Tips On Being The Best

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Kids are always told to be there best. Every parent’s dream is to see their children happier and more successful then they have ever been. And this message, be the best in whatever you do, is repeatedly hammered into children’s heads. On the contrary, property management is expected to be the best in their self storage business. That is why most self storage businesses provide extensive training programs. But if property managers were like robots programmed to sell self storage, they would all be at the same skill level. However, property managers are humans and all humans learn and perform differently from each other. Many things contribute to this, like personality and intelligence. But what causes some property management to shine is an inner hunger to be the best combined with the proper tools. Kids are often told to be the best in whatever they do but they do no know how to go about it. Same with property management, they may have the inner hunger, but just lack the direction. Sometimes people get to the point were they feel they reached their limit, except the truth is that there is no limit. They just have trouble jumping that one hurdle bar blocking them from accolades. If they had the right technique, they can clear that hurdle and continue developing.

We all have to start somewhere. Think about it. What do you love to do? Is it sales or property management? These are important questions. Whatever it is, it starts with setting goals, and we all need them. Whether your goal is to be property management or win a hot dog eating contest at a State Fair, goals are what motivate us to do better. Your dream might be to become the best property manager, but you need smaller goals to get there. If you don’t have goals, you’re not going to have dreams. The goals are the achievements along the way to your dream. The self storage industry assigns property managers goals, but these are not personal goals. Those goals are what the self storage business expects from you. Personal goals are what give us that inner fire to beat the industry given goals.  

No one said it is not going to be easy. When we grow up we go through tough growing pains. The pains also exist during our personal growth. The road to becoming the best property management is a bumpy one. At times you may fail, but the trick is to learn from the mistakes.

Don’t be bashful about selecting role models. Role models can be anyone including other property management. If you see a fellow property manager doing something you want to do, analyze him until you figure out how to do it. There are no laws stating on how many role models you can have. Anytime you see someone doing something remarkable to you, study and mimic what they do.

Everyone who is considered the best never achieved that status by doing it alone. Property management needs to surround himself with the right people and staff. Don’t just hire staff that meets the minimum qualification for the job. Hire goal driven staff members. These staff members are self motivated and go beyond the call of duty.

Written by Kurt Schellenberger

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