Be sure your decisions are based on God’s priorities for your life.

Seeking Him

How Do I Set Priorities

What if your entire business model came down to one simple principle: give, give, give?

In Monday Morning Pep Talk #269, I’m revisiting the 2011 business plan that completely changed my career trajectory. That year, I made a bold decision to build my business purely on relationships—no transaction goals, no GCI targets, just a relentless focus on adding value. It was the foundation of Take Flight, and the principles I learned then are even more relevant today.

The real estate industry was in crisis—36% of all transactions in Chicago and Cook County were short sales or foreclosures, and we had 12-15+ months of inventory. Traditional lead generation tactics weren’t working. Instead of cold calling, I doubled down on helping people. By consistently providing insights and staying present when others disappeared, my business doubled for the second time in three years. That momentum shaped everything I teach today.

If you’re looking for a predictable and enjoyable way to grow your business—without the constant peaks and valleys—this episode is for you.

What You'll Learn:
✅ How 2011 taught me to build a career, not just chase transactions
✅ Why a relationship-based business is more sustainable than prospecting
✅ How top advisors stay top-of-mind by engaging their five lists
✅ The critical role of a CRM in scaling a relationship-based model
✅ Why giving isn’t about bartering—it’s about influence
✅ How leading indicators (client engagement, conversations) drive long-term success
✅ Why today's top brands win by giving first before asking for business

The 2011 Playbook – Still Relevant Today:
📌 Give, give, give—then give more
📌 Your business is built in conversations, not contracts
📌 Stop thinking in transactions, start thinking in decades
📌 If you feel helpless, be helpful—but systematize it
📌 No CRM? No business. CRM = Stability & Scale
📌 Your influence is built on authentic giving, not expectation
📌 Leading indicators (meaningful conversations) predict success, not lagging ones (closings)

Final Thought: The Modern Version of Giving
Today’s most successful brands give value before they ever ask for business. The same applies to a relationship-based real estate business. If you’re not consistently nurturing your network, engaging your past clients, and staying top-of-mind, you’ll always be forced into transactional prospecting instead of a sustainable, repeat business model.

If you want to create predictable success, watch this episode and start implementing these principles today.

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🔑 The Business Plan That Changed Everything | Monday Morning Pep Talk #269 ✈️

Most real estate advisors never actually take flight. They stay stuck on the runway, burning energy without ever reaching cruising altitude. Why? Because they never optimize their business for predictable, sustainable success.

In this episode of Monday Morning Pep Talk, I take you behind the Take Flight framework—how I developed it and why it remains the foundation of building a successful, scalable real estate business.

📌 If your real estate business feels unpredictable, exhausting, or like you're constantly starting over, this episode is for you. The key is to break free from the stop-and-start cycle and create a business that runs efficiently, attracts high-quality clients, and supports the life you want to live.

🚀 This is the Take Flight philosophy. It’s not about just working harder—it’s about working smarter, implementing the right systems, and reaching 30,000 feet, where your business becomes self-sustaining.

✈️ Where Are You in Your Business Journey?

🔹 Still on the runway? → You’re working hard but not gaining momentum. It’s time to simplify your strategies, focus on the right clients, and build consistency.
🔹 Climbing but struggling? → You’re getting traction but still feel turbulence. This means it’s time to optimize your CRM, improve branding, build your referral network, and systematize marketing.
🔹 At 30,000 feet? → Your business is running efficiently. Now, the focus shifts to scaling your relationships, optimizing time management, and positioning yourself as a market leader.

📌 Most advisors get stuck in a cycle of constant takeoff. They start and stop, never reaching a level where business is predictable, sustainable, and truly enjoyable.

🚀 In this episode, I’ll help you identify where you are in your business and what you need to focus on next.

🎯 What You’ll Learn in This Episode

✔️ How to transition from an unpredictable, reactive business to a strategic, sustainable one
✔️ The 3 phases of growth (Runway, Climb, and Cruising Altitude) and how to move from one to the next
✔️ Why most advisors stay stuck in the takeoff phase for years and how to break free
✔️ The biggest mistakes real estate professionals make that keep them in constant struggle mode
✔️ How to use CRM, branding, and relationship marketing to create an inbound pipeline of high-quality clients
✔️ What it really takes to build a real estate business that supports your lifestyle—not one that drains your time and energy

📌 If you want to create a business that is predictable, sustainable, and aligned with your personal and professional goals, this episode will show you the path.

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💡 Jim’s Mission Statement

"My professional purpose is to help you, the full-service, full-fee advisor, optimize your productivity and become the best version of yourself. Why? Because happy advisors sell more real estate."

🚀 If you can effectively manage the challenges and opportunities in your business, you will create a sustainable, scalable career that supports the life you want to live.


