Mastermind Revisted: A blessing to all who attended!

Recently, I returned from the Mastermind Summit in San Diego, California. The event was in it’s 10th year and is hosted by Brian Buffini. For those of you who do not know who Brian Buffini is check out his site www.buffiniandcompany.com. He is the one of the largest Real Estate trainers in the country. His coaching and training have brought my business to a new level and I have only begun to tap into it.

Mastermind Summit is different from every other Real Estate seminar that I have ever attended in my life. I was not sold any products at all. In fact I was given gifts for attending that were not little pens. I received a book not written by Brian Buffini and I got a journal. The point of the Mastermind Summit is to take a hard look at all aspects of your life. It is definitely a more holistic approach to self examination. Brian Buffini has never been shy about his spirituality and this year was no exception. The focus of Mastermind this year was “What Matters Most.” The event started out on Sunday and the very first guest to get the event underway was Sinbad. He was hilarious. It was a great night and it was just the beginning.

The next day Brian started the day and went deep. We had to take a look at the things that mattered the most in our life. After we figured that out we also had to take a harsh look at how an outsider would perceive the order of importance based on out actions. Sometimes our heart does not align with what out actions show. We were challenged to make sure that we are giving the intention to What Matters Most in our life what it deserves. I can say that many times my business was stealing me away from what matters most. We examined that and wrote some joggers down that would assist us in a goal writing session that we would have on the final day.

We had another guest speaker that day in Hyrum Smith. He is the founder of Franklinplanner.com The leader in time management strategies. He was amazing. The take away from Hyrum Smith for me was laying the foundation of my personal Governing Values. My personal Constitution so to speak. We talked about how to come up with those. Write a descriptive sentence about each of them and commit to living them. Our first gift from Brian was a book written by Hyrum Smith with an appropriate title “What Matters Most The Power of living your values.”

Honestly, I cannot even explain all that went on at the seminar so I am going to save you the rest of the details. Go to his site and check out information regarding all the events that they do. What I really wanted to talk about was the impact that it had on my life. Since I have come home from  the event I have been by no means perfect but I have been aware. The first step in getting better at things and breaking age old habits is awareness. I have realized that the business does not go away if I handle my priorities in the middle of a day. It has caused me to be upfront and more selective with my time. It has also led me to be more effective in my work because I now crave the time with my family and have planned it in to my day. I get in do the things that I need to do and get out of the office. I care so much about the result of my clients loan that many times I would find myself micromanaging a file and putting off activities that I needed to accomplish to keep the vehicle moving. This would cause what I would call cardiac arrest results and holes in the business.

So the question that I like to ask my customers and all the readers out there is the following:

What Matters Most in your life? Let’s take that into account when we are getting you qualified for a home loan. Let’s get specific on what we want and what we need and make a plan that fits!

I am very grateful for the opportunity to have attended this event. Thank you to the Real Estate agent Brook Terhune that paid for my ticket to go. It was truly an eye opening experience.