Mark J. Podolsky uses a dog-poop metaphor to explain why you need to handle the unpleasant chores in land investing. His fix: block one full day each month, early morning, to power through accounting and admin work, then take the rest of the day off as a reward.
Hey, it's Mark Podolski, the lane geek. Let's have another virtual cup of coffee together. So I have a dog. I love my dog. If you have a dog or a pet, I bet you love your pet. But you know what I don't love about my dog? The dog poops. I got to pick up the poop. How does this relate to business? Because in every aspect of the real estate business, there's going to be a part that we call the picking up the poop part. You may love marketing, you may love selling, you may love dealing with customers, you may love setting out offers, all of that, but I guarantee there's going to be one part of the business, and for me, it's accounting that we call the picking up the poop part of the business. So how do I pick up the poop in my business? Basically, what I do is once a month, because that's pretty much all I can stomach is I schedule a full day of picking up the poop day. So the rest of the month, I'm always working my wigs, the wildly important goals. But I pick one day a month to pick up the poop, and I do it early in the morning. And what I do is I take care of all my accounting. So I go through, I do all my accounting, I take care of all my notes, everything that needs to get logged in or whatever is being outsourced, I manage it and I take a look at the reports, all those types of things that I have to do that I hate doing, I do. And then I reward myself with taking the rest of the day off. So I delay gratification until I get all that done and then I go and reward myself. So I hope this helps you think about the part of your business which is picking up the poop and how you handle it and what you can do to make it easier. If you want more tips, tricks, techniques on how to make an incredible income buying and selling raw land, go to www.thelandgeek.com. download for free the passive income blueprint. Get the free ebook how to avoid the three Fatal Land Buying Mistakes that I See the Average Investor Making every single day. And of course, get the Land Geek podcast. Work smart, Earn more. Learn how delivered each week to your inbox. This is Mark Podolski. Thanks for having a virtual cup of coffee with me this morning. I'll see you next time.
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