As professionals in the field of Real Estate, each one of us has had to break through our barriers!
I remember when I actually enrolled in airplane pilot ground school at Boise State University and began taking flying lessons at Gem State Aviation to become a pilot back on September 9, 1975. I had this dream for 20 years before I actually took the steps to break through my barriers.
My first solo flight without my instructor was terrifying! My left leg was shaking so badly against the door of the plane that I thought I would break it! When I was cleared by the FAA Flight tower to take off, I thought I would weave down the runway like a drunk driver! Actually I rolled out straight down the runway and lifted off with a smooth transition.
I did several landings and takeoffs and my leg kept shaking! When I secured the plane after my final landing I finally felt like I had broken through a huge barrier!
Breaking through that barrier was difficult! In each step of my training I had to break through different barriers including how to correct stalls, coming out of spirals and all kinds of tests my instructor did for my skill requirements.
My long cross country solo flight of 250 miles across southern Idaho and back (500 miles total) on February 22, 1976 was in a snow storm! The sky was white! The ground was white! Everything was white! Back then I only had a compass. I had no DME (distance measuring equipment) or any type of GPS System I had to trust my balance with my instruments! I had to break through the barrier of disorientation! The carburetor of the plane kept freezing so I had to pull out the heater switch to thaw it out. The RPM indicator looked like a windshield wiper going back and forth. I had to break through the freezing barrier!
My Dad was fishing that day in the mountains and saw me fly over him while that plane was sputtering away! He wondered who that crazy person was flying in that terrible weather. I told him that I had flown over the rugged mountains that day and that was me!
Finally, on March 18, 1976, I passed my two hour flight check ride of wild manevers with an FAA flight tester. At one point she turned off the engine and took the keys and asked me what my first response was! I had trained and remembered the procedures for overcoming an engine failure! I broke through the barrier! I was awarded my pilot's license that day!
I am being tested and I must break though many barriers to complete my doctoral degree. It is painful! But you know the old saying: "No Pain, No Gain!" Ouch! After the ouch comes the pleasure! I would rather experience the pain of discipline rather than the pain of neglect!
Each one of us must break through barriers to grow. How much we grow is up to each one of us!
As professionals in the field of Real Estate, what barriers have you had to break through?
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