Tuning out Those Distracting Shiny Whistles

Loan Officer Freedom

Carl White

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5 • 743 Ratings

🗓️ 5 May 2025

⏱️ 28 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 hosts, Carl White and Kristin Simpson dive into the concept of "shiny whistle syndrome" and share practical strategies to maintain focus in a world filled with distractions.

Drawing inspiration from a powerful basketball analogy, they discuss the importance of having a written plan, using a "parking lot" for new ideas, and the value of accountability partners.

With eight actionable tips, including limiting inputs and prioritizing discipline over dopamine, this episode is packed with insights to help you stay on track and close more loans.

Tune in to discover how to cut through the noise and achieve your goals!

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

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0:00.0	Hey, Carl, I saw something on Instagram earlier today. Can I tell you about it?
0:11.6	Tell me. I've heard of Instagram. I've heard of it. So you know me, I like to listen to
0:18.0	motivational stuff. And a lot of it is around sports. So I saw this. It was a,
0:23.1	it was a picture. There was actually a video maybe, but it was more of a picture in my head. And this
0:27.3	basketball player was standing there on a court. And behind him, he was, he was inbound in the ball.
0:31.5	And behind him was a ton of the other team's student section, I would assume. And they were just brutal.
0:38.4	They were screaming at them.
0:40.2	They were like, you could tell whatever they were saying.
0:42.7	It wasn't nice and it wasn't good.
0:44.0	And that guy just stood there stoically.
0:46.3	And the caption on this was,
0:48.6	eye on the prize, don't take your eye off the ball,
0:52.5	tune everything else out.
0:54.2	And I was, I just stared at it for a while.
0:58.8	So, so basketball player.
1:02.0	Can you imagine?
1:02.6	I would have to turn around and do something.
1:03.9	No.
1:04.3	So let me make sure I got this picture.
1:06.1	So basketball player, this is a brilliant, a brilliant picture by it that you just painted
1:09.9	by the way.
1:10.9	So basketball player, he's getting ready to shoot from the foul line. The opposing team is
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