What is the “Keeping Your Hands Busy” syndrome?
It is the act of moving papers around, reading important newspapers or magazines to stay educated, talking to your associates about some other company or office, etc. In other words, it is the illusion of being busy all day and not getting anything done that will make you money!
I went to help an office that was doing badly. It was owned by two men who were realtors wondering why they weren’t making any money. They hired me to figure it out.
It wasn’t my most complicated job! They were doing what I’ve seen in so many businesses, over and over. They were going home and telling their wives how tired they were from putting in a full day, working their butts off.
I want to give you a brief look at a typical day in the life of these two real estate agents, to show you the “Keeping Your Hands Busy” syndrome firsthand.
A.M.
Lunch.
P.M.
Dinner.
Evening
Wow! What an exhausting day! I don’t know how they do it! What a pace..I mean, how do they pay any bills or take any money home?
Does your day go like this? I sure hope not. These men were spinning their wheels and just keeping their hands busy!
What these guys were not doing is any marketing. None. They wasted the entire day messing around with each other and others.
How does that make money?
What these agents needed to do was get a marketing plan established, and execute it immediately. At least they were smart enough to call me to fix the problem.
After six months, they had an entirely new business. I had them concentrate on marketing as their #1 priority, as you should. They had to do marketing…whatever it might be…for at least four hours a day.
You know what? Their hands are really busy now, but not wasting time, kidding themselves. Their hands are busy making money!
It doesn’t matter what kind of business you’re in, your main business should be marketing and getting new existing clients/customers/patients to do business with you. That activity should take up the majority of your day.
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