Last year I met Gene Simmons of Kiss and discovered a man who is a branding genius and a phenomenal businessman.
Pictured left to right, JT Foxx, Gene Simmons, Tom Sheppard
This year, JT Foxx (www.JTFoxx.com) and the folks at Top One Coaching (www.TopOneCoaching.com) brought Bret Michaels, the lead singer and guitarist from Poison to speak to hundreds of successful entrepreneurs at Mega Partnering V in Dallas, Texas. Sitting in the front row for the entire event, I was able to capture the last few words of advice that Bret Michaels gave us on a short video. Listen and learn!
Bret Michaels offering some really solid business advice.
I hope that you find that as valuable as I do. The music business is one where you can be "here today and gone later today." Because most of us don't work in an environment with such a tiny attention span, our "products" and our triumphs tend to win a bit more breathing room for us in our careers and with our customers. Unfortunately that can often lead us to complacency and the misguided belief that just because we did great things for our clients or our company last month (or last year), they will take care of us into the future.
The harsh reality is that whatever good we have done for our clients often fades very quickly. And, if we don't do something of real value for them today, they will probably be knocking on the door of our competitor tomorrow. This isn't disloyalty, it us just reality.
Every day a business needs to make money. Every day, people need to earn money. If they don't businesses will close and people won't eat. We can never afford to rest on our past accomplishments for more than a nano-second. Instead, we need to always be looking for ways we can add value to those around us - our employer, our boss, our coworkers, our clients.
At Charlotte Wealth Partners (www.CharlotteWealthPartners.com) we are always working hard to bring value to our partners and clients. Working with members of The Gold Seal Homes Group (www.GoldSealHomesGroup.com) we make sure we are investing only in quality, affordable homes where our partners and clients will have a reasonable expectation of making a good return on their investments.
Like Bret Michaels, we know we cannot expect to endure unless we keep doing good things for people. So, even if we hit a home run on a property last week and made a great return for our partners and clients by providing a quality affordable home to a home buyer, we can't stop there. We keep looking for great deals and we keep delivering value.
As the stocks and bonds crowd has to say, "past performance is not indicative of future results." Even though the government regulators make everyone say that, we all know that no one in their right mind continues to invest with someone who keeps picking losers.
Chatting with Bret Michaels and listening to him speak I discovered a guy who both enjoys his life and doesn't let his success blind him to the need to continually deliver value to his clients by giving them music that they enjoy and which has enduring value.
That is a tune I believe everyone should be singing.
Tom Sheppard is the author of "Fire Yourself: Get the Job You Want" available from XLibris Press. Tom has been successfully investing in real estate since 2001 while working part time. In 2008 he left a six-figure job as an enterprise project manager with a major national bank to manage his real estate business full-time. His goal is to help 100,000 people find peace of mind by finding quality, affordable homes. He is currently looking to expand his network of funding partners who are helping him achieve this goal. If you would like to know more about how you can Do Well By Doing Good (TM), go to www.CharlotteWealthPartners.com
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