Short YouTube monologue by Steve D Valentine contrasting how social media portrays real estate success with the reality of scaling a business. He argues that many people fixate on income targets and flashy outcomes (cars, earnings) instead of gaining practical experience and thinking in business terms, and that experience is learned by doing rather than from coaching alone.
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But this is. This is all there is. This is all they know. There's times. And that's the great part about the team aspect, too, is that at some point in time, when you want to move from intrapreneur salesperson to entrepreneur CEO of your own business, that's when you have to take that leap. But that leap comes in when you start looking at everything from a business standpoint, not from a income standpoint, Right? So too many people are focused on all the regular trajectories in real estate, which is, I want to make 100 grand, and I want to sell 12 homes. You got some people like, I want to do 100 homes. And I'm like, cool, that looks like fun. Let me know how that turns out. But this is. This is all there is. This is all they know. Because that's what's on social. That's what's on everything else. And then you get all the people like, well, you know, I. You know, they're Lambo and a million dollars a year, and here's all the leads and here's how they sell. And the reality is, is, like, that's not going to get them there. It's not. It's through experiences. And you learn experiences through the experience, not from the coaching.