9th place still makes me happy
a·ward/[uh-wawrd]
- verb (used with object): to give as due or merited; assign or bestow: to award prizes
- noun: something awarded, as a payment or medal.
This week I got an award. An actual award. The noun kind. In the past I have been ranked well, I have performed above my goals and expectations. I have even won salesperson of the year “awards” (just a silly verb) but I never physically got an award. I thought the real estate industry stopped giving awards (noun again) around the time it became unfashionable to spend thousands of dollars celebrating success when housing started tanking in the west and the government was bailing businesses out. I am very grateful to have been recognized and I am very pleased with my actual production but I am not sure about an award… For 9th place? An engraved award for 9th place. Not first place or second place, but 9th. Have we may be gone a little too far? Have things been so bad for so long that we long to award people for above average performance? Maybe I am being cynical but 9th place maybe shouldn’t have gotten an award. But I will take it. 
After all, 9th out of almost 400 agents is the top 2%, woo hoo! I also ended 2010 in the top 10% of Keller Williams Metropolitan agents. Hey, that’s pretty good too. Wait a minute. I am getting excited about my award. Maybe the cynicism is wearing off! Aren’t you impressed? Actually, excuse me, I am off to update my resume.
Top 2% is awesome!
OK, so I am back to thinking an award for 9th place is kind of stupid. Especially one that was delivered in Jan 2011 and is dated 2009. (How did I miss that!) Apparently they didn’ t think it was important either.
Way to go! You break records every year