The Real BetterLife Podcast

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Dave Ness discusses how to unlock the next levels of your real estate career. Dave deep dives into his own personal journey of moving up through the levels of more closings each year of his career.  

Interview with Thrive Advisor & Mentor Brandon Sampson who shares actions to take when you feel your business has stalled. Brandon's year started slow, and took off in April and early May.

Interview with Thrive Advisor Kyle Petersen on how consistently putting in the work and showing up every day is what creates momentum in your business. 

A fascinating chat with Dave Ness's business coach Landon Lynch on his Four-Step framework of what continuous improvement actually looks like and how to measure it.

We discuss how to navigate adversity or crisis and show up still as your best self.

Unpacking The Thrive Way Matrix: Dave Ness discusses Thrive's structure of accountability for Advisors. This tools makes accountability a clear and positive way for Advisors to get what they want - a better life.

We drill down into the technicalities and nuances of working with Buyers and Sellers. How can you be more effective with both types of clients? Grab a notepad and be ready to take notes!

Featuring Top-Performing Thriver, Anna Petersen, this episode delves into how you can find purpose in the real estate Advisor role through advocating selflessly and building relationships with clients that last.

We sip coffee (not whiskey?!) and discuss Agent Archetypes developed by T360 Consulting. Agent Archetypes are similar to personality types - listing to help you find a way to get to your #BetterLife real estate activities that are right for your primary archetype.

Dave interviews Alex Stanford, former executive at Zillow (General Manager of Partnerships) and current Director of Sales at Thrive. About half of our brokerage is made up of former collegiate athletes, including Alex, who played baseball at Gonzaga. As someone who played on a Top 10 nationally-ranked team at the D1 level, Alex talks about overcoming adversity and applying the mindset principles t...

Dave talks about why a business template is so critical to long-term success, and unpack the components of an effective business template. They provide an example and unpack the specific intent behind Thrive's blueprint, aka "The RISE Program."

Second of a two part series: Explore the practical application of how to run your business like an actual business. 

First of a two part series: Explore the theory/mindset of how to run your business like an actual business. 

An interview with Thrive Advisor and Mentor, Kyle Vasey.

An interview with Thrive Advisor & Mentor, Brandon Sampson.

Part Two interview with Brian Harbin on how to develop grit over time.  Making decisions around when to persevere and when to go a different direction.  The value of making it a habit to intentionally do hard things.  

Hear directly from Thriver Brittany Brennan on getting off to a fast start in your real estate career - even though you're new to the area, don't have a network, and don't have a prior real estate background.  She shares how to think and operate like a leader before you have the official title.

Laurie shares how to build and grow a top-performing real estate team/brokerage while still having high agent retention and longevity.  Also hear her tips to add value, lead from the heart, and how to develop a leadership mindset.

 "It takes more courage to examine the dark corners of your own soul than it does for a soldier to fight on the battlefield." - Cornel West The two big themes for today are The Power of Curiosity and Turning Scars Into Superpowers.     @nathanterborg on Instagram https://nathanterborg.com/ Awareness by Anthony de Mello The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle

An interview with Howard Hargrove on his overwhelming positive and compelling message.

An amazing discussion with a small group from "Grit University"    Grit.org

We deep dive on "culture" and what it looks like in any type of organization and how to identify what yours is and how to improve it. Click here to read more details on Tribal Leadership .

We interview long-time Thrive Advisor David McKelfresh on his career and how he's built a better life with real estate investing. 

In a post from the archive, Dave Mashburn reminds us that pursuing your passions (or telling others they should pursue their passions) is misguided.    A great deal of the obsession around the concept of passion has to do with our desire for happiness.    But the happiest people are not the ones who are actively pursuing happiness.    They receive it as a biproduct of doing the right things every...