The Legend of Two Wolves

One evening an old Cherokee told his grandson about a battle that goes on inside people. He said, “My son, the battle is between two “wolves” inside us all. One is Evil. It is anger, envy, jealousy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego. The other is Good. It is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion, and faith.” The grandson thought about it for a minute and then asked his grandfather: “Which one wins?” The old Cherokee replied, “The one you feed.”

Many of our cover stories as children were “fed” the positive attitudes and beliefs that they could be anything they wanted when they grew up. For Margie Smith Dorrance of Salem, Illinois, her passion for excelling helped her become an award wining baton twirler and head drum majorette at her high school. When she graduated high school, she could have let the fact that most of the big colleges did not have female drum majorettes, (let alone females in their marching bands) curtail her twirling passion, but she would not let the nay sayers take away her dream. Margie would not give up and soon realized her dream when she became the head drum majorette for the UT Marching Longhorn Band!

Utilizing the same passion for excelling in everything she loves helped her establish an extremely successful real estate practice at Keller Williams Metropolitan. She is one of the most successful KW agents in Houston and one of the most admired KW agents in the country! Keller Williams International President and CEO, Mark Willis (the latest member of the REE Publisher’s Advisory Board) could not say enough good things about Margie. I know that you will enjoy her story.

Rene Salvatierra of urbanFINANCIAL most have grown up with the same positive reinforcement. Rene is a successful businessman in his own right with an incredible mortgage business and an even more incredible staff of loan officers and processors.
It has been a goal of mine to tell his story in the magazine. I have enjoyed working with all of them…you will too!

As always, good reading and good sales!

Success to You!

Steve Levine

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