You’re excited to get up in the morning and find yourself rearing to go to work, then one day you notice dragging your feet to the office. This happens to a lot of people no matter what industry or type of work they are in, even in a promising real estate career.
There are times when you feel uninspired and unmotivated, which often makes you think about whether you made the right choice or not. Yes, there are good and bad days, but those challenges can help you become stronger and be a better real estate professional.
In the real estate industry, it is a reality that not every day is a good day. There are days when you just cannot close a deal or come to terms with a client, more so in the high-ticket real estate industry.
When you start feeling down and lose the fire, you can always be assured that there’s something YOU can do about it. It is important that you find the time to reflect on yourself to help you get back up on your feet and do what you have always loved doing.
Here are some questions to ponder when you want to re-assess your professional state of mind and being.
Are you taking advantage of or abusing your flexible working hours?
Flexible hours- this is one of the major perks of being in the real estate industry and one of the top preferences of real estate agents on why they love this job.
But while working flexible hours may be a blessing, it could also be a cause for burn-out or stress, considering that you have to make yourself available for clients most of the time or work long hours and nights to give clients what they want.
To address this, you must find time to refresh and rejuvenate and make it a regular habit so that you can relieve yourself of the stress and pressures of a demanding real estate career. Schedule time-off to spend time with your family or friends.
Remember, all work and no play makes you a robot.
Is it still a noble mission or a source of income?
Personal fulfilment is often the desired result for people joining the real estate market, especially when one considers a sale a wise investment decision for a client.
However, a lot of real estate agents often forget this and focus their attention on making more money by closing deals rather than helping people, also resulting in burn-out in the long run.
Do you have the drive to share your skills and talents or just keep it to yourself?
Understanding mutual benefits among peers, colleagues or your community in the real estate industry are important if you want to see yourself grow. Remember that nothing is constant so what you may be highly-skilled in today may no longer be relevant in the near future.
Make every effort to help build others in the process, so you may be able to earn not just respect, but the recognition of your efforts and contributions in the industry. Your willingness to learn and adapt to changes in the real estate industry will help provide more meaning to your career.
Are you still earning enough?
Your earnings often reflect how effective your marketing and selling strategies are, which is always subject to innovations and new methods to appeal to the evolving real estate market. If you feel you are no longer enough, you might consider re-assessing your methods and open yourself to modern trends and technologies that affect the real estate business.
Do your research and find out what’s new in the industry. The moment that you consider the inevitability of change is your opportunity to aim for measures on how to stay relevant and up to date.
Are you able to manage your time effectively and efficiently?
Time management is critical in the real estate industry since the time that is managed poorly can result in dissatisfaction and stress. It is critical to have a work-life balance where you are in control of your time. You could be putting in your hours for work but eat up time checking on Facebook or Instagram rather than concentrating on work and productivity.
Time spent on things that makes you less productive end up in causing you to lose more time for work and eventually less time to spend for yourself to refresh and reboot.
Have you considered exploring other niches in the industry?
Some real estate agents and professionals lose interest in their work over time, especially if they have been focusing on a specific market throughout their career. There are a lot of niches in the real estate industry such as commercial real estate, luxury and prime real estate, flipping homes, and condominiums, which they can try dipping their fingers into.
It may also be an opportunity to re-assess your marketing and branding strategies to see if these could work on niches you are exploring and challenging yourself to learn and grow in these new methods.
You may feel unmotivated and uninspired in your real estate career, however, this does not spell the end of it or something even closely resembling it. Rather, take it as an opportunity to learn new things and explore new ideas and challenges so you can stay passionate and highly-motivated in your real estate career.