In this Motivational Monday video, Chris Prefontaine argues that proximity to the right people—what he calls a mastermind alliance—is a decisive factor in breaking through periods of "stuckness" in real estate. He shares personal anecdotes from 2008‑2012, when he faced debt, creditor pressure, and a lack of direction, and explains how reaching out to mentors, hiring coaches (Brett Gilliland, Heather Robertson, Jarek Robbins), and creating off‑site gatherings helped him regain momentum. Prefontaine stresses the power of asking empowering questions to gain clarity for 2025, noting that clear vision attracts the right sellers and buyers while lack of clarity repels them. He then invites viewers to join his community, schedule a free strategy call, enroll in the Smart Real Estate Coach Apprentice program, and take the QLS Home Study Course, providing specific URLs for each offering. The overall message is that intentional proximity to supportive peers and mentors, combined with clear, question‑driven thinking, can turn 2025 into a breakthrough year for any real‑estate professional.
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There is power in being around the right people and sort of having a mastermind alliance, right? To use Napoleon Hill's old saying. But I've been talking about it in light of proximity. That's the word I've been using lately. It is super powerful when used properly. Hey guys, welcome to this week's Motivational Monday. I do want to talk about the sort of what Napoleon Hill called the mastermind alliance, being with the right community, what I've been referring to and I did at the QLS Live event in Boston. A few months ago as proximity, only because all of this stuff kind of means the same thing in my mind. But it matters so much more than we all realize, like so much more. And it doesn't have to be formal. It really doesn't. If you're— let me, let me put it this way. If you're feeling stuck as you get to the end of '23, and one way you might be feeling stuck is, well, Jesus, I, I went— I'm sitting here in December or whatever month you're seeing this, and I'm not where I thought I'd be when I thought through my goals in January of '24. That's one gut check. No matter what, I always have our associates do that. Hey, gut check. Are you where you thought you'd be? And it's okay if you're not, but why or why not? Right. And so it's okay to be stuck if you're feeling that in any way right now as we move closer to year end. Let us as a community help you get unstuck. Right. Let's just keep using that word. I'll tell you that in 2008 to 2012, I was stuck. Some of you know my story, some of you don't. If you don't, pick up the book or just hang out with us more because I tend to weave in more and more, peel back the onion more every year, so to speak, even though it's been years. But I was stuck and the only way to get unstuck was I did a few things. I picked up the phone and called people that I knew could help me. I picked up the phone when I knew I was past that and I needed to scale the company and I needed to know how to do that. I never did that before and I found my coach, Brett Gilliland. In 2017, and to this day I work with him. Workouts— at that time I found online Heather Robertson, and that got me back in the mindset. Now I have my own routine. We were stuck in, as far as growing the company and running offsites, because we never did that before. I thought, offsite, we're going to pull the people out of the company, we're going to go sit in some room. I thought that was crazy. We hired Brett and Dan Ralphs to run those until we knew how to do that. You know, on and on and on I could go. Communication within the Within the teams, more came from Elite Entrepreneur and Brett Gilliland. You know, personal performance. At the time, I hired Tony Robbins' son, Jarek Robbins. See, I could keep going on and on and on. But what I realized was from the beginning of my career in 1991 till today, it's a lot of years, guys. It's 33 years. There are only 2 times where I had what I would consider pretty major stuckness. And not great results. 2, as I think back now in hindsight, and guess what? Both times I wasn't with a community. I didn't have a mentor, not even one. Not in the health realm, not in the real estate realm, not in the personal, nothing. Twice. And those were as a result of not having that proximity. And I was stuck big time. So it's time for you to change your results by choosing to be unstuck. In 2024, and I want to be the one to help you. I want the community to be the one to help you. But it's time to ask yourself some really cool questions. Like, let me give you an example. I'll go back to '08. When I came out of '08, I was stuck big time. Debt, creditors chasing me, mentally messed up for 3 or 4 years. And because I know questions shape us, I fell out of that. But because I realized that after 4 years of doing that and torturing myself, I started to ask, okay, Empowering questions, right? Tony Robbins is big on this. What if I was to reengage in real estate? What might that look like? Well, I would need a new set of rules because my rules suck because it got me in that position, right? To go through the crash and not be prepared. I needed to laser focus with no distractions. So it's okay to be stuck. If you're stuck in a new box, that's even more okay, right? For the right reasons, you focus. So in other words, Seek out a niche inside of real estate where you can align with the right people to give you the right answers and start asking yourself, what if I could do that? What if it did work well in my market? What if it did work well in my price range? On and on and on and on, seeking clarity for your 2025. Because when you're clear, your path, your how, your, your stuckness, all that gets a lot easier. I'm not going to say it goes away. It's not a snap of the fingers, but it gets a lot easier. And when you're clear, guess what? No matter what business you're in, but I'll use real estate, your sellers and your buyers will be attracted to you. The complete opposite is true, by the way, guys, isn't it? If you're not clear, you're going to repel people. You're going to repel the right people. So let's be real clear on getting unstuck for 2025. And if we need to help you do that, why don't you set up a strategy call? And depending on how much you know now in the, in the business, how many deals you've done, or you're brand, brand new, or you're transferring for you from a W-2. All that will mean what? A different person in our community to speak with you, and we'll be able to align you with them. So just go to smartrealestatecoach.com/action and we'll be able to align you very nicely for 2025. I'll tell you what else you can do for 2025. I threw a note here so I'd remember on this Motivational Monday. You could be the next apprentice. We've got the most effective apprentice program in the entire industry, let alone the terms niche, the creative real estate niche. And you just need to go check it out, guys. It would speak for itself. Go to smartrealestatecoach.com/apprentice-yt. Stands for YouTube, so I know where you came from. apprentice-yt. smartrealestatecoach.com/apprentice-yt. I'm also making an assumption, guys. I'm making an assumption that you've already gone through the QLS Home Study Course. We have the most robust course. Yes, I'm biased, but I know this for a fact. In the entire education space, space in real estate. And we gruelingly, painstakingly went through it again for the 4th time in June of '24 and updated it. That's not easy. I honestly don't know anyone that does that in our space because it's not easy. It's not cheap. It's a lot of work to try to keep an online platform current. Just go to smartrealestatecoach.com/ytqls if you don't have that, because everything I talk about on the Q&A Thursdays, Motivational Mondays, and Deal Structure Sundays, and frankly, at our events, in our boot camps, in our office, everything we do, I'm assuming you have the QLS course. So smartrealestatecoach.com/ytqls. Make sure you subscribe to this. If this hits you in any shape, form, or fashion and you know someone else can benefit from it for 2025, why don't you forward it to them? Do them a favor, forward it to them. Tell them, hey, get on the phone with these guys. Go to smartrealestatecoach.com/action and get a free strategy call scheduled. Then let's make 2025 a breakthrough year for you. It's your choice.
