Fear holds us all back at some point in our lives! Recognizing it is the first step to freedom!
Although I did a lot of moving and lived in several states changing careers in my 40's has had to be one of the most challenging things I have done. Accounting has always been my passion and when I decided to leave it behind and give Real Estate a try it was my desire to help my family that gave me the nerve to take the chance. A stay at home mom for 20 years managing a family business and then working as a controller for 5 years I never saw what was to come. I loved what I did but wasn't happy with the 9-5 structure nor the amount of time accounting forces one to spend alone; it takes a lot of concentration and patients. I longed for people, interaction and movement in my life. When my daughter asked me to join her dream of having a full service Real Estate Agency I thought I'd be in the office as usual. As I watched my daughter flourish I saw a lot of myself that I never unleashed.
Fear was the obstacle and I can't explain why; it has a life of it's own! I've always been so strong and outgoing and when I found myself in a career where I could be both I felt frozen, inadequateand and weak. I am quickly realizing that there is no basis for fear, it creeps up on you and all we really need to do is recognize it for what it is, push through and go for it any way. I know I have a lot to offer and that I genuinely care about people. Buyers and sellers need us and we need them! Being needed has always been what has driven me and when I push through the fear and give of myself I know I'm serving a need out there that many have a hard time finding. I'm going to stop the fear in it's tracks and let everyone I encounter know how I can assist them with all of their Real Estate needs!
Let me know how you have overcome yours and if you haven't, face it and push hard! I know you can do it!
Happy fourth of July!!
RE/MAX Professional Associates
Kathleen Chase, Realtor 860-942-9212
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Hello and welcome to Active Rain! I encourage you to learn from others, share your knowledge and experiences with all of us, enjoy yourself, and try to log in and join us in the Active Rain community as frequently as possible. I look forward to your future blogs and comments! Take care, --Kirk.
Welcome to ActiveRain. Congratulations on your first post. Get around and check out the community, you'll quickly figure out how to supercharge your blogging skills.
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Great post Mom! Welcome to AR! This place is full of great agents and great information. Whenever I have a question or want to bounce ideas off someone else in the business, I come here and post about it. This is the largest, most professional and creative bunch I've met through networking groups on-line. It's fun to use blogging as an outlet, to gather info or to inform others of things. It's also fun to watch your points go up from blogging and commenting on other people's blogs...so don't be shy! Get reading and networking!
Love,
Kathleen
Hi and welcome to Active Rain, a great site to network, share, learn, and have fun. Good luck. And if you ever need an agent in the upstate of South Carolina, please call.
Hi Kathleen,
Welcome to Active Rain and congratulations on your first post! The opportunities to learn and network are incredible here. Best of luck to you!
-Keith
Welcome to ActiveRain!
If you would like a few tips on getting the most out of ActiveRain, just click search and type in "Welcome to Activerain by Troy Trumm". The first link returned will take you to my blog about getting started. It has a few simple steps of what to do now that you have joined.
If you ever have any questions, just let me know.
Troy Trumm, Trumm Team, Omaha NE
Thank you all for the warm welcome! I'm looking forward to expanding my knowledge and meeting great agents to refer clients moving to other cities.
Thanks,
Kathy Chase, JCKC Realty
www.cthomelocator.com
Welcome to ActiveRain, Kathleen! Congratulations on your first post. This is a great place, so have fun. Enjoy!
Kathleen.....Welcome to ActiveRain. This is a great community to network with others as well a great place to learn from other's experiences and knowledge. I've enjoyed it; I hope you enjoy it as well.
Hi Kathy! Welcome to Active Rain! I look forward to seeing more postings from you in the near future.