Comments on: People who teach me stuff http://www.yourcreativerefinery.com/people-who-teach-me-stuff/ Your Creative Refinery Sun, 10 Jan 2010 15:21:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Matt Stigliano http://www.yourcreativerefinery.com/people-who-teach-me-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-25 Matt Stigliano Sun, 10 Jan 2010 15:21:15 +0000 http://www.yourcreativerefinery.com/blog/?p=156#comment-25 Sterling - Nice company I've squeezed my way into. Thanks for the nod. I have to agree with you on the "trial by fire" element of learning. In real estate, we go to school, learn the buzzwords and topics, but nothing to prepare you for the first day you're sitting face to face with a client and ready to write a contract. You have to go through a certain element of "trial by fire" on every contract. The key, is knowing who to ask and when. I had the same thing happen with my indoctrination into social media as it pertains to real estate. I fell in with the right crowd (AgentGenius) and learned quickly from agents who are regarded by many as the best. Many of them took me under their wing and taught me, corrected me, cajoled me, and pushed me towards my own answers (instead of just giving me the answers). Your comments about me are truly testaments to many of those people. Social media has broken down a lot of the old school "I can't tell anyone what I'm doing for fear that they are my competition and will use it against me." Ask agents and a lot them will tell you that Twitter is one of the best help-desk style resources out there when it comes to real estate. You can have 100 answers from people you know and trust within minutes to something that you need opinions on. Amazing. I hope your list continues to evolve and change, I know mine does minute by minute. Thanks again! Matt Sterling – Nice company I’ve squeezed my way into. Thanks for the nod. I have to agree with you on the “trial by fire” element of learning. In real estate, we go to school, learn the buzzwords and topics, but nothing to prepare you for the first day you’re sitting face to face with a client and ready to write a contract. You have to go through a certain element of “trial by fire” on every contract. The key, is knowing who to ask and when.

I had the same thing happen with my indoctrination into social media as it pertains to real estate. I fell in with the right crowd (AgentGenius) and learned quickly from agents who are regarded by many as the best. Many of them took me under their wing and taught me, corrected me, cajoled me, and pushed me towards my own answers (instead of just giving me the answers).

Your comments about me are truly testaments to many of those people. Social media has broken down a lot of the old school “I can’t tell anyone what I’m doing for fear that they are my competition and will use it against me.” Ask agents and a lot them will tell you that Twitter is one of the best help-desk style resources out there when it comes to real estate. You can have 100 answers from people you know and trust within minutes to something that you need opinions on. Amazing.

I hope your list continues to evolve and change, I know mine does minute by minute.

Thanks again!

Matt

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