“The path of Becoming is hard on it’s own. You vs You. Lesser Self vs Heroic Self. A day-by-day, endless battle for the ownership of your soul. But adversity comes from the outside too. The parents who don’t believe in you. The friends who want you to stay small. The co-workers, the coaches, the teachers, the communities. The mean girls, the haters, and the online jackals who want to tear you down faster than you can create. If you let them, they’ll push their narratives onto the pages of your book. But little do they know the strength of the warrior within. No, you don’t know me. Because I don’t even know how strong I can become.”
About 9 years ago, I was a newly licensed agent. I had called to inquire about a house being wholesaled, and had a discussion with the wholesaler. Later that day, I found out that the wholesaler was a relative of my new broker. My broker told me that; she also told me that her relative said, “That lady will never make it in real estate. She’s too nice.”
My immediate response was anger, followed by, “I’ll show him!”
I have never seen nor spoken to that person since that day. But, here I am 9 years later, still doing real estate. My biggest payday so far has been $45,000, on my own wholesale, and I’ve had many smaller checks. I don’t know that I would say that I’ve ‘made it’, because I consider myself a constant work in progress, but I think I can safely say that that fellow long ago underestimated me.
I am indeed ‘nice’, but I’m also tough, determined, and very, very motivated to succeed.