Within the year prior to me moving my family out of California to South Carolina I was suddenly struck with a brilliant idea. I had figured out that it was a brilliant move for me to get my real estate appraiser’s license!
Well, as memory serves, the class was about 2 ½ weeks long, it was very intensive and it was also expensive. I also paid my fees to the state to process my paperwork and I paid a fee to the company that handled the testing. I spent many hours and days out in the field with my buddy who was a full time appraiser as I had to log many field hours in order to rise above the apprentice level of licensure.
Then, as a series of epiphanies hit me and we decided to move out of the state and come to SC, I realized that I had wasted my time, effort and money on the Appraiser pursuit as it simply was not me. In fact, it was the furthest thing from me. It simply is not who I am.
I struggled with the whole “giving up” part as I’m not a quitter. Plus, I had so much time and money into this thing. But I had to swallow my pride and admit to myself that I simply would not flourish in the career choice because it was not in harmony with my personality type or my interests. It was also not conducive to me reaching my financial goals (or so I thought).
I have been an active, outgoing, sales, marketing and business development professional my entire career out of college. I also have to have a certain amount of freedom and time freedom and income potential to be true to myself.
Being a Realtor is more in harmony with who I am than anything else I’ve ever done!
Be true to yourself and don’t burn up so much time, money and energy trying to be something you’re not!
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