Performance coach Dan Doran shares why mastering the skill of time blocking, connecting back to the big why and getting into the habit of expressing gratitude are powerful techniques to successful real estate investing. Learn how by passing perfectionism and focusing on doing good enough, but not doing less than what’s required often delivers the best investment outcome.
SHOW NOTES
0:51 - Welcoming Dan Doran to the show and introducing the topic for the conversation, his 7 master skills of highly effective real estate entrepreneurs.
1:42 - Background on Dan and his career journey.
3:27 - What brought Dan to coaching and why he loves it.
4:33 - Looking at things holistically and how personal development and professional development relate.
5:48 - General information on the master skills, how he identified them, and differentiating productivity from just getting a lot of things done.
8:18 - How he coaches people when it comes to priorities and urgencies.
9:52 - The master skill of focusing and how it relates to the basic skill of time blocking; connecting back to the big why.
12:26 - Using gratitude lists and how it affects everything you’re doing and how Dan got into the habit of expressing gratitude.
16:21 - How to make better decisions and the second master skill of creating reusable materials in your business to build confidence in decision making, like Dan’s decision tree.
20:32 - Dan’s approach to evaluating deals in private lending.
22:32 - Bypassing perfectionism with the basic skill of getting the job done and the master skill of doing exactly what’s required and moving on.
23:28 - Willie Hooks’ MBA story regarding bypassing perfectionism since it’s a form of procrastination; how Dan used that story to help authors get their books written.
27:47 - Focus on doing good enough, but not doing less than what’s required.
28:13 - The fourth master skill of only putting things on your planner that you plan to actually complete.
30:22 - Taking a moment to pause and evaluate tasks and projects based on whether or not you’re willing to finish them as well as if they take you closer to solving a problem.
32:19 - The fifth master skill of looking at failure everyday to have both constructive and restrictive motivation and the basic skill of visualizing what you want.
35:44 - Dan’s story about how he helped two clients through using the sixth master skill of recruiting the reticular activating system on top of the basic skill of setting goals.
40:14 - The final master skill of winning in the week as a way to break down long term goals by intentionally focusing on high priority items.
42:14 - How to learn more about Dan’s coaching and how to get in touch with him through his email by including “Tom Braegelmann” in the subject line.
42:58 - Dan’s parting advice.
Resources and Links Mentioned:
Sales Mastery for Real Estate Entrepreneurs
Episode #051 with Willie Hooks
Dan’s “Ultimate Strategy” seminar
Reticular Activating System
Contact Richard:
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Call or text Dan for a coaching call at (360) 631-1075
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