Confidence Comes After the Call
Loan Officer Freedom
Carl White
4.9 • 753 Ratings
🗓️ 3 June 2026
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
Episode 652
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Welcome to Loan Officer Freedom, the #1 podcast in the country for loan officers, hosted by Carl White.
In this episode, Carl White sits down with Jim Reed to tackle one of the biggest obstacles holding loan officers back: waiting to feel confident before taking action. They break down why confidence is not something you gain before making calls, asking for referrals, or meeting with agents. Instead, confidence is something that develops after you take action and create results.
Carl and Jim discuss why so many loan officers underestimate the value they bring to both borrowers and real estate agents. They share practical examples of how helping agents close more deals, responding faster than the competition, and consistently delivering on promises creates real value in the marketplace. They also explore why understanding your clients' expectations and consistently exceeding them can help you build stronger relationships and generate more referrals.
If you've ever struggled with call reluctance, sales avoidance, or the feeling that you're not quite ready yet, this episode offers a simple but powerful mindset shift. Stop waiting for confidence to arrive. Take the action first, serve people well, and let confidence catch up afterward.
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| 0:00.0 | If you want to hear about the thing that I think holds most loan officers back, |
| 0:12.4 | that's what we're going to talk about here for the next like 10 minutes. |
| 0:15.9 | Okay. |
| 0:16.3 | Quick episode. |
| 0:17.9 | What holds most loan officers back. |
| 0:20.2 | Yeah. |
| 0:22.2 | And maybe all. Yeah. And maybe all. |
| 0:25.0 | The different points? |
| 0:27.9 | I think it's waiting for the confidence to do something. |
| 0:34.9 | That's funny you say that because I think my job as like a producing branch manager |
| 0:38.9 | I know my my leadership team all the time that our job is two two things is number one is |
| 0:44.1 | to remove excuses yes and number two is to instill confidence |
| 0:48.5 | so they'll sell more often because I think you're right people wait till they're feeling confident to go sell instead of being able to |
| 1:00.0 | like overcome that. So I think I think it comes from two things. I think number one |
| 1:10.0 | I think we have to have it crystal clear in our head that we're actually helping people. |
| 1:22.1 | What I mean by that is like, let's say, Jimmy, you and i are running down the road and uh we happen to have a trailer |
| 1:33.5 | full of tires behind us yeah and we're going down the road and we see somebody on the side of the road |
| 1:40.4 | with a flat tire okay and you say car, let's pull over and help them. |
| 1:46.5 | Well, they might try to think we're salesy. |
| 1:49.3 | I'm trying to sell them a tire. |
| 1:52.1 | And you say, dude, they have a hot tire. |
| 1:55.5 | They're on the side of the road. |
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