{"id":4506,"date":"2010-02-11T15:59:22","date_gmt":"2010-02-11T20:59:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bhgrealestateblog.com\/?p=4506"},"modified":"2024-12-30T14:35:15","modified_gmt":"2024-12-30T19:35:15","slug":"dig-up-your-passion-and-energize-your-enterprise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bhgrecareer.com\/bebetterblog\/dig-up-your-passion-and-energize-your-enterprise\/","title":{"rendered":"Dig Up Your Passion and Energize Your Enterprise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\">I&#8217;ve\u00a0observed a disconnect in our business recently. Like the economic debacle we are experiencing, it didn\u2019t happen overnight. It was a long and winding road that sidetracked us \u2013 from home ownership advisors to contract writers; from proactive to passive prospectors, from excited drivers of business to expectant and sometimes even complacent riders on the bus.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">This disconnect can be summed up in one word \u2013 Passion. For all the times I may have thought I was \u201cdone\u201d with real estate, the one thing that drove me to continue my mission of helping each agent I meet maximize their potential is my passion for this business.\u00a0 Don\u2019t get me wrong here. I\u2019m not saying we don\u2019t have passion, I think we may have buried it when the market was good; like a dog buries a bone even when food is plentiful or like a squirrel buries acorns in fall. When times are good it\u2019s easy to get caught up in the ABC\u2019s of failure:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li> Arrogance \u2013 It\u2019s easy to adopt an overbearing sense of pride during good times.<\/li>\n<li>Bureaucracy \u2013 Putting administrators in charge of tasks otherwise handled by front line people can create a lack of initiative on their part; their job becomes someone else\u2019s job.<\/li>\n<li>Complacency \u2013 Best described by definition, this \u201cfeeling of quiet pleasure or security, often while unaware of some potential danger, defect, or the like\u201d can blind us.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Imagine the squirrel or the dog falling prey to those ABC\u2019s; not paying attention to the exact location of the buried bone or thinking it was another squirrel\u2019s job to find the acorns come winter, or worst of all, thinking there would always be enough food at their disposal.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Dogs and squirrels instinctively bury and know when it\u2019s time to dig up food. Maybe it\u2019s time for us to dig up our buried passion and energize our enterprise. How, you ask? Try these ABC\u2019s:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li>Attitude \u2013 It starts with you. You\u2019ve heard the expression \u201cattitudes are contagious.\u201d\u00a0 Is yours worth catching?<\/li>\n<li>Basics \u2013 I know, you don\u2019t want to hear it, but agents need knowledge of the basics of real estate before they go on to advanced business practices. Consider this from an agent who completed a recent training program:\u00a0 \u201c<em>I really enjoyed the program \u2026It\u00a0was really a great help to me\u00a0as\u00a0a new agent.\u00a0 The assignments given after each session\u00a0challenged you to take action and because of that I have a\u00a0better prospecting plan in place now.\u00a0\u00a0The program will\u00a0definitely\u00a0let you know if you&#8217;re dedicated to doing the things necessary to become a successful agent and I needed that\u2026<\/em>\u201d \u00a0There are basics at all levels of experience.<\/li>\n<li>Create excitement \u2013 Challenge today\u2019s norm. Excitement is worthy even in the smallest of accomplishments \u2013 it\u2019s all in the presentation. Find reasons to recognize people, bring the group together occasionally to celebrate successes. With more people working from home, we\u2019ve become more \u201cindependent\u201d than ever. Just because we\u2019re independent contractors doesn\u2019t mean we\u2019re silos.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Why did you get into real estate?\u00a0 What keeps you here?\u00a0 As leaders, we owe passion to our agents and they owe it to their clients.\u00a0 Is it time to energize your enterprise?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve\u00a0observed a disconnect in our business recently. Like the economic debacle we are experiencing, it didn\u2019t happen overnight. 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