Have you Reached your Limit?
Definition: Limit - 1. Something that bounds, restrains, or confines 2. The utmost extent
A Question For Realtors: As a realtor - Have you done as much as you possibly could have? Have you maximized your business opportunities? Is there something you know you can improve upon but for one reason or another held back?
Our Limits and Challenges: As a child I remember being less confined in the imagination department in regards to what I thought was possible and what I thought wasn't. Almost every kid including myself had high hopes and dreams of becoming astronauts, policemen, and firemen. There was nothing we didn't think was possible for our future.
I have always wanted to break boundaries and to push myself forward so that I could achieve great things but there have been several challenges i've faced and still face today that keep me from reaching my limit.
My Personal Challenges: When I first became a realtor I was only fluent in Spanish and knew a very small amount of English. When I had the opportunity to represent a client that spoke English I took the easy way out and decided to hand them off to another trusted agent. It helped my relations with other agents but I knew that I was limiting myself. I was scared to speak the little English I knew and was reluctant to take the step to advance my knowledge of the language. Time went on and I found myself desperately searching for clients even though I had handed off many possible clients wanting to work with me. I was almost forced to overcome my fear so that I could get some business and when I finally did I wondered why I hadn't done it earlier. A huge weight was lifted off my chest. The hard work had paid off in both business and personal ways. I told myself that I would never let myself wait to be forced to overcome a problem that held me from achieving a goal.
The involvement of computers and the internet with real estate was just starting to grow about 5-10 years ago and I knew that it was something that should not be disregarded. I saw many agents experiencing the same thing that I was facing when I first started real estate and couldn't speak English, they just refused to change and to learn and improve their business and methods. I embraced the computer and learned as much as I could. I didn't see immediate progress in business but a ways down the line saw the internet being absolutely necessary in the way real estate is done today. Agents were forced into learning what they had always neglected while I was a step ahead.
Active Rain: My Active Rain blog is something that I believe to be a part of 'not limiting myself'. Active Rain is a part of the progression of real estate on the internet. Whether Active Rain helps you get actual business is something that everybody will give you a different answer for but my thought is that it is something that a person can gain something from (business or non) so joining AR wouldn't hurt but could be a big help.
There is almost always something that you can improve upon. Push yourself and don't limit yourself to ANYTHING!
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