LVR Podcast
The LVR Podcast is a podcast designed for Australian Mortgage Brokers, presented by brokers.
Learning. - The more we learn, the better we deliver. We know what we know, we don’t know what we don’t know. Forever learning.
Validation. - This is an industry of numbers and percentages. As a Third Party we have not only proved our worth, but also our capacity to provide and our innate purpose.
Respect. Respect your clients, your peers, and your distribution channels. And, yourself. We have an industry that we should be proud of, however, it is up to us as individuals to influence better behaviours, better outcomes, and better solutions.
Join Ruan Burger and Marissa Schulze for the LVR Podcast as they present their views on a variety of issues that affect us all as Mortgage Brokers in Australia. Their different and shared perspectives will no doubt inspire, entertain and prove to be of huge value to how you approach your day, and your life.
LVR Podcast
Progress Over Perfection
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In this episode of The LVR Podcast, Ruan Burger and Marissa Schulze tackle another week of the Broker Journal: Nobody's Perfect. It's a deceptively simple topic that cuts to the heart of one of the biggest traps in business — complacency dressed up as confidence.
Ruan opens with a story about a broker who told him their process was perfect. His response: perfect compared to whom? At low volumes, almost any process looks fine. It's when the pressure goes up that the cracks appear. The real danger isn't making mistakes — it's convincing yourself you've stopped making them. Ruan's challenge to every broker is to hold the mirror up first, ask what could have been done better, and build a business culture where mistakes are expected, learned from, and used to drive improvement.
Marissa brings in the boulder analogy — running a business is like pushing a rock uphill. The moment you stop pushing, it doesn't just stay still, it rolls back. Continuous improvement isn't optional, it's what keeps the momentum going. She ties it back to the 1% framework from earlier in the Broker Journal series: small, consistent gains in how you communicate, how you serve clients, and how you show up as a leader compound into something significant over time.
The episode closes with a story about a ten-year-old soccer player whose message sums it all up perfectly: practice doesn't make perfect — practice makes progress.
Ready to commit to progress over perfection? Explore the Broker Journal at successandbroker.com.au/the-broker-journal
Thank You To Our Hosts: Ruan Burger and Marissa Schulze
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