Episode 021: The Power of Personal Brands with Chris Harder

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This is a very special week for us because we have the absolute pleasure to welcome Chris Harder to the Thinking OTB podcast. Chris has been a mentor of Steve, a coach, but more importantly, a friend.  We’re so grateful for him to stop by to sit and share with us some of the wisdom and insights he’s had as a highly successful entrepreneur. Our conversation hit a number of topics as we talked about everything from personal empowerment, investing in relationships and in yourself, and so on. Here are some hand-picked insights from Chris during our conversation:</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></p> <p><strong>On Real Estate Agents and Entrepreneurs:</strong></p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I feel like realtors, even though I'm not in the real estate space, are built the same way that I am. That is the more I put in, the more that I learn, the more that I hustle, the more that I can make and the more that I can make, I can then take those seeds and plant them and turn them into something new into a crop that's worth having. So, I actually have a really fond perception of realtors.”</span></p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p><strong>Career Satisfaction and Working through Challenges:</strong></p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I think one of the most disempowering thoughts is that it has to be joyous all the time. When they say things like, ‘if you do what you love, you'll never work a day in your life,’ and all these other positive quotes, and I know they mean well when they say it, but they're actually quite misleading. Because when you're having a bad day or a bad week, or you don't feel like doing it this month, then it makes you feel like maybe you're in the wrong thing. Or maybe you chose wrong, or maybe you shouldn't be doing this. That's usually not the case. Maybe you didn't uphold boundaries, and now you have too many obligations. Maybe you're bored because you've been doing it in the same wa