More often than not, looking at leaders that have created a fruitful career can leave us taking their success at face value. What we see is the destination: the high production volume, GCI, number of businesses owned. But, there is more to success than meets the eye.

In celebration of this month’s Keller Williams book-club pick, Angela Duckworth’s Grit, we spoke with real estate leaders to explore the building blocks of creating careers worth having, businesses worth owning, and lives worth living. Each journey is vastly different from the other, and we thank the leaders who spoke with us in a candid, vulnerable manner about their experience.

What Is Grit?

In her book, Angela Duckworth describes grit as a combination of passion and perseverance. Understanding that reaching your goals is a marathon, not a sprint. “When I think of grit, I think of resilience and your ability to take a hit and immediately get back up and keep going without taking that hit personally,” he says. “I also think grit is about having time perspective, and being able to acknowledge that immediate results that are worthwhile rarely come. Instead, we have to plant many seeds, wait a long time, and do a lot of work in order for things to come to fruition.”

GRIT is a must read!

Ryan