{"id":10379,"date":"2009-11-22T20:54:07","date_gmt":"2009-11-23T03:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=10379"},"modified":"2009-11-22T20:54:07","modified_gmt":"2009-11-23T03:54:07","slug":"%e2%80%98maybe%e2%80%99-kills-our-careers-one-letter-at-a-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/10379\/%e2%80%98maybe%e2%80%99-kills-our-careers-one-letter-at-a-time\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Maybe\u2019 kills our careers one letter at a time."},"content":{"rendered":"

I have been selling real estate for a while now. Not as long as many of you who are frequent contributors or readers here, though. When I got started in real estate, it was the outcome of my last falling out with Corporate America. What my last experience with working for someone else finally <\/strong>taught me is that I am unemployable. I am a great worker; I have a constant flow of ideas that would be of potential value to a business. I simply do not play well with others who are in positions of responsibility and who insist on being a choke point either for my career or for the flow of good ideas to benefit the company. I experience many of the same frustrations in real estate, but at least in real estate I am free to move myself into alignment with others of like mind. I find the choke points to be less restrictive and the potential for personal growth and development to be unlimited.<\/p>\n

When I earned my real estate salespersons license (what the State of Washington calls me) I thought that the business would be simple. Just tell people that I am selling real estate and they would say “well, we need to have you help us.” What I found out very quickly was that EVERYBODY knew a Realtor. I was constantly being told “Oh, that’s great but <Insert name here><\/em> is selling real estate too.” That response stopped me dead in my tracks. I know that many of you will respond to me that this response should have never stopped me. You are right it; it no longer does, but it did then. I was terrified of rejection or so I thought. What I found out was that I was terrified of everything but the word “Maybe.”<\/em> No<\/strong> meant that I was being rejected and my self esteem took another blow beneath the belt (I was also going through the long slow decline of a marriage and self esteem was in short supply). Yes<\/strong> meant that I had to deliver value, and frankly I did not Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I have been selling real estate for a while now. Not as long as many of you who are frequent contributors or readers here, though. When I got started in real estate, it was the outcome of my last falling out with Corporate America. 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