We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Nabria Robinson. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Nabria below.
Nabria, thanks for joining us, excited to have you contributing your stories and insights. It’s always helpful to hear about times when someone’s had to take a risk – how did they think through the decision, why did they take the risk, and what ended up happening. We’d love to hear about a risk you’ve taken.
When I think of the word risk at first I used to be terrified. What if something bad happens? What if things don’t go the way I planned it in my head? Just a lot of thoughts running through my head. Fear is the main reason why I never took plenty of risk; or was it? I started real estate 3 years ago, a young woman who was a college drop out, feeling like she failed because she was still living in her parents house. I told my mother one day I wanted to become a real estate agent. She said “Go for it, I believe you can do it” and as cliché as it sounds that inspired me to set fear to side and have coffee with risk,
As always, we appreciate you sharing your insights and we’ve got a few more questions for you, but before we get to all of that can you take a minute to introduce yourself and give our readers some of your back background and context?
My name is Nabria Robinson and I am from Lane, SC a town where you have to name the closest city to for people to try to understand where it is located. I got into real estate years ago becoming fascinated with housing, I was so obsessed that I would go to Lowe’s and role play as a realtor showing houses to clients. Real estate was something that always stuck with me. When the idea first came to my head I was randomly in my mothers room and I told I wanted to become a real estate agent, I was 100% sure when I first told her because I had the idea that I wasn’t smart enough or had the skills to become one so it became an “idea” but it wasn’t until she gave me some encouraging words to reassure whatever I set my mind on that I can achieve it was when I decided to take my last $180 to take my pre license course. When I first started out people told me it’s like learning a new language, but eventually you’ll get it. It’s safe to say I cried plenty of nights but eventually I conquered my fears. My main goal outside of becoming a real estate agent wasn’t just selling houses my goal was to become a vessel for God and help secure housing for everyone. I always believed housing should be affordable and people should be able to live comfortably.
We often hear about learning lessons – but just as important is unlearning lessons. Have you ever had to unlearn a lesson?
A lesson I had to learn was believing things were not working out in my favor, it’s plenty of days and nights I would break down in my car and wonder why not me? I would question what’s my purpose and read books on how to find your purpose because I felt like I was out of place my whole life. Things never made sense to me at all. It was around last year September I broke down in my car to the point I signed up for therapy in the parking lot, life didn’t feel like it was worth living at that moment. I’m glad I convinced myself it was, because after ONE session I was talking to my therapist so much that she had to stop me let me know that I mentioned “helping people” at least 20 times, I didn’t understand at that moment. What do you mean helping people !? Lady I don’t know my purpose lol it’s so funny to me because that it was in my face the whole time, my purpose was being a vessel for other people in different ways. I’m a firm believer things happen for a reason and for your highest good.
How about pivoting – can you share the story of a time you’ve had to pivot?
As a child I never liked to read I would always look at pictures in books. My mother would always tell me I should start reading more chapter books with more words and less pictures so I could expand my imagination. Fast forward to my adult life, I love to read books all the time. If I’m not reading a book I’m most likely listening to an audiobook while cleaning or working out. I was talking to a previous employer one day about book recommendations and she recommended this book called “We should All be Millionaires” the title instantly drew me because, she’s right!!! Certainly after reading the book something stuck out to me about feeling like you have to stick with something because you feel like you’ve invested time, money, effort, etc into it instead of doing things that are fulfilling to you and your purpose. If you ask anyone in my family there’s two things they said I can’t keep: a job and the same number and as insulting as it sounds they are 100% correct, there’s even a quote about being a jack of all trades and a master of none. I was never phased by any comments made because deep down I knew if It didn’t make me happy or fulfilled it wasn’t going to last. My pivots started as young as 17, I left my first job after being there maybe 3 months and kept job hopping from there, my main thing to tell people is “ go where you are loved” as that’s when I decided to invest in love to spread to others
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