Rebecca Schocker

I didn't grow up with very involved parenting. I didn't have someone guiding me and telling me what I should do or what I was good at. I always wanted someone to see my strengths and say that is what you would be really good at, but I didn't. I kept waiting for a roadmap which never arrived, so I had to create my own. Through trial and error, I had to figure it out, and I had to keep showing up for myself. I was under-parented which forced me to make my own decisions at an early age. I'm in the mindset that I can make anything work. I am no stranger to change and I get bored easily, so I am always willing to change things up and try something new. I listen to my intuition and my body to guide me. Try it, see if it works. If not, try something else. Don't be afraid to try. I've taken many leaps without a net, and the biggest thing is I trusted myself to figure it out.

In my first year in real estate, which was 21 years ago, I had a broker, and she told me to under-promise and over-deliver. And I know that's so simple and cliche. That's really served me well. Sell forward, you know, don't be afraid to try.

You don't need to know everything before you get started. Don't focus on having the website, business cards and such. If you have a desire in your heart to serve other's, and you can learn a skillset, then just start. Do it messy, do it scared, but I promise you if your heart is in the right place and you consistently show up, the results will come. Don't stop when nothing is happening. Embrace the challenges, learn and grow from the lessons!

One of the biggest challenges that I face is I'm an attractive female and I work with men, so the hardest thing is getting men who are actually serious to do the work, versus men that just want to get close to me or to know me. I try to maintain professionalism through and through. The opportunities are it's a wide open field. I'm pivoting and rebranding a little bit of my business. I want to go more into the corporate or executive coaching, and speaking engagements, and so I think the opportunities, there's always opportunity, as long as we are open to it.

Number one is trust. Loyalty. Communication. You have to have open, honest, direct communication. Integrity. Being a woman of my word if, I say I'm going to do something, then I do it. Otherwise, I don't say it. Honestly, that's probably the biggest one, is living up to my word. Like, my word is law, and that's how I run my life. Intentionality is a big one, too.