Meet Jacqueline Ready

We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Jacqueline Ready a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.

Jacqueline Ready, first a big thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts and insights with us today. I’m sure many of our readers will benefit from your wisdom, and one of the areas where we think your insight might be most helpful is related to imposter syndrome. Imposter syndrome is holding so many people back from reaching their true and highest potential and so we’d love to hear about your journey and how you overcame imposter syndrome.

I think imposter syndrome comes from two places. One is that fear of being inadequate, particularly for a new role, business growth or opportunity. The other place is from genuine self doubt in your current skill set. There is nothing healthier than that doubt—especially when it pushes you to learn more, scale more efficiently, set better boundaries, etc.
I’ve been self-employed since I was in my 20’s, so imposter syndrome has always arrived with every success indicator along the way. It’s best to lean in and figure out what exactly I’m insecure about and then either crush that with deeper education or hire the right people who are far better than me at that thing.

Great, so let’s take a few minutes and cover your story. What should folks know about you and what you do?

I lead a team of talented real estate agents in South Mississippi. We are proud purveyors of the American Dream, both home and business. We are diving deeper this next year into commercial real estate and using our background in economic development to squash vacancy in historic towns across the Coast and in the Pine Belt.

If you had to pick three qualities that are most important to develop, which three would you say matter most?

Staying unafraid was crucial to my survival in the earliest days of my career. There were plenty of risks I took early on that I’m sure made a few heads tilt, and I wouldn’t trade them for anything.
Having a solid grasp of my tech was a big advantage for me among my peers, when I first got into real estate 16 years ago. Today, that’s baked in, but it gave me a giant leap ahead at the time.
The third thing is, I don’t bruise easily. I take my lumps and move on to improvement. As an entrepreneur there is zero time for self-pity.
My advice? Look at the trends in markets larger than yours and stay on top of them regardless of your local market. This works well in smaller markets that can sometimes take half a decade to adapt. Don’t study your local competitors too heavily or you will end up mirroring them and always being late to the party.

To close, maybe we can chat about your parents and what they did that was particularly impactful for you?

We had regular “family meetings” and it felt cheesy at the time, especially because I was an only child, but that level of seriousness was foundational to who I am. Discuss the issues, write down the plans and make them happen—to me now as an adult, there is no other way.

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