In this episode of The Jerry & Jacobe Podcast, hosts Jerry Weaver and Jacobe Kendrick talk about how to find wisdom in a sea of information. They discuss the importance of finding a mentor or coach, and how finding wisdom relates to their successful real estate careers.
Episode Highlights:
- Jerry has decided to become proactive about finding good information instead of just letting wisdom come to him.
- Wisdom is the quality of having experience, knowledge, and good judgment.
- You choose whether you learn from mistakes or not.
- Remember that people have gone before you that you can look to for wisdom.
- Putting yourself in a specific circle of people can eliminate a lot of information that's out there.
- Jerry finds someone he trusts that has characteristics he wants to emulate when he's seeking wisdom.
- When you don't have wisdom, that causes fear.
- Jacobe speaks about finding wisdom from a real estate coach.
- Jerry speaks about how he also found the real estate coach Kevin Ward.
- Jacobe shares how he approached finding the right information when he became a real estate agent. He found someone with a process to emulate.
- Jerry and Jacobe discuss how access to information has changed real estate. The rules have changed.
- They discuss working with sellers who are trying to sell their homes themselves.
- There are many areas of life where we have a lot of facts but not necessarily a lot of wisdom.
- We have a need for certainty. Knowing you're working with an established process helps you to feel more certain.
- Wisdom helps you know how to work with facts.
- Wisdom isn't black and white.
- Jacobe loves to read and research to sort through information and find wisdom.
- Figure out how the expert you're consulting became an expert.
- For Jerry, having wisdom starts with finding clarity about who he wants to be.
- Jacobe likes to research things for himself to discover the truth.
- It's possible to drown in information. That doesn't move you forward.
- Fear often builds when you start taking in too much information.
- Jacobe shares about his experience in military training when he encountered the unknown and had to stretch his mind around uncertain conditions.
- Wisdom brings certainty and can help you get to the result you're looking for.
- Not all investors are the same and you're not going to be the same as another investor.
- As an investor, you need to define your goals. This will make finding deals that work for you easier to do.
3 Key Points:
- Finding the right mentor or coach can help you filter information.
- When you have a specific goal, it helps to find someone with a proven system or process you can emulate.
- Information without wisdom can cause fear, uncertainty, and overwhelm.
Resources Mentioned:
- Jacobe Kendrick Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram
- Jerry Weaver Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram
- Jerry and Jacobe Podcast Facebook page
- Moonwalking with Einstein (book)
- The Power of Habit (book)