98: Kicking Negativity to the Curb
Hustle Humbly Podcast
Alissa Jenkins & Katy Caldwell
4.9 • 914 Ratings
🗓️ 21 June 2021
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
Let's be honest. Real estate can feel negative.
From public perception about Realtors to online trolls, Facebook group drama, difficult co-op agents, and even your own self-doubt… negativity shows up everywhere.
In this episode, we're kicking negativity to the curb in real estate and talking about how to protect your mindset, your professionalism, and your peace.
We cover:
- Why the public perception of Realtors can feel harsh
- How to respond when friends or family question your career choice
- Why professionalism is your greatest defense
- Handling social media trolls and vulgar listing comments
- When to delete and block
- Realtor Facebook group drama and how to avoid it
- Messaging agents privately instead of publicly shaming
- Killing difficult co-op agents with kindness
- Why boundaries do not equal negativity
- Setting client expectations to prevent conflict
- Industry cynicism and the low barrier to entry problem
- 10 practical ways to reduce negativity in your daily life
The truth is, you cannot live a positive business life with a negative mindset. You can't control what others say, but you can control how you respond.
Perspective matters. A roof issue is not a life crisis. A rude comment is not a character assessment. It's just a puzzle to solve.
If you want to raise the standard of this industry, start with yourself. Professionalism is contagious.
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| 0:53.2 | I love it. Hi, y'all. Welcome to Hustle Humbley. It's Alyssa and |
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| 1:11.6 | embracing your strengths. Hi Alyssa. Hey Katie. It's episode number 98. Whoa. Whoa. Today we're going to kick |
| 1:20.2 | negativity to the curb. That sounds great. Doesn't that sound like a good idea? It does. We're super |
| 1:24.9 | positive on the show, but there's a lot of negativity in the industry, |
| 1:28.3 | so we're going to address it. And we had some requests for it to be addressed. Yes, more than one, |
| 1:34.0 | and I'm going to share some of those messages as we go, but I thought we would cover, I'm like |
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