Drop the "e" in "ego" and just "go"
“The majority of people will tell you ‘no,’” says
Jones. “So what? You have to rise above. There’s EGO,
but you gotta drop the “e” and just GO!
“In the police department you have to have the will to
live. You learn and you have to face the reality every day
that there are people who want you dead, but you have to
— you MUST — have the will to LIVE. That keeps you
doing the right things, following the good skills and
training you received.
“In developing a real estate business, you have to have
the will to WIN. That keeps you focused on the end goal.
It keeps you going forward.”
Good mentors tell you the truth. They also practice
what they preach.
The best mentors don’t just deliver knowledge. They
don’t teach swimming lessons while standing on the edge
of the pool. No. The best mentors lead by example.
They get in the pool with you and show you how it’s
done. They insist you get into the water and learn how to
swim for yourself. And they’ll be with you every step of
the way, IF you allow it.
When Jones holds training sessions and boot camps,
he tells it like it is. With a smile, he calls himself a
minister of truth. He doesn’t deliver what attendees might
want to hear. He delivers the reality, the truth.
Rehabs 2 Riches
It was an unexpected honor when Ron LeGrand, in
2016, not only praised the system for success Alton and
his wife had developed, but when he also strongly
encouraged Jones to launch his own training courses on
that very system.
Alton’s Rehabs 2 Riches courses, bootcamps and
more soon followed, to popular acclaim by attendees.
“I believe what we do changes lives,” says Jones.
“People who come to one of our events, they’ll make a
lifechanging decision at that event. Those relationships
made at our events can take you from $0 to self
sufficient.”
Jones smiles when he talks in his bootcamps about the
importance of building a Million Dollar Rolodex of
exceptional resources for your business. “These days
there are a lot of people who don’t know what a rolodex
is,” he says. But it hasn’t held any of his students back.
They still understand the point.
Jones practices in three markets—Southern California,
Dallas and Memphis. Of all these, however, his preference
is his beloved southern California.
For more information, go to Rehabs2Riches.com.
Alton Jones says that in this business there are five
things you have to do to succeed:
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5.
Locate prospects
Prescreen prospects
Construct and present offers
Followup
Close quickly
Books by Alton Jones include:
• Ask Me How I Know? Four biggest houseflipping
mistakes that made me millions, by Alton Jones
Karen A. Walker is the founder and executive producer of
The Mentors Radio Show (TheMentorsRadio.com)
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