By Alexis MacIntyre

Profit share offers unlimited income potential.  But it requires unlimited thinking.  When I first joined Keller Williams, I had one strong limiting belief around growing my profit share tree.  I was afraid to come off  like I was “selling” the company.  As I’ve grown within KW, I’ve internalized a deep appreciation for our family and I’ve recognized that growing my profit share tree has absolutely nothing to do with selling KW.  It’s about attracting talent.

Yes, growth is important to Keller Williams.  We’re proud of this! If growing our company wasn’t important to us, what kind of business stakeholders would be?  By the way, profit is important to us as well.  But we are, first and foremost, a talent company.  Continue reading ‘Are You Holding Yourself Back?’

By Alexis MacIntyre

Are you committed to your dreams? I thought I was.  Then I had a mindshift.

My husband and I had our first child, Violet, in December last year and I came back from maternity leave in March.  Shortly after my return, I attended Leadership and Motivation with Master Faculty Trainer John Davis.  In that class, you write down your dreams, without limitations, in order to translate them into goals.  I started writing…”Be completely debt free…Travel to Italy…”

Then, things started to get intense.  I began thinking about Violet and all the dreams I had for her.  I had aspirations before about starting a family and our life together. But now she was here.  She was a real person in my life – for whom I now have more emotion than four silly little letters in the word “love” could ever describe.  And the dreams I starting writing for her and for her life were powerful.  I had trouble holding back tears as I wrote—I was so deeply, emotionally invested.

Continue reading ‘Are You Committed to Your Dreams?’