{"id":2432,"date":"2007-12-27T00:56:38","date_gmt":"2007-12-27T07:56:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=2432"},"modified":"2007-12-27T13:05:31","modified_gmt":"2007-12-27T20:05:31","slug":"do-others-think-of-you-as-an-expert-you-must-be-getting-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/2432\/do-others-think-of-you-as-an-expert-you-must-be-getting-results\/","title":{"rendered":"Do Others Think Of You As An Expert? You Must Be Getting Results"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ever noticed nobody wants to know how you skinned the cat until they ascertain the cat was actually skinned? In baseball, they ask you if you won. Or if you got any hits. They ask about the details after they find out what matters — results. <\/p>\n

These days so many in real estate tell whoever will listen what experts they are. Think Babe Ruth ever had to tell folks he was an expert home run hitter? Don’t answer, it’s a rhetorical question, and silly on its face.<\/p>\n

In baseball the first pitch of any particular plate appearance has been analyzed to death. Ricky Henderson made a career of hitting first pitches. Ted Williams, arguably the best pure hitter every to hold a piece of wood in a batter’s box — watched first pitches go right by him about 95% of the time. Pitchers knew this, yet still threw an amazing amount of balls, not strikes on all those thousands of first pitches. <\/p>\n

Was Ted Williams an expert? You bet. Were the pitchers he faced for more years than 99% of major league players experts? Some. Probably way less than half. Did most pitchers realize Ricky Henderson was literally hoping for a fat first pitch for immediate deposit into the left field bleachers? Absolutely. <\/p>\n

Both Ted and Ricky were real life experts. They knew what folks thought they knew — and knew it better than anyone in their day. Ted was the last hitter to bat .400 for a season, hitting .406 in 1946. Ricky was, no debate, don’t even embarrass yourself, the best leadoff hitter of all time. I’m not sure there’s a #2. That’s how good he was. <\/p>\n

He was an expert. Experts actually know what they’re doing, and better yet, know why they’re doing what they’re doing. They know what situations they’re in while it’s happening in real time. Sometimes they have to analyze more or less, but their expertise is what makes the difference.<\/p>\n

Today there’s been an explosion of experts in every possible discipline. Real estate is no exception. In fact in real estate there seems to be an Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ever noticed nobody wants to know how you skinned the cat until they ascertain the cat was actually skinned? In baseball, they ask you if you won. Or if you got any hits. They ask about the details after they find out what matters — results. 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