Ep 14: Cole Watkins: Letting Go to Grow

His dad built a church from nothing to two thousand members, and Cole Watkins grew up right inside that structure, helping him run it. Then he walked away. Not from his dad. From drawing a paycheck off people's tithes and offerings. Cubicle. Oil field. That wasn't it either. So Cole got his real estate license having never sold a single thing in his life, and quit his job two weeks before the test so there was no paycheck to slow him down. Eight months of nothing but leases followed on a ninety-ten split before he found a fifty-fifty team and started making six figures within six months. In this episode of Scale Like a Savage, Britany Boatwright and Jamie Seneca sit down with Cole to talk about launching The Bridge Group with his wife Kelly in 2019, growing it to more than fifty agents, the mistake that cost him people early on, and why he thinks fair leadership and equal leadership are two very different things. If you're leading a team and wondering why your own standard isn't sticking with everybody on your roster, this episode is built for you. In this episode: How growing up in his dad's church prepared Cole for real estate more than he expected Why he quit his oil field job two weeks before his real estate exam, on purpose The two years of nothing but open houses that got him out of his own head Building and naming The Bridge Group with his wife Kelly Growing from zero to fifty plus agents, and what he'd do faster with the coaching he has now The mistake that cost him agents: treating everyone equally instead of fairly What scaling like a savage means to a leader who'd rather be behind the scenes Connect with Cole Watkins: instagram.com/colew06 facebook.com/cole.watkins.505 The Bridge Group — instagram.com/bridgegrouptx Scale Like A Savage instagram.com/scalelikeasavage    / @scalelikeasavage   facebook.com/scalelikeasavage tiktok.com/@scalelikeasavage scalelikeasavage.com Britany Boatwright instagram.com/britany.boatwright facebook.com/Britany.Boatwright27 linkedin.com/in/britany-boatwright-94b49697 britanyboatwright.com maxhousere.com Jamie Seneca instagram.com/jamieseneca_resetre facebook.com/jamieseneca55 linkedin.com/in/jamieseneca jamieseneca.com Music licensed through Soundstripe. Code: GGLZPYZDCMFCCT8O #ScaleLikeASavage #RealEstateLeadership #RealEstateTeams #RealEstateCoaching #TeamBuilding