Why Most Advisors Never Take Flight 🚀 | Monday Morning Pep Talk #272

The Schedule

Title: How to Train Your Virtual Assistant to Be Proactive, Accountable, and Results-Driven

Description:
Struggling to ensure your Virtual Assistant (VA) knows exactly what to do every day? In this episode, Daniel Ramsey, CEO of MyOutDesk, shares a foolproof 3-step training method to help your VA become proactive, accountable, and results-driven.

💡 Key Takeaways:
✔️ The fly-on-the-wall approach – let your VA shadow you first
✔️ The handoff method – train together before they take over
✔️ Why delegating to a VA ensures tasks actually get DONE ✅

If you’re a business owner looking to leverage virtual assistants to scale and free up your time, this episode is a must-listen!

How to Train Your Virtual Assistant to Be Proactive, Accountable, and Results-Driven

✔️ The Basics Work Every Time | Monday Morning Pep Talk #273

In this episode, I walk you through one of the most powerful stories I’ve ever heard about mastery, consistency, and elite performance — told by keynote speaker and performance coach Alan Stein Jr.

Alan was invited to the first-ever Kobe Bryant Skills Academy in 2007. What he witnessed at 4:00 a.m. in a quiet Los Angeles gym changed his view of high performance forever. Kobe wasn’t doing anything flashy — he was locked in on the basics. Footwork. Jab steps. Pivots. The kind of drills most athletes leave behind early in their career. But true masters? They repeat what works.

That’s the essence of this message: Success lives in the fundamentals.

✔️ What You’ll Learn in This Episode:

Why basic ≠ easy — and why most people confuse the two
What separates elite performers from average ones
Why the shiny new tactic is often a distraction
How to apply the principle that “success leaves clues”
A weekly challenge to double down on your fundamentals
🔁 Key Takeaways:

Success leaves clues. Study those who’ve done what you want to do.
Mastery lives in the basics. Complexity is not a requirement.
Discipline and repetition are your competitive edge.
Shortcuts feel good now but cost you later.
If the best in the world aren’t bored with the fundamentals, you shouldn’t be either.
🛠️ This Week’s Challenge:

Look around your business, your market, your industry. Who is doing what you want to do — and doing it at a high level?

What do their daily habits look like? What are they committed to doing behind the scenes that no one sees?

Pick 2–3 core fundamentals in your business. Then commit to them. Not just when it’s convenient — every single day. The blueprint is out there. It’s waiting for those who are willing to put in the work.

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✔️ The Basics Work Every Time | Monday Morning Pep Talk #273

Every once in a while we need to slow down and evaluate our schedules.

Evaluating Our Schedules

There are lots of good activities, but that doesn’t mean they are all God’s priorities for us.

Check with the Lord

Is God's timing perfect? Discover how the Creator's purposes know no haste and no delay through fascinating biblical stories and modern experiences. From ancient prophecies to personal encounters, explore how God orchestrates events with divine precision. Are you ready to trust in His perfect timing for your life? Tune in to learn how to redeem the time as Christ's return draws near!

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Gods Purpose Knows No Haste or Delay - Dr Robert Granger - GTAN2513

Burnout is not a rite of passage. It is a warning light—and this week’s Monday Morning Pep Talk is here to make sure you never ignore it again.

In Episode 274, Jim Miller gets personal and tactical. He unpacks the real reason most real estate advisors and entrepreneurs crash: they don’t schedule rest—they collapse into it. This episode outlines how to prevent burnout before it starts, with a business and life strategy that is both practical and sustainable.

If you’ve ever promised yourself, “this year will be different” but found yourself right back in the grind by April, this episode will show you how to finally break that cycle.


💡 Key Takeaway:
If you do not control your time, your business will control your life. The best advisors don’t just plan their work—they plan their recovery.

🧭 Your Mission
Start planning your business around your life—not the other way around. Be honest about your capacity. Build SOPs. Hire below your pay grade. Protect your downtime.

Because burnout doesn’t just cost you professionally.
It will cost you your joy, your health, your relationships, and your ability to lead.

"This industry will take everything you’re willing to give—and then it will ask for more." – Jim Miller
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🔥 Avoid Burnout at All Costs | Monday Morning Pep Talk #274

entrepreneur AJ shared his journey of transforming a simple idea into a multimillion-dollar software business without funding. Starting as a consultant, AJ pivoted his initial venture to develop Marketcircle's Daylight application out of necessity, emphasizing small victories and personal growth. AJ highlighted the importance of being resourceful, breaking down challenges, and maintaining a positive mindset through small celebrations, movies, and music. Tune in to learn how AJ navigated challenges, adapted, and grew his business with resilience and innovation.

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Building Success: How AJ Navigated Challenges to Create Daylite Software

If you’re like most people, you think earning more money will solve your problems. But what if the real problem isn't your paycheck—it’s how you define wealth?

