If the answer is “nothing,” you’ve stopped writing your story. Blank pages don’t inspire anyone.
You probably still love appraising, reviewing and leading your firm or department. But something is off. A feeling of “meh” workdays lacking inspiration. It’s not age, it’s indifference.
Whether you’re a fee appraiser refining your valuation process or a chief appraiser shaping the future of your department, building starts small. In valuation, building isn’t about massive overhauls. It’s about making one part of the machine undeniably better and then stacking those wins.
So ask yourself:
- What lights you up?
- What makes people lean in when you enter the room?
- What’s missing from your professional life?
Because when you’re not building, you drift into quiet apathy:
- Routine poses as productivity.
- Tasks recycle themselves, pretending to be momentum.
- Even Café Bustelo can’t caffeinate a work life stuck on loop.
And here’s the truth you already sense. If you’re not building, your team knows it. Your clients know it. Your energy arrives ten minutes before you do.
Framework for Building
- Build Yourself – habits, health, mindset. Your team feels your energy before they hear your words.
- Build Your People – invest in them, challenge them, create growth paths, create leaders.
- Build the Work – processes, workflows, value. Something that truly matters.
- Build the Future – a vision bold enough to pull you forward.
Energy shows up when you’re building.
Purpose arrives when you’re making progress.
Momentum kicks in only when you’re creating.
So let me ask again: What are you building?
Your greatest impact begins the moment you decide to build.
What’s the ONE THING you’ll commit to building this week?