This Is Brokering

Jasmine Findlay of Ep 214. Returns with three key points for us; 

1. Mindset Matters
2. Don’t wish it were easier, wish you were better
3. Lead By Example

 And we get deep into each of these points and tie them all together.

Get in the game!

Own your email address.

Zoom is not going away, we should not be reverting to either in-person or telephone sessions, Zoom splits the difference and gives us all the upsides with very few downsides.

 Be Better

Be careful what you’re cutting, perhaps view it through the lens of ‘this isn’t a cost’ – ‘this is an investment’ and then consider what the return is on that investment.

There is more to consider here.

End your year strong and with low stress – YE is Dec 21

Start your year strong and with low stress – Go-Time is Jan 11

Scott Taylor-Barr takes us on a tour of Brokering in the U.K. 

Very interesting nuances in process, compensation, and regulation. Some things we wish we had, some we’re happy we don’t. 

I truly hope you enjoy this conversation as much as Scott and I did! 

If you told a kid that the split on their Halloween candy was 50/50, then gave 50% to one parent and took 50% of the remaining 50% from the kid, they would call that a bullshit split, and they would be right.

That’s not 50/50, that’s 25/75.

Yet that is what many in our industry have adopted, twisting the math to make people feel good.

Better to do some actual math.

For a change I talk way less, and a huge crop of regular attendees of the Monday Mastermind series share quality advice.

 Step 1. Listen to the episode.

Step 2. Register for the Monday Mastermind 

https://bethebetterbroker.ca/the-brokers-journey-2023/ 

Must we attend every event in person?

Not every.

But likely some.

Yes.

It’s the day before the Oct 26th BOC meeting.

What’s going to happen is not as important as WHY it’s happening.

Why is the BOC to laser focused in a 2% inflation target?

One word; compounding