3 Things Real Estate Agents Can Learn From Anthony Joshua<\/h1>\n

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If you aren\u2019t a boxing fan, or have been living under a rock, you may not have heard that on June 1st, 2019, Andy Ruiz, a real life version of Rocky Balboa, and the first Mexican Boxing Heavyweight Champion in history, beat Olympic Gold Medalist and Adonis, Anthony Joshua and stripped him of his boxing titles about 6 months ago. The last time something like this happened was on February 11, 1990 when Buster Douglas knocked out Mike Tyson.\u00a0 Real Estate Agents can learn a lot from both fighters, although more can be learned from Anthony Joshua\u2019s return to glory on December 7th, 2019.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m going to give you 3 things Real Estate Agents can learn from Anthony Joshua.<\/p>\n

1) No one Is Too Big To Fail<\/h2>\n

At the time of their first fight, Anthony Joshua was undefeated and Andy Ruiz was an 11-1 underdog. Joshua, underestimated Ruiz and rightfully so. At first glance, Ruiz does not look like your prototypical boxer. Some, perhaps most, would argue that he is overweight. No one can blame Joshua for overlooking his competitor who ultimately defeated him and shocked the world. This was Anthony Joshua\u2019s first mistake: assuming that he was too big to fail.<\/p>\n

Netflix and Blockbuster. Amazon and Toys R Us. Uber\/Lyft and Taxi Drivers. What do they all have in common? In each case, the original titan fell prey to an emerging competitor that they didn\u2019t take serious enough.<\/p>\n

You should embrace the statement, \u201cNo one is too big to fail.\u201d as it represents both opportunity and motivation. You may not believe it, but you can most certainly take over a market, or an industry, even if there is a bigger player ahead of you. No one bats .1000 and if you just hang in there long enough, you\u2019ll get your opportunity at bat. Now if your the big dog, this also means that you can\u2019t sit on your laurels. Someone, somewhere is trying to take your spot. You can operate from a place of fear, or you can look at this as an opportunity to keep your edge. If you feel threatened by competition, a career as a Real Estate Agent is most certainly not for you.<\/p>\n

If you feel threatened by competition, a career as a Real Estate Agent is most certainly not for you.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

2) Not All of Your Strategies will work<\/h2>\n

Just like Rocky Balboa, Andy Ruiz, a relatively unknown boxer, was a replacement fighter. He had six week to prepare for the biggest fight of his life where he had a -2500 odds of winning. What most people, including Anthony Joshua didn\u2019t know, was that Andy Ruiz was a powerful puncher with a quick inside game. In other words, if you got too close he could stun you with explosive close range shots.<\/p>\n

In their first fight, Anthony Joshua fell prey to Ruiz\u2019s inside game. That is primarily why Joshua lost in one of the greatest upsets in boxing history. He, a much more technical fighter, should have known better. That strategy failed miserably.<\/p>\n

Not all of your strategies or ideas are going to work. In fact, many of them are going to fail. Some in as a spectacular fashion as Anthony Joshua\u2019s public fall from his pedestal. Others will be in complete isolation. Don\u2019t fret. It happens to everyone. There\u2019s a reason that companies like Amazon, Disney, Apple, Google, and Facebook spend millions of dollars on research and development on ideas that end up in the trash, and it\u2019s because they want to stay ahead of the pack. I realize that your budget may not permit you to spend that kind of money testing and improving, but there are many inexpensive ways to make your product or service better. Be curious. Test ideas. You will fall. Get back up.<\/p>\n

During their second bout, Anthony Joshua put on a boxing clinic. He learned from his mistake in the first fight, and jabbed & punched Andy Ruiz from a distance all twelve rounds. It wasn\u2019t flashy, but it did the job. Joshua won in a unanimous decision.<\/p>\n

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