Integrity

It’s amazing what a phenomenal difference words make in the way we perceive reality.

Take for example, Thursday’s news about 72-year-old Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s alleged affair with an 18-year-old aspiring model.

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What is Donald Trump's Strategy?

No matter what you think of Donald Trump as a person, you can’t deny his monumental track record in business and real estate.

What strategy does he use to win time and time again, even in a recession?

And how can you use it in your business?

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Now what?

The commercial real estate market has been declining steadily since the onset of the recession.  This is a trend that’s bound to continue for the rest of this year.

Assuming you decide to stay the course and not lose focus by taking on a second job (see Failing as a Commercial Real Estate Broker), what other viable options do you have?

What should you do now that the commercial real estate market is tanking?

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Failing as a Commercial Real Estate Broker

As the credit crunch squeezes the sleeper-hold on the commercial real estate market, thousands of brokers are struggling to stay in business… and thousands have already called it quits.

But what if you’re somewhere in between doing well and calling it quits?  What if you have a couple of months of reserves and the prospects of closing a deal are not good before you run out of cash?

Should you take a side job to support yourself while commercial real estate makes a comeback?

After all, what do you have to lose?

The answer is everything!  And here’s why…

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What's the weakest link in your chain of success?

The reason you still have not achieved the level of success in commercial real estate that your abilities and intelligence should enable you to has little to do with your real estate experience, your sales skills, your ability to close deals, or your technical know-how.

Those things do play a role, but the real issue has nothing to do with talent or brains.

It does, however, have everything to do with your ability to pull everything together and make it all happen — no matter how challenging the circumstances.

This ability is what I call integrity.

A lack of integrity is the most common and the most lethal shortfall of professional failures.

Sadly, it is one element that is consistently missing from all commercial real estate training programs.

It is the single most important factor in determining your long-term success or failure in commercial real estate — or any other field (after Vitality, that is).

Here’s why…

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You can become a rainmaker!

Which kind of success have you been experiencing on a consistent basis?

Sustained, lasting success… or… the flash-in-the-pan kind of success?

Have you ever wondered why?

You’re in for a surprise if you think it’s somehow dependent on being talented, coming from the right family, setting SMART goals, superior strategic thinking, having money, having a vast professional network, or anything else that can be had!

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