{"id":3803,"date":"2022-12-21T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-21T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/2022\/12\/21\/the-mindset-trick-to-change-your-real-estate-success-trajectory\/"},"modified":"2025-03-13T02:48:28","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T02:48:28","slug":"the-mindset-trick-to-change-your-real-estate-success-trajectory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/2022\/12\/21\/the-mindset-trick-to-change-your-real-estate-success-trajectory\/","title":{"rendered":"Skyrocket your sales trajectory with this mindset trick"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What\u2019s the difference between internal accountability and external accountability? Understanding the answer will change how you think, what you do daily, and how quickly you find the success you desire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Spoiler alert:<strong> <\/strong>When you practice internal accountability at the same level as you\u2019re already executing your external accountability, you will gain clarity and lose stress. How can that be? Let\u2019s dive in and figure this out!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ever wondered why it is that your mobile phone bill is always paid, and you always have gas in your car and food to eat? Those are examples of <em>external accountability<\/em> \u2014 something bad will happen if you don&#8217;t cover those items. You&#8217;d never miss those payments, would you? Even in the tightest month, you always find a way to pay those bills. That\u2019s because if you don\u2019t, you\u2019ll feel the nearly immediate consequences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Internal accountability <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Everyone says they have a goal of saving more money or paying off consumer debt, and yet, for most people, it&#8217;s a struggle to move the needle on those goals. This is because nothing immediately bad happens to you if you don&#8217;t do it. You could go years without increasing your savings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What would happen if you were sent a bill to pay money into your savings and, if you didn&#8217;t do it, you&#8217;d lose your real estate license? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>To accomplish those goals that are more elusive, you must start practicing internal accountability as seriously as your external accountability.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Take for example the average agent who must earn $5,000 per month to cover their part of the household bills. Everyone who survives more than 12 months in real estate figures out how to do that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That same agent knows that they must earn $15,000 per month to meet or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/articles\/setting-real-estate-goals-and-company-vision\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">exceed their goals<\/a> \u2014 above and beyond paying the bills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The magic happens when that agent takes the $15,000 as seriously as they do the $5,000 that&#8217;s required just to pay their basic bills. In other words, that $15,000 has to be made every month, no matter what, just as surely as the &#8216;survival&#8217; money was made. That&#8217;s the leap of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/articles\/lose-the-word-accountability\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">accountability<\/a>.<strong> <\/strong>It is how you meet and exceed your goals. Of course, adjust accordingly using your own financial situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">It takes work<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We work a lot in coaching on this very technique. Most commissioned sales agents, when asked about their savings plans, will state that they save whatever is left at the end of the month. Sometimes they will count on saving money from \u2018an extra deal\u2019, or \u2018the next big commission check\u2019. That is not a plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Business maturity and financial security both come from identifying specific goals, then having an actual plan to execute. Once the internal accountability is identified, you can know if you\u2019re on track ahead or behind, and you\u2019ll know what areas you need help with. 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