{"id":1873,"date":"2007-08-31T09:09:03","date_gmt":"2007-08-31T16:09:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=1873"},"modified":"2007-09-15T10:26:55","modified_gmt":"2007-09-15T17:26:55","slug":"individual-success-is-not-a-collective-endeavor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/1873\/individual-success-is-not-a-collective-endeavor\/","title":{"rendered":"Individual success is not a collective endeavor"},"content":{"rendered":"

What’s the issue here, really? I am speaking of the anti-NAR revolution<\/a> at hand, of course. Is it:<\/p>\n

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  1. The public’s poor perception of the profession and the professional?<\/strong> While\u00a0some may argue that NAR, in their ongoing (and I will argue) oft-misguided yet well-intended attempts to be supportive of its members, has done more damage than good to our collective credibility, it is all too convenient to place blame entirely on their shoulders.<\/li>\n
  2. The standards, ethics, and professionalism of many agents which we find substandard and a drag on our consumer’s perception of value?<\/strong> Guilty-by-association is certainly a concern, even a reality,\u00a0yet this applies to any career class.<\/li>\n
  3. Licensing standards which by their very nature serve not to limit entry to those who are competent but serve rather as an open invitation to anyone who can fog a peep hole?<\/strong> The tricky part here is that the skill sets which the truly great agents must possess are not testable; Entrepreneurship, moral and ethical resolve, devotion to hard work, business acumen, commitment to personal and professional evolution, a right-brain which not only coexists but works in harmony, with the left, and compassion for the client are all attributes which can only be demonstrated once given the opportunity to perform.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Lest I am accused of just having made a case for sending agent licensing requirements to the guillotine, let me assure you that this is not the case. I have had some pretty hideous plumbers in the past, and have even been to some really terrible doctors. While I will consequently not give my business to these poor performers again, I will still expect my next plumber or doctor to have met some minimum\u00a0training standards. And I understand that these “credentials” are not a guarantee that they will be spectacular at what they do, but it is\u00a0a starting point.<\/p>\n

    Ask not what your profession (or professional organization) can do for you. Maybe it’s time that each of us who\u00a0has more than\u00a0a casual\u00a0concern for\u00a0our reputation and our future survival ask instead what we can individually do for the profession. No cooperative of those claiming to be ethically, skillfully or attentively Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    What’s the issue here, really? I am speaking of the anti-NAR revolution at hand, of course. Is it: The public’s poor perception of the profession and the professional? While\u00a0some may argue that NAR, in their ongoing (and I will argue) oft-misguided yet well-intended attempts to be supportive of its members, has done more damage than […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,5,30],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1873","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-marketing","7":"category-real-estate","8":"category-supplanting-the-nar","10":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2215,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/2215\/working-from-within-the-nar\/","url_meta":{"origin":1873,"position":0},"title":"Working from within the NAR","author":"Jim Duncan","date":"November 12, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Rather than discount the various associations, work Lead the leaders.","rel":"","context":"In "Disintermediation"","block_context":{"text":"Disintermediation","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/disintermediation\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":11599,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/11599\/so-theres-this-huge-interent-scandal-at-the-nar-except-there-are-no-details-about-why-its-a-scandal-and-the-researchers-behind-the-claims-are-keeping-their-names-secret-want-to-know-more-a\/","url_meta":{"origin":1873,"position":1},"title":"So there’s this huge interent scandal at the NAR, except there are no details about why it’s a scandal, and the “researchers” behind the claims are keeping their names secret. 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