I've been on Active Rain since its infancy. 2006. Certainly did not know what was blogging, much less SEO and everything. That was also the year I decided to become a full-time realtor. Was doing it part-time for 4.5 years prior to that.
I got to know many awesome people during that time.
Some of them started new like me. A few key people have been in the business for a long long time by that point. They have built successful lives and have successful careers and families. I could only wish to be a fraction of them.
I remembered wishing to be more successful. I had coffee with a friend who just recently quit a successful real estate business to pursue a new business. She shared with me her book and strategy and her goal of 5 closings a month! By that point, I had only done 5 a year part-time!
I was looking at climbing Mount Everest - so high, so tall and will I ever get there?
For many years after that, I continued to pursue my dreams of climbing "SUCCESS". The past few years, I am there. Or at least I felt like it.
I am no longer pressured by numbers, transactions, dollar volume, commission gross income. Let the chips fall wherever they may. Life's too short to give myself self-imposing pressure that way. I literally have no control whether I close 5 or 50 transactions next year, sitting where I'm at (in December).
I do talk alot of planning, strategizing but I have no numbers in mind. Some people don't necessarily agree. They think that's not good enough. And that I dont have "SMART" goals - specific, measurable goals.
I let the chips fall wherever they may. I believe when I take care of ploughing my fields, God will take care of the rest.
My husband and I lead a Business Leadership group at church. We were talking about business planning the last couple of months. One of the best things I've heard of, was this shared by my friend - Kip on SUCCESS.
Instead of measuring your Success with numbers, measure your Sucess by your systems and processes. You have control what you do. Measure that.
Let God do the rest!
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