Now that I am a "new" father I am repeatedly asked two questions. The answer to the first is simple: baby and Mommy are GREAT. The answer to question two will shape my life from this point forward; as a REALTOR, as a friend and as a father. The question is deceptively simple; do you feel different? They want to know if the birth of my son changed me.
OH YA.
The difference for me, profound and instantaneous, is that time just got a whole lot more valuable. I still have listings to market, buyers and investors to assist, and REO and Short Sale communication to stay on top of. I still come to the office. I still maintain regular business hours. My clients can depend on me to tear myself away from a crying baby and exhausted wife to honor an appointment (happened this afternoon).
Here I am at the office- answering emails, making phone calls, checking on listings for clients. I hear my coworkers socializing in the hallway and I wonder how they get anything done? Maybe they don’t get things done. I don’t have time to check in and find out.
All my time has more meaning. My child has made me a "leaner and meaner" REALTOR. I see good things happening in my future.
The irony of needing to work smarter, not harder,
now that I am regularly sleep deprived,
is not lost on me.
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