Episode 576: The Next 90 Days Can Change Your Next 10 Years with Chris Prefontaine
Fresh off the company's 11th annual 3 Paydays® Live event, Chris Prefontaine uses this solo cast to make his case for the most overlooked opportunity of the year: October. After 35 plus years in real estate, he has watched the same pattern repeat every fourth quarter, investors and agents quietly check out, tell themselves they will get serious in January, and let momentum slip away right as it matters most.
Chris lays out a practical 90 day formula built around focusing on activities instead of outcomes and tracking what is actually controllable: effort, execution, and accountability. He challenges listeners to decide right now who they want to be on January 1st instead of waiting on a fresh start that never actually changes anything, making this episode a reality check for anyone who keeps telling themselves they will start for real once the new year hits.
Key Talking Points of the Episode
[00:20] Chris opens this solo cast as a follow up to the 11th annual 3 Paydays® Live event
[01:41] Why October, not January, is the most overlooked opportunity of the year
[02:35] 35 years in real estate: the predictable pattern of agents and investors checking out every Q4
[03:21] The lie almost everyone tells themselves: "I'll get serious in January"
[03:47] Why the next 90 days can change the next 10 years of your life
[04:49] Why 95 to 98 percent of people never hit their goals
[05:40] How the top 5 percent accelerate while everyone else slows down
[06:00] The 3 Paydays® System: getting paid three ways on a deal instead of one
[08:11] Recapping 11 years of 3 Paydays® Live, from a chamber of commerce basement to today
[09:02] Why events create awareness but only execution creates real transformation
[10:26] The biggest mistake entrepreneurs make right after a big event
[11:07] Why you need a strong 90 day plan instead of a brand new 5 year plan
[12:28] The 90 day formula: focus on activities, not outcomes
[14:32] What you can actually control: effort, execution, and accountability
[15:17] The "who will I be on January 1st" exercise
[19:08] Closing challenge: the next 90 days can change who you become forever
Quotables
"January doesn't create success. All January does is reveal what you were doing in October."
"Ninety focused days can accomplish more than three unfocused years."
"Success is not built in January. It's built long before January."
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