The hustle mentality.

Hustle (n) - busy movement and activity.

In real estate or really any industry, the ability to hustle is a great quality to have. It keeps you moving forward. I used to date a man who was in sales and his amazing knack at hustling was like an art form. I think of him and his ambition often as I entered into this new career. The concept of hustling to me is similar to the childhood game of hot potato, you NEVER WANT TO STOP, as that is when you will drop the potato and lose. You constantly want to be charging forward.

I started following some of the big names in real estate - Ryan Serhant, Katrina Campins and Luis Ortiz and, man, can they hustle. They eat, breathe and sleep real estate. Every waking moment they have is dedicated to real estate. For a woman that loves real estate, it is incredibly admirable to see how much these icons can get done in a day. In the end, it is about steering your career forward and in the direction that you want it to take. 

In real estate it's quite easy to get pulled in multiple directions. Most of your day is spent in the car and the details of a transaction can be time consuming. I recently read this article which outlined a curtail flaw in the hustle mentality as lack of strategy. You can work as hard as you want/can but if you do not have a plan or strategy, you may be wasting your time.

The ability to hustle and constantly be moving forward is an act that we can see. We can see the number of sales or closed transaction an agent has or how many hours they clocked. The plan is personal. From the outside, it may look like these real estate superstars just hustle, they most definitely have a plan and goals to meet. While all of us will inevitably get bogged with life's twists and turns, it's crucial to keep moving forward in the direction of our goals, making it necessary to detail our goals for both our life and career.

In addition to writing for Daigle's Digs, Elizabeth works full-time as a Real Estate Agent with  Keller Williams Realty Downtown, LLC. Elizabeth's expertise is in buying and selling a home, first time home buyers, short sales, and investment properties. Contact Elizabeth for any real estate needs. Cell 303-819.73.71. Work 720-314-8352.