In this episode, Kathy Fettke—founder of Real Wealth and author of Scaling Smart—joins us to explore what “real wealth” truly means. From lifestyle design to questioning societal norms, Kathy unpacks how more money doesn’t always equal more happiness, and why time, health, and freedom might matter more than your bank account.

🌍 What You’ll Learn:

✔️ Why more money won’t fill a deeper void
 ✔️ The difference between “real wealth” and “real estate wealth”
 ✔️ The shocking truth about how we spend our time vs. what we value
 ✔️ How we’ve been conditioned to follow a worker’s path—not an owner’s
 ✔️ How Kathy’s daughter is traveling the world on a $20K income
 ✔️ Practical ways to reclaim time and build intentional freedom
 ✔️ Why it’s you who defines your lifestyle—not your paycheck

⏳ Timestamps:

0:00 – Introduction: Can money really solve your problems?
 1:00 – What “real wealth” means (and why it matters more than money)
 2:45 – Exercise: Your top 10 values vs. how you actually spend your time
 5:00 – Are you giving your best to work and your scraps to family?
 6:20 – Yes, you can live differently—even on a smaller income
 7:45 – Kathy’s daughter’s story: remote work, Asia travel, and $20K/year
 9:10 – How school trains us to be workers, not entrepreneurs
 10:30 – Intentional living: It’s not about luck, it’s about choice
 12:00 – Red months: Taking intentional time off without guilt
 13:15 – You can live cheaper in paradise than in a U.S. city
 15:00 – Final words from Kathy + how to connect

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 📚 Book: Retire Rich with Rentals – on Amazon



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More Money Won’t Fix Your Problems — This Will

📚 Luister naar de complete samenvatting van "Deep Work" door Cal Newport - hét boek over diep, gefocust werken in een wereld vol afleidingen.

In deze audiosamenvatting ontdek je:
✓ Wat 'deep work' precies is en waarom het essentieel is voor succes
✓ De 4 regels voor diep werken die je productiviteit transformeren
✓ Praktische strategieën om afleidingen te elimineren
✓ Hoe je een 'deep work' routine opbouwt
✓ Waarom multitasken je carrière saboteert
✓ Concrete technieken voor betere concentratie

📖 Over het boek:
Cal Newport's "Deep Work" is een baanbrekend werk over productiviteit en focus. Newport, professor aan Georgetown University, laat zien hoe diep, ongestoord werken de sleutel is tot uitzonderlijke resultaten in onze digitale economie.

🎯 Perfect voor:
• Professionals die hun productiviteit willen verbeteren
• Studenten die effectiever willen studeren
• Ondernemers die meer willen bereiken in minder tijd
• Iedereen die worstelt met concentratie en focus

💡 Belangrijkste inzichten:
- Oppervlakkig werk vernietigt je vermogen tot diep denken
- Email en sociale media zijn productiviteitskiller #1
- Verveling is essentieel voor creativiteit
- Minder werken kan tot betere resultaten leiden

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Deep Work van Cal Newport - Samenvatting | Focus & Productiviteit Audioboek

Welcome to Episode 279 of Monday Morning Pep Talk.

In this episode, we are talking about time optimization — and why the best way to manage your time is the way that actually works for you.

There is no universal perfect system. True optimization is about building a rhythm that matches your style, protects your time, and ensures you stay productive and consistent without burning out. Elite advisors do not waste time chasing perfection — they simplify, eliminate, automate, and protect their most valuable resource.

👉 What You Will Learn in This Real Estate Productivity Training:

📌 The Myth of the Perfect System:
Success comes from consistency, not complexity. Learn why your approach should fit your natural workflow — not someone else’s formula.

📌 10 Essential Time Optimization Strategies:
From eliminating low-value activities to upgrading tech, automating tasks, and delegating wisely — these principles keep you in control of your time.

📌 Analog Meets Digital:
Hear why even top producers use simple, analog tools to execute their daily plans — and why this balance helps maintain focus.

📌 Breaking the Scroll and Setting Boundaries:
Social media, streaming, and interruptions can hijack your focus. Learn how to stop distractions and guard your calendar.

📌 The Power of AI and Delegation:
Use AI and smart delegation to eliminate tasks below your profit per hour — buying back time to focus on what matters most.

📌 Reinvesting Saved Time:
Understand how to take the time you save and pour it back into your personal well-being and high-value business activities.

👉 This Episode Will Help You:

✅ Stop chasing rigid routines and do what works for you
✅ Build a sustainable, repeatable rhythm for your day and week
✅ Eliminate busywork and increase time for revenue-generating activities
✅ Avoid burnout and maintain control of your time and priorities
✅ Reinforce that consistency — not perfection — is the key to scaling your business

💬 Ask Yourself:

• Am I forcing a time management system that does not fit how I work?
• Am I protecting my time — or letting distractions control my day?
• Am I reinvesting saved time into what matters most?

