Kelli Dennehey Christina

I attribute my success to God and my faith carrying me through a lot, and to the basic foundations of who I am. I work at a higher level - I'm a top producer who can get something done in 10 minutes that takes somebody else 2 hours. My work ethic comes from being born Midwest, where people are very smart and work incredibly hard, and I come from a successful family that raised me up with those values. My grandfather was a famous turkey farmer who was loaded, but you'd never know it - he just worked 7 days a week and loved his family. There's something built into my foundation from a very young age - in high school, my friends were like, yeah, you're gonna be on top of a mountain, there's just something in me. I dreamed that I was going to run the entire country at a young age. It's that bold spirit in me that just keeps driving, even when everybody's warning me that something is dangerous, I just keep going. I also learned a long time ago to lower my level of patience to realistic expectations because I cannot expect people to perform at my level. Most people are not going to spend 7 days a week on a career like I do, and that's okay - not every person is the same.

The best job advice I use and promote is job stability. If there is a way to get past a bad day or a bad week and start over, I promote start over. The reason I promote that is it goes back to the whole idea that the grass is not always greener on the other side of the fence. So I promote, if you can forgive, if you can start over after a bad day, a bad week, a bad month, whatever it is, start over and keep going. Then you're gonna be on a road of success and stability. That to me is some solid advice for all the real people out there, and it doesn't matter what job we're talking about. I also had an attorney 16 years ago who spent quite a few years with me to make sure I knew enough about law to keep me clean in business, because he said I'm a top producer and in the name of money, people are always gonna try to talk me into things. He wanted to make sure I wasn't talked into the wrong thing, and that education was invaluable.

The values most important to me are trust, honesty, and integrity in business. I'm very old school - it doesn't matter what years or decades go by, I still believe there's trust in business, there's honesty, there's integrity, and there's a lot of things that I look at on whether I'm going to partner with you or be in a business relationship. I don't think some of those things are ever going to be outdated, they're always gonna be necessary, and that is part of my current brand. Let's make money, let's make top success - I'm a top producer, but let's do it the right way. Let's obey the law. I'm not gonna stand on stage and say 80% of Americans need to obey the laws but 20% are special and can do whatever they want. I'm not burying problems. As leaders, we have to stand up for what's right. I also believe strongly in taking care of people - that hospitality personality of loving people and taking care of people is a strong foundation deep inside of me. And I believe people have forgotten that it's not just about money making a difference - you can offer time, you can offer service, you can just do people a favor, and you're making a difference.