Thoughtfulness, a theme we hear a lot about this holiday season. Here at Spade and Archer ’thoughtfulness' is one of our core values that we embody year round. From our staff to our clients we each bring this simple word to life through beautiful small actions. Being thoughtful not only allows us to show others how much we care but determines what kind of person we will become. Just as Aaron Bloom who turned a thank you note in $30 million.
Aaron bloom of Windermere
While finding his passion in life and exploring different career avenues Aaron Bloom remained thoughtful as to what kind of person he wanted to become. His journey brought him through 22 different jobs, all of which helped him grow in different ways.
During his time working at Nordstrom Aaron pushed the boundaries of “What is service really like?” When the situation was appropriate he would gather permission to load up his car with clothes and drive them to the hotel of the potential client. Aaron states, “That was the first time in my life it was ever infused into me, that service is selling. And that if you always lead with service the sales come naturally, you don’t even have to ask for them.” With each act of service Aaron portrayed thoughtfulness as to what kind of person he was becoming.
This service oriented mindset carried over to his real estate career. Through working with Windermere he learned lessons that aligned with his core values. While having coffee with a developer, just to grow his knowledge, he put into action a game changing lesson... “Learn how to stop talking.” This lesson allowed him to learn and grow as a person. After a thoughtful conversation Aaron followed up with a hand written thank you note. This thoughtfulness led him to be remembered, considered and later chosen on his first development project.
To this day Aaron approaches life by being thoughtful and grateful to those around him. "If I can’t be 100% honest, open, genuine and vulnerable I don't want to do it.” He has learned the importance of his core values and how they determine the trajectory of his future. Luckily for Spade and Archer our values align with Aaron’s and we have had the pleasure to work beside an extremely genuine, organic, thoughtful friend. And for that we could not be more thankful.
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