I’m trying a lot harder this year at my job.  But what does trying harder really mean? In year one of my new career I worked a lot of hours.  Since it was all so new to me it took me longer to do some of the common things a Loan Officer…

What drives you to do what you do everyday at work? Is it the thrill of being productive?  The money?   The thought of helping others?  Or is it just a “job” and there is no motivation except for the fact that we all have to pay our bills so this is…

Friday was a good day for me.  It felt very productive!  I started out my day with a list of things to do.  This may sound mundane to write about, but for some reason when I have a to do list at the start of the day it makes the…

Recently a co-worker and I disagreed on how we should proceed with a particular loan application that I had received.  We discussed different options as to what to do and how to handle it, but we clearly were on two different pages when it came to what to do next. Nothing…

Lots of things are swirling around in the world today.  Inflation, wars, Political decisions, the Pandemic – the state of our world can seem scary and difficult to navigate. Just going to work can be a welcomed change from it all, getting a chance to just do our job and…

We took a few days off and traveled out of town on vacation last week to New Orleans.  Even though my wife has been there numerous times, I can’t remember the last time I have been and the kids have never been there… so we decided to go explore! We had…

I messed up a loan file this week and had to do the whole thing over. This may not sound like a big deal but it takes a whole lot of time to get everything set up correctly and ready to submit into the system so this was a huge…

I got stuck on something at work this week.  It happens from time to time, but usually I can overcome it by doing a little research into it or looking through our knowledge base for the answer etc. But this time I couldn’t find the answer. And it was frustrating me. So I…

Several loans I was working on fell through last week. I spent a considerable amount of time with three different families.  I gave them numerous loan options to consider, had great conversations and answered all their questions.  But due to various circumstances none of them moved forward. This can be…

“How was your weekend?” Option 1:“Aw it was great, had family in town for Easter, did an Easter egg hunt for the little ones in the backyard and played some golf Sunday afternoon with my brother in laws – we don’t get to do that enough!”  Option 2:“Man it was amazing, we…