Day 2
I am getting a lot of help from mentors in my race to complete my first marathon. LESSON #1- get great mentors. Carmen, a marathon runner and Coach for TNT, offered to create a training plan for me. Melanie Small from NYRR, teaches the Runner's Boot Camp on Saturdays that I will be committed to for the next 8 weeks. My close friend, Zahava will continue to clock miles with me, as she has for years. Finally, Sonia Sinfeos, a professional personal trainer from Whitestone, and a neighbor of one of my recent home sellers, works with me on strength and endurance training.
Most real estate agents make one of two big mistakes early in their career, and so they often have short careers. They either take the wrong mentors, people who have not done the work, average agents, who teach the wrong habits, don't take enough risks, and don't achieve enough. Or they never find a mentor; they go it alone and often don't even know what they don't know, so their learning curve is just too long, and they get discouraged. I am lucky. I embrace the "pay it forward" philosophy. I find great people to support, teach and challenge me to get where I need to be, and I do the same in my business by mentoring new and inspired (and inspiring) people to reach their goals in through success in selling residential real estate in our hometown. Realtor, Businessperson, Marathoner, get a mentor, be a mentor.