Level Up
Every year as a licensed loan officer, I have to take a certain amount of Continuing Education courses in order to renew my license. I also voluntarily take training classes offered by my company to gain better knowledge and expertise on specific loan programs.
One training is required. The other is not.
We have tons and tons of training at our company when it comes to loan programs. You could get lost in the sheer amount of training offered and it would take hours upon hours each day to go through everything that is available.
At one point in my mortgage career I did just this. I got lost in all of the training. I would sign up for everything that was offered and would even watch the recordings of a training later if I happened to miss it.
Now I am being much more focused.
I still take training offered by my company, but I look at what is offered and choose things specifically that will help me grow my business. It’s easy to get caught up in “being active” but harder to stay focused on things that will generate revenue and help me get the families I work with into the best financial situation regarding their mortgage.
Do you ever try to get better at your current occupation? Does your company offer specific training as it relates to your job? Do you regularly seek out education in your field to try and get better?
A Real Christian Businessman knows we have to level up our skills periodically. Staying stagnant in our occupation for too long of a period will only cause us to become complacent… and possibly start to resent the job that we are doing each day.
“Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity…” Ecc 5:15-16a (NIV)
“Lazy people want much but get little, but those who work hard will prosper.” (Prov 13:4 (NLT)
When you stop and think about your current job, take a little time to engage in some training or learn a new wrinkle as it relates to your occupation.
It will make you better.
It will make you happier.
And it honors God.