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Tag: Gary Pittard

Aim High

In this short sales session, real estate business consultant and author of Why Winners Win, Gary Pittard, illustrates how Adam McMahon, from Dignam Real Estate in Thirroul, NSW, Australia, lifted his performance from ordinary to extraordinary. Adam now produces fees in excess of $1.4 million, but earlier in his career he had difficulty getting past . . .   more →

Plan Your Training


David Farrugia, from Macquarie Real Estate in Casula NSW, spoke at Pittard’s Real Estate Agents’ Convention in Brisbane, November 2016. He made many interesting points, including explaining how he plans his training. David trains ‘on purpose’.

Each month, David selects a topic and studies that topic only for the coming month.

For example, if he . . .   more →

Contact Creates Contracts

In this short sales session, real estate business consultant and author of Why Winners Win, Gary Pittard, explains why staying in touch with clients is good business. Contact creates contacts. You must go out and meet people. This is the beginning of relationship building and salespeople who sit waiting for business to walk in the . . .   more →

Growth Isn’t Always Good

Growth appears to enjoy good press, but is it always a good thing? I don’t think so. Here are two examples.

A person contacted me saying that he was thinking of opening a real estate agency. He and his wife had another business that still required a good deal of input from them both and would . . .   more →

How To Make Less Profit

Real estate business consultant and author of Why Winners Win, Gary Pittard, acknowledges that this title is a negative one, but success is not always about doing the right actions: it is just as important to stop doing certain actions. Real estate businesses are notorious for ‘following the herd’. They offer clients few, if any, . . .   more →

Self-Management

We hear much about Time Management, but can we really manage time? Every one of us has the same 1,440 minutes each day. Why, then, do some people do more with their time than others?

The answer is that those people manage themselves and not time: They manage themselves within the time they have available.

The basic . . .   more →

What If?

How has this past year been for you? Are you happy with what you have achieved? If not, why not? The only way results change is when actions change. Take last year’s actions into the new year, and you can guarantee that you will see the same results. In this short sales session, real estate . . .   more →

The Blame Game

In preparation for her interview on Pittard TV on 19 January, I read Susan Scott’s book Fierce Leadership. I read her other book Fierce Conversations many years ago. Both are excellent books.

To clear up any misunderstanding Susan uses the word “fierce” to indicate conversations that we must have – those conversations that if left unsaid . . .   more →

Your Path to Mastery

People who choose Sales as a career have three options when it comes to shaping their careers: 1. Do as little as possible and hope for success; 2. Put in the hours but not the study; 3. Work at becoming great. In this short sales session, real estate business consultant, Gary Pittard, says that we . . .   more →

The Seeds We Sow

“You reap what you sow. If you go through life sowing seeds of inconsistency, shortcuts, compromises, and minimum effort, then you shouldn’t be surprised when you reap a banquet of mediocrity. You are responsible for your decisions, actions, and results; therefore, if you do not like what you are reaping, quit blaming the world, and . . .   more →

Hold People Accountable

One of the biggest complaints leaders make is that they cannot get their salespeople to focus on winning actions – those that lead to results. While some the problem is caused by that negative word, Can’t – if you say you can’t you are always right – much of the problem is caused because the . . .   more →

Job Satisfaction – Do Your Best and Be Happy

It is a sad fact that there are more mediocre people selling real estate than there are winners. This probably applies to most professions. It is difficult to believe that mediocre performers are happy being that way, and they certainly cannot be stress-free. In this short sales session, real estate business consultant, Gary Pittard, explains . . .   more →

Realistic Goals

Some people believe that by committing a goal to writing, the goal’s achievement is almost assured, provided you do the actions – are willing to pay the price. This is untrue. The goal must be realistic if you are going to achieve it. In this short sales session, real estate business consultant, Gary Pittard, explains . . .   more →

Execute Or Be Executed

“In reality, the last thing most organizations need is another goal they will miss because their people cannot execute, often simply because they were never taught how.”

It’s Not Rocket Science: 4 Simple Strategies for Mastering the Art of Execution
by Dave Anderson

I am a fan of Dave Anderson’s work. I have been promoting . . .   more →

Make Reality Your Ally

In his book, Put Your Dreams to the Test, Dr John Maxwell said, “When people’s talent does not match their dreams and they fail to recognise it, they will be forever working but never winning.” In this short real estate sales training session, Gary Pittard, business adviser and author of Why Winners Win – what . . .   more →

Direction and Action

Real estate leadership can be tough. Things don’t always go as planned. At times like this, it’s easy to complain: salespeople aren’t doing the right actions; salespeople aren’t performing; the market is tough; listings are tight; we’re not getting called in; you can’t find good people; etc.

But where does this get you?

Complaining fixes nothing. . . .   more →

Three Steps to Profit

Gary Pittard, business adviser and author of Why Winners Win – what it takes to be successful in business and life, says, “Some things in life are non-negotiable. Three of them are the steps to profit.” Although the three steps to profit that Gary explains do not exact a high price, they are compulsory . . .   more →

Try Something Different

Are you happy with your results? I hope that with the end of the third quarter of the year looming, you are happy with your progress to date. And if you are, congratulations. Keep doing what you’re doing.

If you are not happy with your results, may I suggest that you try something different?

Stop doing . . .   more →

Get the Listing

Gary Pittard, real estate business adviser and author of Why Winners Win – what it takes to be successful in business and life, says, “It always worries me when I hear salespeople say things such as, ‘I didn’t get the listing, but I have a great relationship with them. If they are going to list . . .   more →

The Right Stuff

“I had been at West Point with Thomas one year, and had known him later in the old army. He was a man of commanding appearance, slow and deliberate in speech and action; sensible, honest and brave. He possessed valuable soldierly qualities in an eminent degree. He gained the confidence of all who served . . .   more →