In our personal lives, we think, “if only my partner would….then I would be happy”. “If I only made more money…then I’d be happy”. If I worked for another company, THEN I’d be happy”. But the truth of it is: WE WOULDN’T…not always anyway!
Why?
Because no matter where you go, what house you upgrade to, what spouse you leave behind, there is always a common denominator…YOU!
People as a whole are categorized into two factions:
Whatever baggage you accumulated in previous relationships, career, debt etc, will follow you UNLESS you are committed to making sure that doesn’t happen again.
How so?
If you are looking to get out of a relationship, you need to stop and ask yourself, “Is what I’m running away from here, going to follow me into my next relationship”?
This means taking a long hard look at yourself, seeing where you contributed to the breakdown in your current situation, and being constantly aware of that so that you do not allow your bad habits to follow you into your new circumstance!
In your career, you need to ask yourself:
“Why do I think that changing jobs is going to make me happy?”
If the answer is that you are in a place where you are consistently supported, guided, and treated with respect but have no future possibility of advancement, making a change may be a good thing for you.
If you are working at a company that doesn’t offer you training, support, guidance and cutting edge services, but you give it your all and are still not moving forward, then a change is going to benefit you as well….
As independent contractors we truly have wonderful opportunities to make as much money as WE CHOOSE to! Sometimes this does mean leaving a company to grow your business.
Here comes the downside: if you are working at a company that fully supports you, offers leads, training, coaching, state of the art technology and you are STILL NOT BEING PRODUCTIVE it’s time to come to the realization that the job you’re doing is NOT FOR YOU…This is ESPECIALLY true if you are an Independent Contractor!
Don’t fool yourself into staying in Real Estate because you keep hearing how good the money is (it can be), or how “you’re a people person” so it will be really easy to sell houses (most of us are people persons, unless we’re Veterinarian’s and then we love animals), or how you just LOVE looking at houses!
These are not the traits that make a successful Realtor!
Honesty, Diligence, Ethics, Resources, Training, Accountability, Creativity, Knowledge, Determination and the DESIRE to be the BEST are what make a great agent and it’s what we look for here at Seven Gables.
We even take Ethics Training to be able to call ourselves Realtors and are constantly educating ourselves so that we can then be a resource for our Clients, who, at the end of it all, ARE OUR BUSINESS!
We at Seven Gables KNOW that we offer the best training, support, coaching, and resources to assist agents in increasing production…now the question remains…do YOU have what it takes?
Call me to talk more about this, or to set a confidential interview!
Amanda Wernick
Career Development Manager
Seven Gables Real Estate
714-837-7753
amandaw@sevengables.com
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