Make a SPLASH: 6 ideas to leave a fantastic impression
SPLASH is an acronym for 6 great ideas to show you are serious and that you care. If you SPLASH your daily tasks, elements of your actions will spread beyond the moment and create their own impressions just as a rock dropped into a lake will cause ripples
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Show up with your manners, as politeness should be the coin of the realm. Demonstrate you care by taking the time to exercise good manners.
Prepare and practice like you want to play. Teams that make it to the play offs and the superbowl, practice to win, and prepare for any contingency. They play to win.
Listen more than seems right and allow for the client to direct the direction of the occasion. You need to avoid the schpeel and the rote memory blurb that you practice.
Imagine you have an injured friend who you take to eat at your favorite buffet. Here in town it would be Peking. Know your content so well that you treat it as a buffet for a friend who cannot walk. When you are done listening, you know exactly what they would like and you will deliver.
A-Game-- bring yours or stay home. If you are not in all the way, someone else is. This is not the 4th grade—and 4th grade is a hard year, by the way. Nothing against the 4th grade. But as adu
Start with a win! Adam Contos shout out. RE/MAX CEO podcast
Think of your important tasks from the moment you awake. If you have important tasks the day ahead, think of them as you go to bed, and first as you awake. What are the simple and easy steps you can take right away to set your mind on a win? Do you rise 15 minutes early? Prepare a final review of your work? Check one or two last resources for additional content? Take one more proof read?
Hit the nail on the head with content that is deeply relevant to the audience. Spencer Johnson wrote a popular book called the 1-minute Manager. Spend a minute thinking about the situation you are preparing for. Spend a lot more tie preparing what is called for, then spend a minute before you enter the appointment and recall the thoughts about who you are meeting with and what they need you to bring to the table.