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What’s your job? I’m telling you mine
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I received a message from my kindle. Yes, that thing where you can read on without distractions or notifications. Congrats, 250 days without missing a single day reading… or something like that. I just erased as soon as I saw it. But then, the message stayed in my head. ​ I don’t know when I missed a day… probably a 28 hour flight from Auckland to Madrid or something. ​ When I tell people that I read a minimum of one book per week, they get surprised. “How do you do it? How do you have time?” ​ I look at them worried for their mental barriers… And I usually say. “It’s easy. You open it and keep reading until you finish it. “ ​ Look, a good book is between 6 and 12 hours reading. No more than that. So, if you read 1 hour a day, you can read many, many, many good books in a week. ​ “But when can you read” – I’m asked. ​ “Anytime. In the morning, at noon, in the evenings… “ ​ “And your job?” ​ “Getting better every day is my job” ​ And sorry if you didn’t know, but that should be your job too. ​ Knowing how to sell better. Knowing about marketing. Knowing about management. Knowing about real estate trends. Knowing and improving every day about contract management. How to tread people. How to boost your personal growth. How to manage your time better. How to invest better. How to be ahead of the herd… ​ That’s the job you should be doing… EVERY DAY. ​ If you don’t do it, don’t complain about pay raises, the loss of clients, opportunities or money. Don’t complain about problems at your job, or your continuing procrastination… No pity for you. ​ Get out. Open your book, your course, or whatever you have in your hands and that you know that will benefit you… and start improving yourself. That’s your job. ​ You can find a tool that will help you, here. ​A tool for you​ ​ PD 1: If you liked this email, don't keep it in secret and forward it to a friend. They will thank you enormously one day. PD 2: If somebody has sent you this email and you want to receive emails like this yourself, visit vicentevalencia.com PD 3: If you want unsubscribe, click the link below. ​ ​ |
Vicente Valencia
The "PPP Guy" | Helping to deliver infrastructure through PPP faster, cheaper and easier | C-Suite Executive | Real Estate passionate and investor | Mentor, Coach, Consultant | 👇JOIN +3k for daily tips and insights 👇
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