Professionalism.

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OK, I invited some realtors (i.e. as many as I had email addresses for) to an event:

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On the EMAIL, I had: Friday, October 3rd, 2007 in one spot (even though I had October 5th in other spots.  I goofed).

I got this in response from one Realtor (who doesn’t do much business).  This is what she said:

 I would probably take this SERIOUS [sic]… IF you knew what DATE this Friday was.

HOW UNPROFESSIONAL!!!!!!!!

Now…this was what I was afraid of.  If you stick yourself out there, you’re gonna screw up sometimes.  You’re gonna suck at some things.   FACT. OF. LIFE.    A date is something that I screwed up–and it was still reasonably clear when to come, but it wasn’t handled as well as it could have been.

At first I thought: How embarrassing–this is the WORST THING that I’ve ever done.   Man, I’m a fool.    And then a thought occurred to me:  I will NEVER be perfect EVER.  It’s not efficient.  It’s not smart, and some people are gonna look at stuff you do and try to tear you down.

My second thought:  I’m never gonna get it perfect, and I’m never gonna get it all done.   And I don’t have to.

To think about it: in 1775, the most “professional” group of soldiers were under the British Crown.  General Howe and (later) Cornwallis had them fighting with ultimate professionalism, compared to the folks under George Washington who had a bunch of plain folks that believed in their cause.

I let it go–I’m bummed that I made a mistake.

But..

It would have been a bigger mistake to NOT try.

It would have been a bigger error to NOT put myself out there.

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