The Making Agents Rich Show With Darin Persinger & Jonathan Rivera

"You know what? I'm going to try this thing. I'm going to give it my best shot. And it could work, it might not work but whatever it is, I'm going to learn something from it. I'm either going to learn or I'm going to earn." - Darin Persinger

"Offline is so expensive. Online is cheap and free. I think that's why we got so much hype over the last six, seven years of the online stuff. The reality is offline still works and it works pretty darn good." - Darin Persinger

"We are going over a simple three-step strategy to get sellers off the fence and listed before spring. It's a powerful strategy and I know you're going to enjoy it." - Jonathan Rivera

"I found this on forbes.com, only 8% of people achieve their New Year's resolution. Are you saying that 92% of people fail at their New Year's resolutions? I guess that's one way of looking at it."

"We look to these thought leaders and I just don't know why we do it. I think that might be a New Year's resolution. You have to stop looking at thought leaders and look to the results leaders. Results leaders. I love that." - Darin Persinger

"I've never hired painters that have come in with a skilsaw because they don't need the tool. But in real estate, I see real-estate agents buying up tools all the time because they think they need a toolbox full of tools." - Darin Persinger

"We sometimes bite off a little more than we can chew or think that we can do things better than other people and therefore we never actually give up control of some of the mundane stuff. For us, as entrepreneurs, it really pays to get out of the way." - Jonathan Rivera

"If you want to start valuing yourself, your business, your time, stop using the language "free time." There is no such thing as a day off, there are just days you don't get paid. Let's disclose that we are not financial advisers and that you invest at your own risk." - Darin Persinger

"If you are focused on creating content online, if you're a content producer, get over the idea of having to own it. Get focused on the future benefit, the economic value of the future benefit, and if you get to control it or not." - Darin Persinger

"The first stage of financial freedom is getting good at making money. The second is you have to get good at saving money that you are making now. And then the third is invest. You have to get good at investing. Let's disclose that we are not financial advisers and that you invest at your own risk." - Darin Persinger

"Profit isn't the purpose of the business but without profit you don't have a business. It is required just like you need to eat something in order to stay alive. Let's disclose that we are not financial advisers and that you invest at your own risk." - Darin Persinger

"What I think we are trying to do with our show and our approach to business right now is get people to think further out than just right now that immediate gratification. This is an uphill battle. Let's disclose that we are not financial advisers and that you invest at your own risk." - Darin Persinger

"I'm grateful for this industry and for everyone in it and who I have been able to help. I'm super grateful for that. So, I think just take a moment and take a look at your clients who have helped you accomplish what you have accomplished this year and say a genuine thank you to them in some way that makes sense to you." - Darin Persinger

"You're having a bonfire. There are two ways you can get this thing started. You could either dump a bunch of gasoline on it, light a match, and hope that you don't catch on fire with that huge explosion, or you can take your time, get everything set up right, and get a little spark going and let that spark turn into a little flame and let that little flame turn into a bigger flame and get that slow burn going until you have a nice consistent fire." - Darin Persinger

We should be able to get things done quicker and easier because we have all this technology but I think a lot of people are suffering from a lack of time and a lot of that probably has to do with information overload. - Darin Persinger

"Why do people want to overdo stuff all the time? If you take a whole bottle of aspirin your stomach is going to start on fire and you burn from the inside out and you die. So we're saving you from dying on today's show. This is practical stuff. Put this in your survivor bug out bag."

"I believe the future belongs to those who know how to think. Because if you know how to think, you know how to find solutions, you know how to problem solve and there's nothing more valuable than that." - Darin Persinger

"The best way to bring things together and to have it consistent and to wrap it all up is to have a system." - Darin Persinger

"You need to be tracking your leads and measuring your leads, all of your marketing, everything that you're doing so that you know your numbers, so that you can make smart business decisions and know where you should put your money." - Darin Persinger

"You got to learn how to dominate the niche before you can add a niche. Stay committed to dominating that niche and then the other stuff will take care of itself." - Jonathan Rivera