Who Says Bumblebees Can Fly?

   I don't usually answer the phone at Climer School of Real Estate.  This day I did.  I enrolled a student that told me she was a Mary Kay pink Cadillac winner. I was impressed.  I told her so. 
   When Darlene Misciagno came into class on October first, within three minutes she knew everyone in the room.  The entire class seemed like old friends that had got together for a class reunion.
   A week long 63 hour pre license real estate class is not easy.  It is very stressful on most of the students.  They worry about passing my class at Climer School of Real Estate.  They worry about passing the Florida real estate exam.  These fears are legitimate.  The Florida real estate test is not easy.  The state wide pass rate is 52%.  Lots of people fail that test.
   I never heard Darlene say, " I can't ".  I think they teach you not to say that at Mary Kay.  She certainly showed some signs of stress.  She studied.  She encouraged her classmates to study.  She orchestrated coffee and snacks.  She was the first to buy a Climer School of Real Estate T shirt.  She brought a gift to the teacher on test day.
   Classes, like people, have personalities.  There are certain characters that are in most classes.  There is a class clown. There is a class cynic.  There is a class plodder.  There is a class grouch. and sometimes, with a little luck, there is a class leader. 
   Some classes have better leaders than others, but few classes have better leaders than our Mary Kay pink Cadillac winner, Darlene.
   As a spectator, from where I am standing, I don't always see classroom dynamics but I always see the results.  Good leaders create rapport within the class.  I can not explain rapport but I can tell when a class has it and when they don't. 
   I try to encourage class rapport but I can not make it happen. Only a class leader can make it happen.  Sometimes students pitch in and work together and sometimes they don't.
   In Darlene's class everyone helped each other.
   Leadership is a skill.  Leadership is a learnable skill
   If you find yourself in Clarmont, Florida and you see a pretty lady driving a pink Cadillac, tip your hat, honk your horn and wave.
   It is probably Darlene.  If you would like to learn some leadership skills and get your own pink Cadillac, call Darlene at 352 241 6363