Eat clean, think clean

The best and most successful brokers I know are the ones who have complete empathy for the customer. They recognise that to have empathy, you need to be in a good head space and heart space. You need to be healthy and happy. To achieve this, you need to eat clean and think clean.

Eating clean

1. Less coffee and fruit juice — more water and vegetable juices
2. Less oily, fried food — more steamed or baked food
3. Less crackers, biscuits and cheese — more carrot, celery and fennel
4. Less potato, bread and pasta — more sweet potato, broccoli and pumpkin
5. Less bacon and sausages — more fish
6. Less chocolate — more berries
7. Less nuts — more seeds
8. Less salt, sugar and mayonnaise — more herbs, spices, lemon and olive oil
9. Less processed — more raw
10. Less excuses and less “cheat days”

Thinking clean 

Most brokers fail out of this industry because they take rejection personally and start indulging in toxic self-talk, like “I am not good enough”, “people don’t like me” or “I should quit and get a secure job”. 

You thoughts affect your feelings, and your feelings in turn affect your thoughts. This partnership between your head and your heart can either work for you or against you. It’s either a positive loop or a vicious circle; if you feel angry, you will have angry thoughts. And when you have angry thoughts, you will feel angry. And the cycle repeats.

Conversely, if you feel good, you start thinking clearly. Goals and creative ideas start flowing and this in turn makes you feel good. This is the circle you need to dance in. 

Here are three powers and one superpower to help you “think clean”.