{"id":13096,"date":"2010-08-28T14:37:11","date_gmt":"2010-08-28T21:37:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=13096"},"modified":"2010-08-28T14:37:11","modified_gmt":"2010-08-28T21:37:11","slug":"the-next-time-you-actually-work-40-hours-in-a-week-will-be-the-first","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/13096\/the-next-time-you-actually-work-40-hours-in-a-week-will-be-the-first\/","title":{"rendered":"“The Next Time You Actually Work 40 Hours In a Week Will Be the First”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Note:<\/strong> This post isn’t aimed at the (IMHO) 10-20% of the real estate agent population who, day in and day out, work hard, effectively, and with massive purpose. <\/p>\n

Dad, ‘FDB’ to some of his friends and family, said those exact words to me a few months after I’d gone from part time agent\/student, to real estate full time. He wasn’t one to sugarcoat his words. Silly me, I not only protested like a stuck pig, I gave examples of how hard I’d been workin’. <\/p>\n

22 year olds can be exceptionally clueless at times. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Mind you, in 90 days of hard 40 hour weeks I’d produced exactly one damning goose egg on the listing\/sales board. I now know what Dad was talkin’ about, cuz a 14 year old C- student could put something on the listing\/sales board after 12 hard working 40 hour weeks. It’s seriously not possible to get shut out workin’ that many rigorous hours week in and week out for a full quarter. <\/p>\n

The trick is to be honest about how you’re defining hard, effective, work. <\/p>\n

It’s not what you tell everyone else either.<\/strong> Imagine your husband\/wife is in the room with you. Now how hard are ya workin’? <\/p>\n

I’ve never understood this, even though I was guilty of it myself. Dad busted me for constantly gettin’ ready to get ready, to do something really lame, that wouldn’t produce squat anyway. Why do people get licensed only to pretend to work, then complain about how bad the market is, or the rest of the litany we’ve all heard — or uttered ourselves.<\/p>\n

Lord knows I’ve put in my share of overtime over the years. But I’m hear to tell ya, with rare exception, those who work at doing what gets them in front of serious buyers\/sellers and\/or doing what gets those buyers\/sellers where they wanna go, don’t hafta work wicked long hours to make an exceptionally good living. If you like working longer hours for whatever reason, good for you — and your bank account. But you can earn six figures workin’ 40 hours. <\/p>\n

It’s like diggin’ 4′ X 6′ Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Note: This post isn’t aimed at the (IMHO) 10-20% of the real estate agent population who, day in and day out, work hard, effectively, and with massive purpose. 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