
Napa Consultants - Carpinteria, CA
Luxury Real Estate Branding, Marketing & Strategy

Will,

I am in the same camp as Nina Hollander and Ryan Huggins - Thousand Oaks, CA , and we are doing very well...A

Jun 06, 2019 01:00 PM
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John Juarez
The Medford Real Estate Team - Fremont, CA
ePRO, SRES, GRI, PMN

If I hit the goals I set, I probably set them too low.

Jun 06, 2019 11:33 AM
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Bob Crane
Woodland Management Service / Woodland Real Estate, KW Diversified - Stevens Point, WI
Forestland Experts! 715-204-9671

Always shoot for the stars!

Jun 06, 2019 11:12 AM
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Ward County Notary Services - Minot, ND
Owner of Ward Co Notary Services retired RE Broker

My #1 goal is impossible... to be pleasing to God. So are my other goals such as be the best husband and father I can be. We will never reach perfection Will Hamm 

Jun 06, 2019 10:53 AM
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Evelina Tsigelnitskaya
SIB Realty - Sunny Isles Beach, FL

Every day working on it.

Jun 07, 2019 05:01 AM
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Valeria Mola
SIB Realty - Miami, Sunny Isles Beach - Sunny Isles Beach, FL
305-607-0709 SIB Realty Condos for Sale and Rent

Working on it.

Jun 07, 2019 04:43 AM
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Anthony Acosta - ALLATLANTAcondos.com
Harry Norman, REALTORS® - Atlanta, GA
Associate Broker

I'm always reaching for the starts. 

Jun 06, 2019 04:38 PM
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Savvy + Company (704) 491-3310 - Charlotte, NC
The RIGHT CHARLOTTE REALTOR!

If you set goals that you know you will hit, your motivation will wane. 

When I stop setting big, hairy, audacious goals, that's when I will know it's time to sell my business!

Jun 06, 2019 08:48 PM
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Brenda Mayette
Miranda Real Estate Group, Inc. - Glenville, NY
Getting results w/ knowledge & know-how!

Somewhere in between....

Jun 07, 2019 02:22 PM
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Sandy Padula & Norm Padula, JD, GRI
HomeSmart Realty West & Florida Realty Investments - , CA
Presence, Persistence & Perseverance

I don't work well when depressed, so the goals must be achievable

Jun 07, 2019 08:18 AM
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Richie Alan Naggar
people first...then business Ran Right Realty - Riverside, CA
agent & author

Rising to any occasion is a moment-based dynamic and subjective. Comfort and predictability offers one type of return and adventuring into the unknown another. It is the banquet of life...eat as you see fit. Results vary

Jun 07, 2019 07:16 AM
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Sam Shueh
(408) 425-1601 - San Jose, CA
mba, cdpe, reopro, pe

working on it

Jun 07, 2019 07:10 AM
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Steven Nickens
Hawaii Life Real Estate Brokers - Wailea, HI
R(S)GRI ABR, Maui Real Estate Hawaii

One goal I have is to close one $20,000,000 sale, one will do it.

Jun 08, 2019 10:43 AM