📌 If you are uncertain, this episode will give you a better way forward.

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Time Optimization — Do What Works For You | Monday Morning Pep Talk Episode #279

This week in our Free (From The Power of) Money series, our good friend John Talley III takes us into the Parable of the Talents from Matthew 25:14-30, a powerful story that challenges us to examine our faithfulness with God's gifts. This parable isn't just about money; it's about how we steward all that God entrusts to us - our time, talents, and treasures. The master in the story represents God, and we are His servants, each given different 'talents' according to our abilities. The key question we must ask ourselves is: Are we being faithful with what we have? The servants who invested and multiplied their talents were praised, while the one who buried his talent faced severe consequences. This stark contrast urges us to actively use our God-given abilities for His kingdom, rather than hiding them away in fear or laziness. As we reflect on this, let's consider how we're using our skills, resources, and time to glorify God and serve others. Are we picking and choosing what to be faithful with, or are we committed to stewarding everything God has given us?

Free (From The Power of) Money | The Carelessness of Money - Matthew 25:14-30 - John Talley III

Welcome to Episode 1 of DELAY NO MORE! 🎙️
Is procrastination messing with your life too? In this episode, we explore common types of procrastination among university students, share real-life struggles, and offer practical tips to help you break the cycle of "I'll do it tomorrow."
👉 Subscribe now and don't miss our weekly self-improvement series made for student life!

DELAY NO MORE Ep.1 | Why Do We Always Procrastinate? Real Struggles & Solutions for Students

Welcome back to Episode 2 of DELAY NO MORE! 🎧
This episode is packed with even more value—we're sharing real stories from our listeners and showing how they gradually overcame procrastination. We've also compiled more science-backed, practical strategies that fit different types of procrastinators.
✅ Whether you're stuck on an assignment, exam prep, or everyday tasks, this episode is for you.
🛎️ Subscribe now and let's fight procrastination together—starting today!

DELAY NO MORE Ep.2 | More Practical Anti-Procrastination Tips + Real Stories from Listeners


Have you ever thought that 24 hours were not enough? You do not have to be alone. By 2025, with the proliferation of home working, the gig economy, side-hustles and digital distractions, keeping time has never been so important. The perfect time manager app is not only the one that sets reminders, but rather automates a wiser lifestyle and makes you focused, prioritizes, and gets things DONE.
Find out the latest time management app of the year 2025 which makes you work smartly and not hard. Tips of real-users, professional advice, and some great productive tools to shot your productivity.

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Best Time Organization Applications in 2025: Productivity like a Pro

"Jag kommer snart" är en charmig och välskriven låt som med humor och värme skildrar den universella kampen med att komma i tid och hur sant partnerskap innebär att acceptera varandras brister. Produktionen kombinerar country-element med wild fiddle och gritty gitarrer som skapar en upbeat swing-rytm som perfekt speglar det kaotiska men energiska temat i texten. Den starka sångprestationen levererar de humoristiska texterna med perfekt uttal och en självironisk charm som gör protagonistens ständiga förseningar och missöden relaterbar snarare än irriterande. Textmässigt lyckas låten fånga det vardagliga kaoset med konkreta och roliga detaljer som "strumpor som inte hör ihop", "kjolen fastnar i ett förbannat jävla piano" och "håret blåser bak som en vild tornado", vilket skapar en vivid bild av modern tidspress och vardagsmissöden. Låten utforskar också den vackra dynamiken i en kärleksrelation där partnern inte bara tolererar utan faktiskt uppskattar den andres kaotiska natur - "du är värd varenda minut jag har" visar på djup acceptans och kärlek. De instrumentala delarna, särskilt det vilda fiddla-solot som "twirls into gritty guitar licks", förstärker låtens lekfulla energi och speglar protagonistens kaotiska men charmiga personlighet. "Jag kommer snart" är en perfekt vardagslåt som kommer att resonera med alla som kämpar med tidshantering och alla som älskar någon trots (eller kanske på grund av) deras brister - en påminnelse om att äkta kärlek handlar om att acceptera och älska hela personen, inklusive deras mest frustrerande egenskaper.

Jag Kommer Snart

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Jim Miller is a success mentor and life coach who guides top real estate brokers from around the country while managing 2.3B+ in sales production as Designated Managing Broker with Jameson Sotheby’s International Realty in Chicago, Illinois.  He is also recognized as a top real estate coach to top Sotheby's International Realty brokers in 35 luxury markets.

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You don't need to be rich to invest in real estate. And you don't need to become a landlord either. In quick 5-20 minute bites, learn how to invest small amounts in passive real estate investments such as syndications, notes, and funds. We also cover how to buy properties actively if you do want to invest in real estate as a side hustle. With enough passive income, you reach financial independence — and your day job becomes optional.

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