When you were just starting out in your real estate career, did it seem that few people were willing to give someone without experience an opportunity? At the same time, could you see people who had been on their jobs twenty years who yet did their work poorly? If so, that probably frustrated you. Playwright William Shakespeare wrote, “Experience is a jewel, and it had need be so, for it is often purchased at an infinite rate.”
Yet, experience alone does not add value to life. It’s not necessarily experience that is valuable; it’s the insight people gain because of their experience. Reflective thinking turns experience into insight. An experience only becomes valuable when it informs us to meet new experiences. Reflective thinking helps to do that.
Ken Goodfellow
Coach Ken International