By Jenny Carroll
Any great sales person will tell you, the only way to succeed is to believe not only in the product you are selling, but believe most of all in yourself. If we don’t trust our own abilities to get the job done and done well, how will anyone else? It’s when we lose our own motivation and sense of direction that we let our belief in ourselves falter. Why does this happen and why does it happen so often? Why don’t we leap out of bed every morning with a spring in our step and smile on our face to welcome the world and all the tasks we have that day? Because only medicated and crazy people can do this, that’s why. The rest of us have to find ways to rekindle that spark on a regular, sometimes even daily basis.
What is the absolute best, no fail, guaranteed way to do this? Surround yourself with other people seeking the same goals as you. They don’t need to be after the exact same end result but they need to feel a pull towards making a success story out of each day. We at heart are pack animals. We need the support of our peers, our mentors and even our critics in order to excel. What’s that saying? It takes a village? This is why networking is so darned important. Networking both within and without your industry. You will never find new ideas or angles working the exact same way every day. Meeting new people, asking questions and most importantly listening to what others have to say is a sure fire way to find new meaning in your own direction.
When we surround ourselves with goal minded people we are astounded to find how motivated we become. We see other’s success and hear their stories and think, “Hey.. I can do that too!”. And you’re right, you can! And you know what? You’ll find that sometimes you are the motivation for someone else to kick start their goals into action. But networking is hard, or tedious or boring! No silly! Find people who not only want to succeed but that do it in ways you enjoy! Find that group looking for the world’s best tea or rolling the longest Play Doh snake, or building the best business they can and talk about it. If you don’t know where to start here are a couple ideas for you. Do yourself a favor.. get out of your box. Put down that negativity. Quit being a scaredy pants and talk to other people regularly about what gets you jazzed in order to build a better business that reflects your personality and your goals. You’ll be amazed at the results.
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Austin Young Real Estate Professionals Presents:
Mentor Coffee Talk
Friday, July 23rd 9-10:30AM
Must RSVP to attend: RSVP @ Austinyrep@yahoo.com
Mimi’s Cafe
10515 North Mo-Pac Expressway
Austin, Texas 78759
Come talk to seasoned professionals in an intimate setting and get some ‘real’ advice on how to make it in this business. They will be talking in detail about networking and other topics to help hone your skills. We will also have an open forum between the Lenders and Agents to discuss individual processes to better understand everyone’s role in transactions. Please bring any buyer or seller information you would like to share with the group, listings etc.
This Months Speaker: J. Rene Ward broker of Best Agents in Texas as well as 2010 Williamson County Association of Realtors President. She will go over the ins-and-outs of real estate in this market and how to make sure you make the biggest impact with your business.
http://www.bestagentsintexas.com/custom2.shtml
Limited seats are available, so hurry and reserve your spot! Send RSVP email to austinyrep@yahoo.com with Lender RSVP or Realtor RSVP in the subject line, along with your contact information (Name, Company, Email address). This event is for Realtors and Loan Officers that have been in the business full time active for 5 years or less or part time active for 8 or less.
Here’s a good reminder on why you don’t want to miss out on the next AYREP happy hour.. Door Prizes! Congratulations to the following members who were lucky enough to win our fabulous door prizes at our Abel’s on the Lake event. Maybe next time it will be you!
Winner of the digital camera donated by Austin Inspectors Exchange:
Tony Brodie, Team Leader at Keller Williams NWMC
Winner of the $50 Visa gift card donated by Danette Tidwell of Time Warner Cable:
Jason Heffron, Broker of Juice Homes
Winner of the $50 gift card donated by Linda Knowles-Katz of Land Mortgage:
Eduardo Magaloni of Keller Williams NWMC
Winner of the $25 Dave & Buster’s gift card donated by KB Home:
Katie Osborne of Full Moon Design Group
That’s right! We’re joining forces with the Williamson County Association of Realtors® for our July Happy Hour and it’s going to be a fantabulous time! Come North with us to meet with all your favorite AYREP members and perhaps meet a few new ones too. We don’t do this very often so it’s definitely one you’ll want to attend. We’ll have appetizers, drink tickets until they run out and great door prizes too, like a $75 gift card from Cool River and 4 tickets to the Charlie Hodge Variety Show at Cap City Comedy Club. We’ll see you July 21st!
