I have been playing golf for much longer than I have been doing Real Estate. I have found that many of the same principles of golf also apply to real estate, or any other profession or life activity for that matter.
What is the first lesson anyone should know about golf? No, not how to grip a club, not how to putt or drive or chip. The first lesson in golf is this. Golf is all about what you do when nobody is looking.
In the movie Bagger Vance, Junnah Ranulph has a chance to win the golf match but as he clears some moveable impedements the ball moves slightly. Not much, didn't improve his lie or give him an advantage. It just moved. The rules of golf state that when the ball moves as a result of the golfer's action, whether or not part of a stroke, that is a penalty.
But nobody but Junnah saw this happen. Junnah called the penalty on himself. People, including the judges, gave him the chance to retract it. But Junnah kept the penalty stroke. He did not win the match.
In real life, Bobby Jones did the same thing at the 1925 U.S. Open. He ending up losing by 1 stroke.
Golf isn't about hitting the ball 300 yards, like Tiger Woods. It is about character. It is about honesty, it is about integrity.
What about real estate? What do you do, or not do, when nobody is looking? If you breakdown the Code of Ethics, it isn't about money, it is about character, is about honesty, it is about integrity. What are you about?
By the way, I am a better Realtor than I am a golfer.
