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19 Survival Skills for Property Agent


31 May 2016
19 Survival Skills for Property Agent
Skill 1: Be adaptable

A successful property adapts well to various competitions, work conditions, bosses and situations.

Skill 2: Company gains are as important as personal gains

If property agents prioritise their personals gains instead of the company’s, this will eventually lead to the downfall of the company, which in the end affects their personal gains.

Skill 3: Results speak louder than words

Never try to explain yourself when faced with mistakes and obstacles. People are only concerned with results and achievements. You gain respect through your achievements.

Skill 4: Never stop learning

Once you stop learning, you will soon be replaced by people who are constantly learning and improving themselves.

Skill 5: Persuasion skill is your best asset

In everything you do, you need to be able to convince your clients and colleagues. The success of a company’s marketing and performance team depends heavily on the persuasion skill of its employees.

Skill 6: Be a thinker

As much as it’s important to work hard as a property agent, a good property agent should be able to think critically and creatively.

Skill 7: Be a team player

It is okay to be individualistic and ambitious, as long as you are also a good team player.

Skill 8: Be a detailed oriented person.

Always be meticulous in everything you do. A detailed person sees opportunities in everything he or she does, which will bring him or her great success.

Skill 9: Spread positivity to everyone. Keep negativity behind closed door.

Share good news to everyone in the company but only share the negative news to your superior. Never demotivate your subordinates.

Skill 10: Service equals character

When you provide good services to your client, your client sees you as a person with a good character.

Skill 11: Be a wolf

The industry is filled with ambitious people, which act like a pack of wolves. A wolf has good sense of smell, it never gives up, and it works well in a group. In order to survive among the wolves/people in your industry, you need to act like one of them as well.

Skill 12: Act with a plan

You need to have goals, but having a comprehensive plan for a goal is even more important. If you do not plan well, eventually you will be part of someone else’s plan.

Skill 13: Put effort in everything you do

In order to succeed, you must be prepared to give your all.

Skill 14: Everyone is responsible for the rise and fall of a company

If a company is liken to a ship, then the employees are the sailors. Therefore, give it all you have in order for the company to move forward.

Skill 15: Do more than what is expected of you

A responsible property agent does his or her work well, but an excellent property agent does more than what is required of him or her, because they are willing to take on bigger responsibilities.

Skill 16: When there is a will, there is a way

The people who will succeed in life are the ones who are responsible. When a person is responsible and dedicated, he or she will go to great lengths to achieve excellence, eventually making less mistakes.

Skill 17: Inability to find problems is the biggest problem

When a superior sets a target that is too difficult for the subordinate to achieve, he or she will be able to discover problems or weaknesses. However, if the superior sets the target too low, the subordinate will have no trouble completing the task. Therefore, setting the right target is the key in finding out the problems that exists.

Skill 18: Be professional

The most popular property agents are the ones who are professional. When a person is professional, he or she does the job better than what is expected of him or her, and hence earns the respect that he or she deserves.

Skills 19: Speed is the key to everything

The survivors in an industry are the ones who can complete the tasks quickly. People who work too slowly are often eliminated by people who can perform fast.


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Source: DurianProperty.com

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