What a thrill it is to serve as a stakeholder with you as Keller Williams Realty claimed the rank of the second largest real estate company in the United States, and powers toward its certain destiny to become the No. 1. 

This awesome achievement is entirely yours – entirely a result of your talent, your tenacity, your belief in the Keller Williams distinct way of doing business, your determination to push limits, to do more, and to become more.  There is nothing that can be written or said about Keller Williams Realty that has more power or more of an impact within your sphere than you do. It’s your professionalism and your success that your clients and colleagues see. You are the brand.

Talent follows talent and the numbers prove that you are the best magnet for talent that the real estate industry has ever known. And that’s why it thrills us that 25,293 of you had a stake in a $34.6 million profit share pool last year, and that we stand to continue breaking our own records for profit share in 2011 and beyond.

Last month, I had the awesome privilege of participating in a merger celebration as more than 50 agents with the renowned Patterson Realtors in Tulsa, Okla., joined forces with our Tulsa Metro market center – catapulting Keller Williams Realty to the No. 1 spot in the market. What impressed us most about the genuine excitement for new beginnings was the one-on-one connections that powered the event. In Tulsa, as in your market, the groundwork for growth is being paved every single day with your professionalism and positive energy. 

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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.

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For the past few years, my wife, Wendy, and I have taken an annual goal setting retreat. It’s our chance to get on the same page on everything from our professional aspirations to our investment goals, from selecting a Kindergarten to redecorating our vintage 1970 bathroom.  These retreats also represent rare and valuable “spousal recharge” time away from the kids.  Needless to say, we were hooked. Last year we logged onto Priceline, booked a four-star room at a two-star price, called in the baby sitter and drove all of two miles away to the downtown Hilton. Who said a retreat has to be far away?

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