Everyone in my office is talking about our lawncare/landscaper. His name is Jim Windisch. Jim lives across the street from me. He was able to get his foot in the door through persistence. Last year he always asked for our real estate business. I had another company handling our lawncare business at my real estate company that prevented me from allowing Jim in.
Then one day I needed some work done to my own home. Jim handled it with a smile. He was always upbeat. Two days after he was finished the neighborhood association gave me Yard of the Month! I still didn’t give him my real estate business contacts. But fast forward 9 months. Something happened where it became a conflict to use our other company. The door was open….
During the 9 months and prior, many lawn care companies had called on us for the business. They all had the same consistencies. One call, then never hear from them again. Jim of course was persistent. He received our business.
Since then he’s done many lawncare jobs and landscaping jobs and is looking at hiring a crew. Brian at my office says, “The guy seems like the happiest guy on earth!”. He always is that way. It’s amazing what the positive attitude and the persistence can yield. Rarely does this work on the first go around. It takes both items to yield the equation.
How many people do you know that are the opposite? What does this equation give you? Bad Attitude + Gives Up Easily = ?
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