A quote from a book I've been reading, Shut Up, Stop Whining And Get A Life by Larry Winget (great book, BTW and I LOVE that title--also that Larry's an AZ resident) really got me to thinking:
"Earl Nightingale said, "All of the money you are ever going to have is currently in the hands of someone else." In business, we call that "someone else" the CUSTOMER. They have the money. They share it with us when we serve them well . . . We all have customers. . . you might call them patients, clients, co-workers or the audience, but they are still your customers."
With all the chit-chat-chit-chat lately about whether we should be talking real estate solely in an attempt to define what that entails, I have just had to laugh. It's impossible.
That would be like sitting in a consultation with a client, and as soon as they opened their mouth about their favorite football team or restaurant, to tell them "Stop, la la la can't listen, not real estate." But I digress. as usual.
The more we talk and listen, the more we know. The more we know, the better we are prepared to service our CUSTOMER. And our CUSTOMER is EVERYONE here. The posters. The lurkers. The site owners who don't care. The readers of this post wherever it ends up. Each potentially has the power to add to our prosperity both material and otherwise.
The pest control guy who sprayed my house today, he is a CUSTOMER.
The cashier at the restaurant we ate at last night, she is a CUSTOMER.
The bank teller, CUSTOMER.
Even when they are serving us, they are still our CUSTOMER.
Even when they are opposing us, they are still our CUSTOMER.
YOU are my customer and I am pretty resourceful so don't hesitate to call on me.
Who is YOUR CUSTOMER?