Spring Conference Review - reomac

GENERAL
SESSION I:
Keynote
Speaker,
Christopher
Gardner
By Gary
Tatar
Three Words ... Great Motivational
Speaker.... A real treat to hear a
speaker that has not forgotten where
he came from or what it took to be the
success he is today.
I had to ask myself, “What was so
impressive about a man that went from rags
to riches as a Stock Broker?” Many have
done it before and many will do it again.
Many have gone from the bottom to the
top in business. Sure he had to overcome
some obstacles, again many have and
many will. It is not much different than
the REO/Loss Mitigation business. Many
have gone from entry level file clerks to
Sr. Asset Managers, Retail Store Clerks
to REO Brokers. Many have done it and
many will do it again.
First, a quick summary on Christopher
Gardner. He was employed but disliked his
job (like many). He saw a guy in a luxury
sports car and asked him what he did for a
living – he was a stock broker. Christopher
decided that he wanted that job (like many
others). He was married at the time and
also had a very young son. He took a big
risk and quit his job. His wife left him and
took their son. She later showed up and
gave him custody of his son right when he
was starting an internship at a major stock
brokerage firm. It’s a classic story. It could
have been a movie ... oh wait, IT WAS.
Many family members and friends would
have told him that he should step up and
get a real job (as some call it) to support his
family. He was obviously capable of getting
a job that paid more than the internship
at the brokerage firm. So why did this
intelligent and motivated man choose the
path of poverty and homelessness? And
yes, he did choose this because he could
have changed paths at anytime and taken a
so-called real job. When you do not make
enough money for daycare, rent and food
you need to make more choices, 99.99% of
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