Why is it that even for many REALTORS® who have been been in the business for a long time, the chance to learn new ways of doing things, exchanging ideas and opinions, and being open to new technology, is always exciting?
True there may be a few that resist.
Most, however, are eager to learn and grow. I find myself, at 71, sometimes wondering how much longer will I be selling real estate. Yet, when the opportunity presents itself, I like many others, leap at the chance to improve. There are even times when we go looking for new things to learn.
Many agents that have been at it a long time have embraced new technology with a fervor that surprises even them. Certainly some of this new technology has opened up avenues to share latent interests. How many older agents have embraced photography and videotography*? I believe there are quite a few. Some agents now have avenues to express themselves by writing of their prior and current experiences buying and selling homes over decades. With much to share they find themselves blossoming in a field that many thought would leave them by the wayside.
Older agents provide wonderful role models for those entering the profession. The realization that this is a field you can continue to enjoy well into "maturity" must be seen as the advantage it is. There is no mandatory retirement age, no set age where you are put out to pasture.
What is required is that you keep current with changes in the industry. For many of us that is not so much a requirement but rather a way to keep interested in what we do. Stagnation is not good for any of us. The more we learn, the more we explore options, the better we become at what we do. When we perform better the results improve and we have happier clients. That is the beauty of real estate.
*I don't believe there is such a word, yet cinematography sounds way too professional.
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Kate,
Real estate and mortgages certainly will keep your mind sharp, whether more advanced in age or not, as things change constantly. Now it of course depends on you if you want to embrace all the new stuff. Good post.