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Are you HUNGRY?

By
Real Estate Agent with DFW Texas Homes, LLC

Shark Tank is one of the few shows I watch on TV. It's such a good entrepreneur show, that I record it and have my kids all watch it too. This past week, there was something that has been playing over and over in my mind. 

A little background: There was a man from Venice, CA who had invented a printing machine to print anything on shoes, hats, etc. They would print any graphics right in the store for people as they waited. In just a few months he had hundreds of thousands in profits. As I watched his story unfold, I wondered how many of the sharks would have a feeding frenzy over this great invention. What I saw take shape though, was far different from what I expected.

From the get go, the sharks didn't seem to like the guy. One of his first statements was that he made up a phony resume to get a job at the age of 18. I think he was trying to impress the sharks with his ingenuity. What he ended up doing was alienating them with his lack of integrity. Really? You want to impress people with your ability to "make up" something? In my home, we call that lying. 

Another thing that caught my attention was that the sharks didn't like that his plans were so big and he just kept going back to his big plans rather than hearing them talk about how to make massive money by starting small. It seems a bit contrary to what a lot of vision board people preach. They say DREAM BIG! Sometimes we get caught up in our big dreams. It sometimes takes a lot of small houses to end up with the big house.

The third thing the sharks didn't like was that although the man came from humble beginnings, he seemed to have lost the feeling of what it's like to be hungry. Getting rich for the sake of getting rich is not what builds great character. They wanted him to go back to eating mac n' cheese to get his "hunger" back. He had seen a little success, and seemed to be resting in it. He mentioned that he didn't even go to his store anymore. He even told Mark Cuban, "I could live on six figures." So could I!

The principles covered in this show can apply to all of us who are in business for ourselves.

 

  • A. Always lead with integrity - not with lying ingenuity
  • B. Take small steps toward the big picture, but don't expect the big picture tomorrow.
  • C. Never get to the place of complacency.

 

Stay hungry!

Comments (6)

Jon Kolsky
Kolsky Realty & Management - Long Beach, CA
Licensed California Real Estate Broker

Terri~ If you swim with sharks there's a good chance you are one! Life won't turn back, I like the way ABC looks! I think the advice should be taken by all!

Mar 27, 2012 05:09 AM
Cindy Jones
Integrity Real Estate Group - Woodbridge, VA
Pentagon, Fort Belvoir & Quantico Real Estate News

I love watch Shark Tank.  You just never know which way they are going to go.  They do give great advise even if sometimes it can be a bit snarky.  Your ABC's are right on.

Mar 27, 2012 05:16 AM
Yvonne Schnee
Keller Williams Realty Moorestown - Lumberton, NJ

I have to admit that I have never seen this show. Great insight on your part.

Mar 27, 2012 05:19 AM
Terri Camp Stevenson
DFW Texas Homes, LLC - Keller, TX
GRI, Realtor, DFW Homes Sales and Property Management

Jon - I think you might be right. I used "scribe fire" to create the look of the page. I just started using it - so far - I'm liking it! It's a free download program. I just create my post, then make it look the way I want, then simply copy it into Active Rain. Pretty cool!

Cindy - I'm not really into Snarky, and sometimes I find myself telling off the sharks when I watch the show.

Yvonne - you can watch some of the episodes http://abc.go.com/shows/shark-tank . That's how I got started watching. Then I watched some of the british version on youtube. That was pretty interesting too.

Mar 27, 2012 05:32 AM
Eve Alexander
Buyers Broker of Florida - Tampa, FL
Exclusively Representing ONLY Tampa Home Buyers

Terri, we must have been sisters in another life...I LOVE that show!!!

 

...and no one in the house is allowed to talk or bark when it is on.

 

Eve in Orlando

 

Mar 27, 2012 09:06 AM
Terri Camp Stevenson
DFW Texas Homes, LLC - Keller, TX
GRI, Realtor, DFW Homes Sales and Property Management

Eve - I wouldn't doubt it! :-)  Ta-Dah!  LOL about no one being allowed to bark. HA!

Mar 27, 2012 11:18 AM