🤝 Are You a Team Player?
Happy Tuesday!
Here is an Idea, an Action, and a Question to consider this week.
Idea
Personal growth involves recognizing that, just as you benefit from the knowledge and support of others, you can also play a vital role in helping others develop. How can you share what you know with those around you?
Meetups: Joining or organizing meetups is a great way to connect with others and share valuable insights. You don’t have to be an expert to share useful ideas and experiences. Often, a few nuggets of wisdom can make a big impact.
Lunch and Learns: Hosting a "lunch and learn" is a simple way to bring people together for shared learning. Invite agents and vendors to join you for lunch and discuss a specific topic, like insurance insights from a knowledgeable rep. To offset costs, you can even bring in sponsors. It’s a collaborative way to deepen understanding and build connections.
Teams: Whether you’re leading a team or are new to one, sharing your knowledge and adding value is essential. In well-run teams, one person’s success reflects positively on everyone, so focus on contributing openly and fostering mutual growth.
There are countless ways to share your expertise, from formal avenues like teaching a class at a local association to informal methods like engaging on social media. Find the method that feels most natural to you and start adding value where you can.
One of the greatest rewards of teaching others is that you learn more yourself. Teaching sharpens your understanding as you explore how to explain complex ideas, and you gain fresh perspectives from the questions and experiences of others. Helping others grow leads to growth in yourself too!
Action
Choose one way to share your knowledge this month—whether it's by attending or hosting a meetup, organizing a lunch and learn, sharing insights on social media, or supporting someone on your team. Schedule it on your calendar, and prepare one or two key topics you'd like to discuss or teach.
Question
How has someone else’s knowledge or guidance impacted your journey, and how can you offer that same support to others?
See you next week,
Matt “Roar” Gardner
Real estate investor-agent, Author of Supersonic Real Estate: How an Agent Can Boost Sales, Begin Investing, and Build an Exit Strategy, and keynote speaker
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