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Lessons in Building Something of Value From a 30-Year Real Estate Veteran
Treat people like humans instead of property and watch what happens
A few years ago, one of my freelance jobs was to transcribe podcasts for a top real estate professional in the Toronto market.
Each week, he’d record a new podcast about a topic that had been on his mind lately. Sometimes it was a rant about something in the industry that made him angry, like journalists reporting incorrect information about the real estate market. Sometimes it was an idea he wanted to share with the public and others in the industry, or information to help realtors excel in their business.
No matter what the topic was, after a couple of months, I realized that there were some underlying themes running through everything he created. He lived his life and ran his business based on these values or beliefs, and everything always came back to being of service.
He believed in treating people how you would like to be treated and always operating from a place of shared humanity.
This worldview and way of moving through the world resonated strongly with me, and I always looked forward to what he would share next, or what new ideas he’d spark in me.
