{"id":6316,"date":"2008-12-28T20:35:07","date_gmt":"2008-12-29T03:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=6316"},"modified":"2008-12-28T20:35:18","modified_gmt":"2008-12-29T03:35:18","slug":"the-goal-getters-game-yes-you-want-to-set-goals-for-2009-but-heres-a-game-to-make-sure-you-actually-follow-through-on-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/6316\/the-goal-getters-game-yes-you-want-to-set-goals-for-2009-but-heres-a-game-to-make-sure-you-actually-follow-through-on-them\/","title":{"rendered":"The Goal-Getters Game: Yes, you want to set goals for 2009, but here’s a game to make sure you actually follow through on them"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Goal-Getters Game is a variation on some of the ideas we have been playing with in email since Thanksgiving.<\/p>\n

So first: ‘Tis the season for New Year’s Resolutions, made in haste and forgotten more hastily.<\/p>\n

The Motivational Speaker Circuit, both inside and outside of the real estate world, is always all over the idea of goal-setting<\/em>. But real changes in you life can only come from goal-achieving<\/em>.<\/p>\n

In our email discussions, I brought up Jerry Seinfeld’s “don’t break the chain” system of goal tracking.<\/a><\/p>\n

Years ago when Seinfeld was a new television show, Jerry Seinfeld was still a touring comic. At the time, I was hanging around clubs doing open mic nights and trying to learn the ropes. One night I was in the club where Seinfeld was working, and before he went on stage, I saw my chance. I had to ask Seinfeld if he had any tips for a young comic. What he told me was something that would benefit me a lifetime…<\/p>\n

He said the way to be a better comic was to create better jokes and the way to create better jokes was to write every day. But his advice was better than that. He had a gem of a leverage technique he used on himself and you can use it to motivate yourself—even when you don’t feel like it.<\/p>\n

He revealed a unique calendar system he uses to pressure himself to write. Here’s how it works.<\/p>\n

He told me to get a big wall calendar that has a whole year on one page and hang it on a prominent wall. The next step was to get a big red magic marker.<\/p>\n

He said for each day that I do my task of writing, I get to put a big red X over that day. “After a few days you’ll have a chain. Just keep at it and the chain will grow longer every day. You’ll like seeing that chain, especially when you get a few weeks under your belt. Your only job next is to not break the chain.”<\/p>\n

“Don’t break the chain,” he said again for emphasis.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Teri has mentioned that she is already Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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In a night dominated by discussions of goals, goal-setting and goal-achievement, it was an impressive\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Marketing"","block_context":{"text":"Marketing","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/marketing\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":8332,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/8332\/the-goal-of-the-bloodhoundblog-unchained-training-conference-is-to-push-the-bums-out-of-the-real-estate-business\/","url_meta":{"origin":6316,"position":5},"title":"The goal of the BloodhoundBlog Unchained training conference is to push the bums out of the real estate business","author":"Greg Swann","date":"May 9, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"This from my Arizona Republic real estate column (permanent link): We publish a national real estate industry weblog called BloodhoundBlog.com. There are 42 contributors from all over the country, each one an expert in his or her own right. 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