What Makes a Great Real Estate Agent! Are You Self Motivated?

In this market a great Real Estate agent has to be self motivated! Right now you can't sit around hoping that buyers and sellers will come to you!  This is a time where you have to diligently spend time networking and prospecting,  This is a time where you have to be on top of all the things that happen during the sales process! 

What makes someone self motivated?

1. Definiteness of purpose - This is knowing what and why you are doing what you are doing.  I would suggest its got to be more than just collecting a check once and a while.  There must be a larger WHY? 

2. Burning desire - You have to want to succeed and make things happen to be successful in this market.  It can't be a flickering desire, it must be a burning desire! 

I imagine that there are a lot of people that are not self motivated that are reading this.  If so, its time to take a few minutes before moving on to think about your PURPOSE AND BURNING DESIRE(s)... now is not a time to float around or coast as a Realtor.  Now is the time to dig deep and find out what makes you GO!

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Chuck Carstensen is a Realtor with The Discovery Team at RE/MAX; helping buyers, sellers, and investors of residential real estate in Isanti, Anoka, Sherburne and Wright County.  He is a speaker and co-author in the best selling book series Wake Up...Live the Life You Love: Your Wake Up Moments (available soon). Carstensen is also a personal development mentor with Success University...where he helps people discover how to be more successful in business, life and health.