Episode 043: A Real Estate Investing Lesson from Tennessee Williams

Auburn Investment Properties Podcast with Chris Kearns

Jul 20 2021 • 25 mins

In this Episode, I'm going to take you back to a diner on Beale Street in Memphis, on a lonely night more than 15 years ago.  I felt like I was drifting a little, and needed some wisdom in my life about dealing with success, not feeling needed, and being kind of depressed about it.

Around that time, I started reading classic books and plays to keep my mind active, and this particular night I sat down to read The Glass Menagerie, not even knowing what a Menagerie was, or why the play was so famous.  In fact, the play  itself was not very memorable to me - I had to look it up again and do a google search to find remember what a "menagerie" was again just so I could do this podcast!  Lucky for me, I came across something in the first few pages of the book, before the play even started, that was as memorable and influential as anything I've read before or since.  It's not often you get life advice from someone so gifted with the written word, and I'm definitely talking about Tennessee Williams here, not me!  Anyway, this is a super short episode with a very impactful lesson about your Real Estate career, and about life in general.  I hope you enjoy it as much as I did!

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