It’s one thing to be good at something, it’s another thing to be good at something you don’t like. Regardless of how good we are at something, if we don’t like it we’re not going to be happy. And if we’re not happy we’re going to put off a lot of negative energy to those around us, and if we’re always putting out negative vibes we’re going to live a miserable life regardless of how much money we have in our bank account.
Most family and schools teach us how to “fake being happy”. They tell us how great it would be to get a job at this place or that place; rarely do you hear anyone say how great it would be to get paid to do what you love to do. Why is that? Where did this philosophy come from?
Personally I don’t care where it came from because it’s not one that I want to embrace. I’d rather focus on PASSION along with the things that I DESIRE to do. I truly don’t like working directly with traditional buyers and sellers, however, it's something that I’m great at. I also don’t like transaction coordinating, but it’s something that I’m great at.
I was on the phone with a selling agent yesterday, and she clearly had her mind made up about what she wanted to tell me once she got on the phone. She went into her script about the HUD being messed up (FYI: She got the HUD on Monday; we’re supposed to close this Monday, and she is just now bringing up the situation on Thursday).
Although I stayed focus on the fact that “regardless of the problem we’re going to find a win-win solution”, she was set on debating/arguing; her energy was just not good and I had to tell her. I told her that it seems like she simply wants to argue and not come up with a solution. I think that me telling her this threw her off of her script a bit because she changed her tone. I then told her that I’ll simply email her what she made it hard for me to say while on the phone and we hung up peacefully.
The situation ended well, but it drained me soooo much because I simply don’t like transaction coordinating because you encounter so many argumentative procrastinators along the way. But you know what? I still do it because my passion to help people far exceeds and energizes me more than my dislike of transaction coordinating. In addition to that, my taking on transaction coordinating is helping Team Woods reach its goals.
Just know the first window of opportunity that I see to get myself out of coordinating, I’m jumping on it, Fast! Until then I’m going to work towards doing the things that I’m most PASSIONATE about, focus on my goals, and be the best transaction coordinator that I can be until I don’t have to do it any more, ya dig?
~Matthew