A Whisper Tour Is Born

A Whisper Tour? What on earth is a Whisper Tour?

To answer that, we’re going to need to rewind six years.

In 2019, I sold 98 homes.

I do not say that to brag. I say that to show just how unbalanced and overwhelming my life had become.

Selling 98 homes broke me. It would break anyone. I would wake up panicked, my mind racing with all of the things that had to get done.

My inner child was missing (of course he was missing)—nothing makes your inner child retreat like a cortisol and adrenaline cocktail every morning… after morning… after morning...

So, what needed to change?

Priorities did:

• My wife and kids deserved not only to have me physically present, but also mentally present.

• I needed to sell less homes... like, half the amount (something the real estate industry would never endorse. Their motto is always “more, more, more!”).

• Play needed to become a priority in my life.

I’d love to say that change came quickly, but I've learned that the letting go, learning, and unlearning will (and should) never stop.

Naturally, one of the first things I let go of was the building my wife and I owned—with my name plastered across the front, like a billboard constantly stroking my ego. Ha! How’s that for stabbing my ego in the chest?

I had to be very intentional about slowing down, and that wasn’t easy because our egos love to be “busy” and “needed”. It makes us feel special and significant.

Slowly, but surely, I had more free time. So, with that time, I had a friend teach me how to make homemade pizza dough. I taught myself how to fly fish. I wrote and recorded songs. I fell in love with making and baking sourdough bread. I read books I wanted to read. I went camping, hiking, rollerblading, biking—all the “-ing” things—with my family.

Holy wah, my life did become simpler, lighter, and more free. I felt (and feel) human again.

And now, I’m bringing that lighter and freer human into real estate. He's certainly not perfect (far from it)… But perfect is overrated... and also un-human. He's more confident in himself and in his intuition. He's leaning into the things that bring him joy and get him to chuckle.

He's more alive.

And, heads up, he's got a quirky sense of humor...

So with that, people of the world, I present to you… my very first Whisper Tour:

Sorry (not sorry)! 😉