The Solution to All Land Business Bottlenecks (LA 1684)

Transcript:

Steven Butala:

Steve and Jill here.

Jill K DeWit:

Hi.

Steven Butala:

Welcome to the Land Academy Show, entertaining land, investment talk. I'm Steven Jack Butala.

Jill K DeWit:

And I'm Jill DeWit, broadcasting from the Valley of the Sun.

Steven Butala:

Today, Jill and I talk about the solution to all land business bottlenecks, and I would even venture to say all bottlenecks.

Jill K DeWit:

This is kind of like struggling week.

Steven Butala:

Struggling week?

Jill K DeWit:

I don't know. Because we talked yesterday about burnout. Today, we're talking about bottlenecks. I don't want to make it ... It's not bad week. It's not struggling week, but it's the beginning of the year. I hope you, like us, are taking a look around everything that you're doing and making sure going into 2022, am I doing it right? Am I motivated? Am I excited? Is my team excited? The goals and the things that we have forecast for this year, are we going to hit them? Are we all on the same page? And then you go, all right, what could be holding us back? What could be our bottlenecks? I want to talk about that.

Steven Butala:

Do you ever listen to a podcast or listen to someone speak or even read a book where everything's just, you can do this?

Jill K DeWit:

Oh.

Steven Butala:

This is how you ... You're great. You are a perfect person.

Jill K DeWit:

Jack Smiley, and everyone, and by golly, I like you.

Steven Butala:

Every single person that joins the Land Academy is successful and they smile all the way through and it's so easy. None of that's true. That's why. That's why we have a real podcast about real issues that deal ... We just are in the beginning of teaching this first year's Career Path, and everybody went around the table last week and talked about how successful they are. And then with this really negative tone in their voice, yeah, well, I only did $800,000 last year and netted 500,000 and that's not going to work for me. I'm not joking.

Jill K DeWit:

Isn't that funny? I know, yeah.

Steven Butala:

I'm not exaggerating at all.

Jill K DeWit:

It's true. That's why I'm giggling.

Steven Butala:

So that's my point. My point is we all know this works. Let's all take a minute and pat each other on the back, if that's what we need to do, Jill, here.

Jill K DeWit:

I didn't say that.

Steven Butala:

But the fact is-

Jill K DeWit:

I did not say that at all.

Steven Butala:

... we're either going to improve tomorrow or we're not. So I don't care where you are in your business, if you're just starting or if you're not knocking it out of the park, I think improving tomorrow's in everyone's best interest, especially your own.

Jill K DeWit:

How about improve right this minute?

Steven Butala:

I see this very different than motivating employees. None of our employees listen to this, I'm sure. I'm sure they've had it.

Jill K DeWit:

But there's real bottlenecks and then there's in your head bottlenecks. That's how I see it.

Steven Butala:

But I'm really addressing not bottlenecks the topics of the show this week, because you're saying they're all negative and I just don't think they are.

Jill K DeWit:

Oh, we're starting off a little bit-

Steven Butala:

I think they need to be addressed. This stuff needs to be addressed.

Jill K DeWit:

Okay. I understand.

Steven Butala:

Before we get into it, for sure, really get into it, because I think that's how this episode is going with Jill, let's take a question posted by one of our members on the landinvestors.com online community. It's free. And don't forget to subscribe on the Land Academy YouTube channel. Comment on the shows you like.

Jill K DeWit:

Dave wrote, "Getting my mailers ready is by far the largest speed bump in my process. Looking to be much more efficient with my time this year. Having said that, I'd really love to hear from anyone who has used the concierge data service with O2O, Offers2Owners.