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Loan Officer Freedom

Rowing Through Life: The Power of Encouragement and Belief

Loan Officer Freedom

Carl White

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5743 Ratings

🗓️ 28 May 2025

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Welcome to Loan Officer Freedom, the #1 podcast in the country for loan officers, hosted by Carl White.

In this episode, your host, Carl White shares a heartfelt story about a rowboat and the lasting impact of encouragement from his grandfather, illustrating how positive reinforcement can shape our beliefs and abilities over decades.

He emphasizes the importance of surrounding ourselves with supportive people who uplift us, especially in challenging times, and discusses the detrimental effects of negative influences.

Join Carl and Kristen as they explore the power of self-belief, the significance of maintaining a positive mindset, and practical ways to protect our mental well-being.

Tune in for an inspiring message that encourages you to row your own boat and stay focused on positivity!

Schedule a one-on-one free coaching call, click here or visit LoanOfficerStrategyCall.com.

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0:00.0

So have ever told you the story about a rowboat and my grandfather?

0:12.9

No, I don't think I've heard this one.

0:15.0

All right.

0:15.3

Hold on.

0:15.9

Let me get settled.

0:16.8

All right.

0:17.0

I'm right.

0:18.1

This was interesting.

0:19.4

So about 10 years ago or so, a buddy of mine, we went down to Hillsborough River, which is, if you're not familiar with here, it's a river here in the Tampa Bay that a lot of people go canoeing and kayaking down, right?

0:37.7

It's got a pretty decent current to it.

0:41.3

Okay.

0:41.8

I wouldn't want to swim against it, but you can definitely, you know, row a boat, you know, against it for sure.

0:46.8

Anyway, so we were getting right put in.

0:49.0

And one, you know, one lesson I learned as a kid, you never start off going downstream and then battle to come back

0:55.9

going upstream. You always go upstream until you're tired. And then you turn around and you come

1:01.6

downstream to come home, right? So yeah, that's how I learned that lesson is a whole other story.

1:06.9

Anyway, it's a hard way. Yeah. So I was with a buddy and it was a rowboat that we had.

1:17.7

And so only one person can row at a time.

1:20.5

You're holding both set of oars and rowing it.

1:23.9

Yeah.

1:25.2

So I told him, I said, hey, Jim, I'll start off and row us upstream and then

1:31.3

you can take us home. He said, oh, that's a crawl. I don't mind rowing upstream. I say, you know,

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