What helps you not get sidetracked while cold calling?
I cold call a ton and find myself getting bored when people don't answer and going off to do other things on my phone going into rabbit holes and waisting time. What keeps yall going? I was thinking about buying some fidget toys or something.
[{"id": "izys66o", "text": "Make a list of questions you want to ask, keep a ring binder and pen right there, date each page each day.\n\nIf they don't answer, call the next person.\n\nSet goals for each day. Make a list of goals.\n\nYou'll get some done, not all.\n\nWhat exactly are you cold calling about if you don't mind my asking?", "replies": [{"id": "izyu3et", "text": "Cold calling for my buyers and to get listings. \nI have a list of my To-dos every day but my biggest hurdle is getting sidetracked when I am making calls for example like right now lol", "replies": [], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "izyzo2i", "text": "Try to bake into your schedule some procrastination time. How many calls are you making a day vs how many you should be making? How long should it take you to make those calls if you're being diligent? Divide that up into a few different blocks of time with a 15/20/30 minute bullshit break afterward... like the pomodoro method, but your periodic breaks are based on a production benchmark vs some arbitrary segment of time.", "replies": [{"id": "izzsoed", "text": "This is smart", "replies": [], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "izz5tst", "text": "I am the same, bro. Just started in the business. \n\nTwo things for me: I'm pretty sure it's impossible to NOT go and look at junk and whatnot. What I do, is I try to make sure I only look at stuff when the phone is actually ringing, the 30, seconds or so. That's the \"free time\" I have in my opinion. The rest of the time is not yours, it's your family's, your pets', etc., you need to provide them a living. \n\nNumber two: the next phone call could change your life forever. My mentor has a repeat client that he's grossed around half a million in commission from just him. We are currently listing two of his buildings. One of them is in escrow to a guy who he's also had somewhere in six figures of commissions. Just off TWO GUYS. Both started in cold calls.\n\n\nHappy to chat always, though I'm so green you'd lose me in a forest.", "replies": [{"id": "izzt149", "text": "Thats a really good mindset. My problem is looking at my phone between calls just leads me to rabbit holes. I might just need to delete social media or something. I appreciate it I'm pretty green also haha", "replies": [], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "izzxknb", "text": "Looking at my mortgage statement and all of the other bills I have to pay.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "j00d4qe", "text": "Adderall.", "replies": [{"id": "j00yzab", "text": "This is true. Works very well", "replies": [], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}]