AYREP + WCAOR Summertime Happy Hour
Wednesday July 21st, 6-8 pm
The Dig Pub
401 Cypress Creek Rd. Ste. 600 - Cedar Park, TX 78613 - (512) 996-9900
Thank you to our wonderful sponsors!
Join your favorite members of AYREP for our monthly happy hour out on Lake Austin at Abel’s on the Lake. We’ll have door prizes and plenty of opportunities to network, nibble a bit of food and have a nice cool drink in the Texas breeze. Put us on your calendar and we’ll see you there!
Wednesday, June 16th from 6-8 pm
Abel’s on the Lake (between Hula Hut and Mozart’s)
3825 Lake Austin Blvd, Suite 201
Austin, TX 78703
Many Thanks to our Sponsors:
Come talk to seasoned professionals in an intimate setting and get some real world advice on how to make it in this business. You MUST RSVP to austinyrep@yahoo.com with ‘Coffee Talk – Realtor’ or ‘Coffee Talk – Lender’ in the subject line to reserve your space.
When: Friday, May 28th – 9:00 to 10:30am
Where: Maudie’s Milagro
Davenport Village
3801 N. Capitol of Texas Hwy
The mentors will be talking in detail about networking and other topics to help hone your skills. We will also have an open forum between the Lenders and Realtors to discuss individual processes to help better understand everyone’s role in transactions. Limited seats are available, so hurry and reserve your spot!
Join us for a fun and informational session with some of Austin’s real estate top producers! The first half of the event will be an interactive and timely discussion driven by our mediators and audience followed up with our monthly happy hour in the hotel bar. This is not your ordinary top producers panel. Be ready to share, listen and network. Definitely an event you don’t want to miss! Parking is $6 at the valet for members so be sure to tell them you’re with AYREP!
Hyatt Regency Hotel on Town Lake Wednesday, May 19th, 2010
208 Barton Springs Road Austin, TX 78704 4:30-6PM Panel (Hill Country)
Conference Room: Hill Country 6-8PM Happy Hour (Hotel Bar)
Appetizers | Drinks | Door Prizes
Top Producer Panel Includes:
Event Moderator Krisstine Wise - The Good Life Team
Amber Hart – Keller Williams Kelvin Glover – Keller Williams Kirk Lewis – Home City
Drew Griffin – Goldwasser Real Estate Kevin McCarthy – Zip Realty
Don’t Miss Out on Our Door Prizes!
Poolscapes- Ipod Austin Inspectors Exchange- Ipod
Belmont- $50 gift card Ticketcity- $50 gift card
Thank you to our wonderful sponsors:
Thank you to all the wonderful people that came out to play with us at The HighBall on Wednesday for our bowling tournament and networking event. It was a great success and we are proud to continue to bring you quality events in interesting locations around town. Congratulations to the bowling team that won the tournament! You kicked major booty and while the rest of us didn’t score as high, we had loads of fun in the process. We appreciate your participation and look forward to having you next month for our April Networking Happy Hour!
Come talk to seasoned professionals in an intimate setting and get some ‘real’ advice on how to make it in this business. They will be talking in detail about networking and other topics to help hone your skills. We will also have an open forum between the Lenders and Agents to discuss individual processes to better understand everyone’s role in transactions. Limited seats are available, so hurry and reserve your spot! This event is for Realtors and Loan Officers that have been in the business 5 years or less.
This Months Speaker: Keith Dunham with ZipRealty will be discussing the ins-and-outs of real estate in this market and how to make sure you make the biggest impact with your business.
You MUST RSVP to AustinYREP@yahoo.com with ‘Coffee Talk – Realtor‘ or ‘Coffee Talk – Lender‘ to reserve your space.
Friday . March 26th . 9-10:30 am . Maudie’s Milagro . Davenport Village . 3801 N. Capitol of Texas Hwy. . 78746
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