On Emerson..

August 9, 2024: I’ve been reading “Meditations of Ralph Waldo Emerson – Into the Green Future” complied and edited by Chris Highland. It’s been on my bookshelf for a while. It has valuable and timeless insights and inspiration for mortgage loan officers on professional and personal development.

Emerson’s essay “Self-Reliance” emphasizes the importance of trusting one’s own instincts, beliefs, and abilities. A mortgage loan officer has to rely on their judgment, knowledge, and experience when advising their clients as well as making career decisions. By cultivating self-reliance, one can build confidence, independence, and resilience in their work and career.

Emerson celebrates individuality, originality, and personal expression. We can learn to embrace our unique strengths, perspectives, and values in our relationships with clients and colleagues. Our individuality and being our authentic self are differentiators in a highly competitive market and will help build stronger relationships.

Emerson values honesty, integrity, and ethical conduct in all areas of life. Mortgage loan officers are required to uphold high ethical standards, transparency, and professionalism in their dealings with clients, colleagues, and referral partners. An enduring, far-reaching reputation for reliability and credibility is established when we put a high priority on personal integrity and trustworthiness.

Emerson’s writings often convey a sense of optimism, idealism, and positive thinking. We can learn to approach challenges, setbacks, and uncertainties with a hopeful and resilient mindset. By maintaining a positive attitude and focusing on possibilities and solutions, a mortgage loan officer can navigate the obstacles, and setbacks in this business with grace and determination.

Emerson encourages creativity, imagination, and innovation as essential tools for personal growth and progress. Mortgage loan officers can think creatively, even entrepreneurially as we cultivate a spirit of innovation and learn new and better ways of doing the same  tasks. We need to adapt to changing market conditions, explore new strategies and methods of serving the client and growing our business by staying ahead of the curve in a dynamic and highly competitive business.

Emerson’s timeless wisdom and insights can inspire mortgage  loan officers to cultivate self-reliance, embrace individuality, maintain integrity, lean towards optimism, and nurture our native creativity. In short, to be a better version of ourselves. 

“The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be” -Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)