I shared a message this week in a power hour coaching call that was so well received I wanted to re-share it here. 

This is a reframe that will help you figure things out along your property journey, helping you become the type of property entrepreneur/investor you want to be, with the results you want to have. 

The original inspiration came from Darren Hardy talking about a ‘no fail resolution’ for hitting your goals this year. I’m borrowing his words and applying them to me in property, and those reading this can choose to do the same. 

Here’s the cut through message for what we all have to do in order to hit our goals….

“STOP thinking about what you need to do (that’s when you get lost in tactics and overwhelm), instead FOCUS on WHO you need to BE.”

That’s it! That’s the big takeaway. I could end the post here because living that sentence holds so much power. However, I want to elaborate further and focus this on property for as many people reading this to benefit as possible. 

The follow up sentence to the one above from Darren that really hit me was, 

‘WHAT YOU NEED TO DO BECOMES SO MUCH CLEARER WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT THROUGH THE LENS  OF WHO YOU NEED TO BE.”

I find the more I digest content in the personal development space, the more I recognise patterns and similarities coming from different leaders, it might just be packaged up a little differently. There’s a psychologist I follow called Dr Benjamin Hardy, no relation to Darren, who’s work on FUTURE SELF ties into this message so I’ll weave in some insights from him too. 

Without going into lengthy detail, the reason why this focus on WHO you need to BE is so powerful is because it taps deep into our psychology at an identity level. Dr Hardy explains that ‘our IDENTITY is defined as the way you explain yourself, and that informs your behaviour.’ This explains why when we can get clear on the future identity we want for ourselves, our behaviour in the present will be driven by our future self. 

Dan Sullivan, a leading coach to Entrepreneurs has a great quote which goes, 

“The only way to make your present better is by making your future bigger”.

So, if you’re serious about hitting your big hairy audacious property goals, here’s the big question you all need to answer-

WHO IS YOUR FUTURE SELF (AS IT RELATES TO PROPERTY INVESTING AND PROPERTY BUSINESS), AND WHAT IS THE IDENTITY YOU WANT TO DRIVE YOUR BEHAVIOUR?

So top help with that, here are some prompts to work through – think of the best property investor/entrepreneur version of you. Imagine it, picture it, then ask yourself:

*How would you show up on a day to day basis? (think of all the property related activities, interactions and conversations)

*What attributes and characteristics would you demonstrate?

*How would you walk, talk, dress?

*How would you prepare for meetings, viewings, phone calls? (think through contact with everyone from agents to investors and more)

*How would you analyse property opportunities?

*How would you arrive at investment decisions?

*When you sit down to work, how focused and disciplined would you be?

*What annual, quarterly, monthly, weekly and daily routines and rituals would you have in place?

*How would you structure and allocate your time?

*What would you measure and how would you hold yourself accountable?

*What standards would you set for yourself?

*Who would be on your team to help you achieve your desired results?

“Our view of our future is actually the thing driving who we are today.’

To summarise the actions that can be taken from this post, here’s a great set of 5 steps from Dr Benjamin Hardy:

1.  Decide who you want your future self to be

2.  Do what your future self would do NOW 

3.  Start telling people who your future self is

4.  Start investing money in your future self

5.  Measure the gain, not the gap

My closing takeaway for you is quite simply to decide who you want your future property self to be and then……

ACT NOW LIKE THE KIND OF PROPERTY INVESTOR/ENTREPRENEUR YOUR ARE STRIVING TO BECOME!