Start With a Win Tools and Lessons to Create Personal and Business Success

Strengthen your leadership skills and achieve success at work and at home with advice from a proven business leader

In Start with a Win: Tools and Lessons to Create Personal and Business Success, CEO of RE/MAX Holdings Adam Contos delivers a powerful exploration of how leaders process information and lead boldly, especially (or even) during times of crisis. Packed with the practical lessons he learned as the leader of one of the most recognized real estate brands in the world, the book shows you how leaders recognize emotion, chaos, and fear and transform those negatives into opportunity.

Whether you lead a team of one?yourself?ten, or 10,000 and up, you'll also find actionable advice on:

• How to develop effective leadership skills by seeking out situations that require you to practice leading
• Avoiding the experience of becoming overwhelmed by relying on time-tested frameworks to organize your thinking during stressful situations
• Overcoming fear and self-doubt by recognizing that your doubts are only as powerful as you think they are

Perfect for executives, managers, and other business leaders, Start with a Win is an indispensable resource for entrepreneurs seeking to clarify and accomplish their goals.

Introduction xi

Part I It’s Your Choice 1

Chapter 1 Attitude: You Can! 3

Chapter 2 Our Missions Set the Playbook 27

Part II Your Toolbox 51

Chapter 3 Party With the Beast (Your Emotions) 53

Chapter 4 Be a Sponge 83

Chapter 5 Leadership Learnings 101

Chapter 6 From Chaos to Calm: Build Your Action Plans 145

Chapter 7 Presence and Passion: For Your People and Work 153

Chapter 8 Lose the Ego 175

Chapter 9 The Trifecta: Mentor/Coach/Mastermind 189

Chapter 10 Celebrate the Wins 203

Good Reads 215

Acknowledgments 217

About the Author 221

Index 223

ADAM CONTOS is Chief Executive Officer of RE/MAX Holdings, the global real estate leader and home of RE/MAX LLC and Motto Mortgage. Founded in 1973, RE/MAX has grown to over 140,000 professionals and 8,700 offices, in 110 countries. Motto Mortgage, one of the fastest growing emerging franchises in the United States is on an exciting growth trajectory as well, now with hundreds of franchises awarded in just 5 years. Under Adam’s leadership, the RE/MAX Holdings team has massively grown its technology and data infrastructure through multiple acquisitions in tech, data, AI, and loan processing to provide a greater experience and capability to the real estate and mortgage marketplace.