A Glimpse Into the Heart and Soul of an 80 year Old Bald Eagle, Bill Nasby. Day 2 of Speakers at the EXIT Realty 2008 Convention.
The day started out with a wonderful performance from a children’s organization that helps the hearing impaired and gives them a venue to perform and sing/sign on stage. The video clip is part of one of their performance. They were adorable and I wish I had the entire performance. I would find it hard to believe that it would not make every Realtor out there smile.
Following that was renowned trainer Bill Nasby. To watch Bill up on stage open up was amazing. I had the privilege to meet and listen to Bill Nasby speak at EXIT Corp. broker/owner training in Mississauga, Canada in Nov/Dec of 2006. He was passionate about his message yet also I found him a bit intimidating. Several in my class were friends with Bill and shared stories which dissolved my idea of him being a complete hard#!%. His assignment from Steve Morris was to speak about his struggle with authority.
reflection was in his heart and all though he has over come and has rose above his heart has not forgotten. He had the greatest love and respect for his family and yet those yrs. of his life were pivotal in the development in how he viewed authority. There was this aura in the audience that we all were there for him, encouraging him to go on, to share, while having the greatest desire to run on stage and give him a hug.
As Bill shares with us his family struggles growing up. Giving us a glimpse into a window of time in his life when he was a child his family living off the land of a national park in Canada. He openly shared his father was a heavy drinker and hinted it lead to some pain and sorrow for his mother and his siblings. There were moments when he would tear up, his voice would shake and you could tell he was there and the
Nasby took us though his yrs of service to his country. His struggle with drinking and the pain that it brought to is own family. His sobering moment and shared with us some of the people that has helped him along his journey that he has the deepest respect for. He spoke of his career, how he came to EXIT, how he HATED the name and thought Steve was crazy with the name and even with that thought he still respected and held Steve in high regard.
I am not a Bill Nasby expert however I have listened to his CD’s, and listened to him speak at broker/owner training. I believe he is an outstanding trainer and I am going to be working to get him into our region to train our agents. What I do know is parts of his story. I felt a bond because there were bits and pieces that were part of my life in his life. He has worked very hard to over come some incredible battles and is greatly loved and admired by many. I would say he has lived a great life, one not absent of pain and sorrow and is an example to us that with determination, a positive mind and some caring friends along the way we can rise above and over come life struggles.
My hat is off to you Mr. Nasby for having the courage to stand before us and share moments in your life that were of struggle. Through your sharing I know you brought tears to our eyes, warmth to our hearts and inspiration to our lives. Thank you!
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