Justin Stoddart 0:00
Hey, welcome back to the Think Bigger Real Estate Show. So excited to be here today about a topic that is, I think so important to the industry, which is how do successful, loving, caring, thoughtful moms stay that way while still succeeding big in real estate? And I have with me today, Stephanie Peck.
Stephanie Peck 0:17
Yeah. Hi.
Justin Stoddart 0:18
Thank you so much for being here, Stephanie. Yeah, this is such a treat. Because, you know, guys consider around and pontificate and talk all day long about what we think the solution is for moms. But it really doesn't do it justice. What really needs to happen is for us to bring someone to the plate, who's for the past 10 years, is that right?
Stephanie Peck 0:36
Yeah. 12 years, actually,
Justin Stoddart 0:38
12 years in real estate, has managed and grown a very successful real estate practice and yet been a fantastic mom. So now I know that conversation kind of weighs heavy on a lot of moms, I was in a top agent mastermind I can reference this yesterday. And some producers, some of which sell 100 homes a year. And the kind of constant feeling of like, Am I doing enough? At home? Am I doing enough for my clients? Like, is that a real feeling? Do you feel that?
Stephanie Peck 1:05
Yeah, all the time, I'm always thinking, how am I going to be the best at everything, and also trying to remember that it's okay to not be the best at everything. Yeah, that's always my balance.
Justin Stoddart 1:17
You know,
it's been really interesting. I was raised in an entrepreneurial family, my mom was a very successful business owner. And I cannot think of something that she could have done better, in fact, because of what she did outside of the home and inspired me to similarly want to, you know, build a business. And so I'm grateful for the fact that not all moms are built a like some, like our dedicate like my wife, for example. She works one day a week as a nurse, and she thrives in that environment. Like my mom would have driven me and my siblings crazy. Had she been home? Right? Yeah, she's just wired to be like, very different. And so I don't know if you feel that way as well, like some moms like are better moms by both, like having some participation in the large participation, the workforce.
Stephanie Peck 2:04
Yeah, I definitely feel that way. Personally, I,
I went back and forth a lot about whether I wanted to be a stay at home mom or a working mom or part-time, I'm always trying to figure out where my place was in that. And I know for me when my kids were younger, and I was able to spend a lot of time at home with them. I'm so grateful for that time. And I love that I was able to do that. But now I personally am so much happier, doing what I'm doing and still being able to be the mom that I want it to be.
Justin Stoddart 2:41
Now that's some moms probably have that. That guilt, right, that feeling of like,
I'm giving up kids, let's talk a little bit about motherhood. For those that know me, some of you don't know me as well, others do know that at the core of who I am, I'm a family guy. And family is the most important thing to me. So and I honestly believe that there's no greater work than one will do than within the walls of their own home. Right? That's a quote that stuck with me ever since I was young. And I believe that, that a lot of realtor moms feel that same way to have even though they build a great business build a great empire, they realize that all shrinks in comparison to the work that they're doing. And raising up the next generation talk a little bit about kind of your feelings about motherhood and home just so that those things like, well, she doesn't like she doesn't get me because of she obviously family's kind of the second tier to her. And I know that's not true, right? Talk a little bit about like, your feelings towards motherhood and being a mom and all that.
Stephanie Peck 3:33
Yeah. So for me, I, I got into real estate because I wanted to do it for my family. And because I wanted to be the mom that I wanted to be knowing that I still wanted to be a working mom. But I didn't want to be a drop off at daycare, 10 hour a day kind of a mom. That was just my personal choice. And that's how I wanted to have my family structured. So that's when I got started in real estate was with that goal in mind. So for me, I'm always trying to think about why did I do this? Why did I decide to get into this business? And who am I serving because of it? So I focus on what I want to do for my family because of real estate and not the other
way around is
Justin Stoddart 4:21
interesting that we've talked about before. You've mentioned before about how important it is to to have a clear why right? Because I know that in real estate you get in any training, and it's like more and more and more bigger, bigger, bigger. Yeah. sell, sell, sell. Yeah. And unless you're reaching the highest small percentile in the industry, sometimes you feel like a loser, right? It's like, Oh, I didn't make the top 10%. Top 1%. I should strive for more. But what you mentioned is having a really clear why to know like, when enough is enough, right? How you kind of came to that conclusion, because I'm sure that is talented as you are, you could have a bigger business if you chose to. But you've probably chosen at times to throttle back to say no to this, this and this. So that you can still be the mom you want to be.
Stephanie Peck 5:01
Right. Yeah, that's exactly what I'm doing. And that's kind of that inner battle that I'm always fighting to because I'm I'm a driven person. I'm a think bigger kind of a person
Justin Stoddart 5:11
why she's here.
Yeah. Fellow big thinker.
Stephanie Peck 5:14
Yeah. So you know, I'm always thinking about what could I be doing next? What should I be doing more of? But always going back to that, why? Why did I want to be here in the first place? It's because I wanted to be the kind of mom that was able to go on the field trips, I wanted to be the kind of mom that is dropping my kids off at school and picking them up from school as much as possible. So I scheduled my time, but you know, at 230 usually is cut off time for a little while. And I spend time with my kids after school and then go back to it, you know, once the husband gets home, and I head out for evening showings. And so for me, I've always thought, who am I doing this for? And why am I doing it? And that means that I'm not going to be that, you know, big giant producer right now. And being okay with that, because I'm working for my family, and I'm working to give them a better life and give them more than I ever thought would be possible.
Justin Stoddart 6:16
Yeah. I think that, as you said, it's important to be able to say no, and have a Be confident by saying like, No, I don't want to go there yet. Maybe I don't want to build a big team, right? Or maybe I do need some team members, right? Yes, I do need some support. Because as you and I both know, not all activities in real estate are paid the same. Right? There are certain things that are of high value to the customer. There are other things that need to happen. But doesn't this still need to happen by you? Right? Have you found kind of getting into into the more tactical now, some tactical tips on things that you've decided like, okay, that needs to happen, but if I start doing that, it's either that or picking my kids up at school? And so, therefore, I'm going to, I'm going to hire or create a better system or tool for that. What are those things? Yea...
