Mark Podolsky is the owner of Frontier Properties and has been investing in land full time since 2001. He has completed over 5000 land deals with an average ROI exceeding 300%, if he handles the financing the average ROI exceeds 1000%. He is the author of Dirt Rich and has automated 90% of his business through software and systems.
Top Takeaways: Get Off the Treadmill of Life with Automation with Mark Podolsky (the Land Geek)
- 90% automation thru software and systems
- Sitting is the new smoking (Peloton great!)
- I can always make more money but I can’t get more time – keep looking for ways to automate, systemize and work with who and when I want
- Become Time Wealthy
- Are you on the treadmill of life?
- How do we get the mindset to automate our business and work with those we want to work with?
- Internal – take stock and look at your day unemotionally – be honest what do you hate to do? Can it be automated, systemized, eliminated or delegated?
- What’s my why – what do I want to do in life?
- If you don’t feel like doing it or overwhelmed? So what, nothing’s easy!
- Start somewhere and that action will build momentum (mentor?)
- Don’t expect perfection in your new endeavor….get your repetitions in and embrace the SUCK
- Find where you can add value
- Coaches – record, expect repetition, practice – why do we not find that same value in the business world…why do we think we have to go it alone? Doing it alone is a myth
- Have a beginner’s mind –
- Culture of “I want it yesterday” but we are not willing to pay the price to be successful
- Comparison becomes the thief of happiness
- Ignore the noise and judge yourself by an internal metric, things you can control
- Emotion-less decisions – are you wrapped up in should
- Spend your time where you can create the most impact
- There are no real emergencies in our business (unless you’re a surgeon) – we give the unimportant too much power (emails, social media, electronic communications)
- What is the worst thing that can happen if you don’t address the unimportant today?
- If everything was taken away from you today, except for your knowledge and experience – what would you do? (Recover and rebuild or be defeated?)
- “Dirt Rich” – how to create passive income without renters, rehabs – how to do the business of Solo Economic Dependency – “Dirt Richer” sequel in works: automation, virtual systems to work an hour a week and create freedom
- “Zapier”– check it out every day and automate one thing every day – (Fiber.com if you want someone else to help for about $5)
- The power of automation gives you freedom
- Just keep being curious, stay open and look for opportunities; focus on what you can control and create joy and value in your life and for others
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Learning From Leaders:
Current Book: This Is Marketing: You Can’t Be Seen Until You Learn to See by Seth Godin
21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah Harari
The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton
Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown
Blue Ocean Strategy: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make the Competition Irrelevant by W. Chan Kim
Blue Ocean Shift: Beyond Competing – Proven Steps to Inspire Confidence and Seize New Growth by W. Chan Kim
Motivational Mantra:
[shareable cite=”Mark Podolsky”]Embrace the Suck[/shareable]
Book Most Often Gifted: The ONE Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results by Gary Keller
The 12 Week Year: Get More Done in 12 Weeks than Others Do in 12 Months by Brian P. Moran
Additional Items Mentioned
Mark’s Website: Thelandgeek.com
Free Passive Income Launch kit – thelandgeek.com/launchkit
