Erin Glass

Well, so much for my resolution of blogging every day. It's been 5 months since my last update and shame on me!  I just spoke to the Women's Realtors Council Thursday morning about the benefits of a blog and here I am being lazy!  You know the 2nd most viewed page on our website is my Blog and I haven't updated it in months?

This goes to show you that people really are interested in blogs.

In April I heard about the TV show The Apprentice casting for season 10.  I had secretly been saying for the last year that if they Apprentice ever went back to having normal people on the show that I would audition.  I saw the casting call over Easter weekend and the next audtion was that Wednesday in Atlanta, GA.  I decided, you only live once, so why not give it a shot.

Gary drove to Atlanta and I had a business meeting so I flew to meet him. We got up at 2 am (because they only guaranteed the first 500 would be seen) and were literally the very first people in line!  Talk about dedication! They made us wait around until 9 am to be seen and they took us into the rooms in groups of 10. 

The moderator asked us to introduce ourselves, state our name and where we were from originally and how had the economy effected us personally.  After that they threw out the topic of "Do you think the recession is over" and we were supposed to just jump in like lions and have at it.

After 10 minutes of debating, the moderator stopped the discussion and asked each of us who we would hire and who we would fire. I'm proud to say I was hired and NOT fired!!

Then, they gave us the speach, don't call us, we'll call you.  Well, I didn't get a call back so Gary and I assumed I had not made it and drove back to Florida.  About a week later I received an email stating I had made the call backs!  I was ecstatic BUT I had to submit a 5 minute video answering very specific questions along with professional headshots all within the next 3 days!  I had a celebration dance, freaked out for a minute and then just got busy.  I submitted my video and they informed me that I would hear something in about 3 weeks if I did make it.

The time has come and gone so I'm assuming I didn't make the show but what an amazing experience! I learned that I was a little more daring than I had thought and that you just never know who is intrigued by you or your story.

The trials and tribulations you experience help develop your character and your story so don't be ashamed to share. No one is perfect. We are incapable of perfection! Be confident in who you are.

Another quick story I'd like to share. When I was 15 years old I went with my older sister to a model casting call for my adorable 2 year old niece. Well, I was asked to attend this convention instead and was completely shocked!  I went to Indianapolis, met with modeling agencies and did the whole catwalk thing.  Nothing ever happened because I was about 75lbs and 4'11!  I wasn't tall enough to be a model for my age bracket and didn't really look like a 10 year old! 

That had stayed with me for a long time and I was quite self conscious about it.  Well, about a month or two ago I came across a magazine called Bella Petite which is trying to start a movement for petite models (under 5'6"). They were conducting a search for cover models and editorial spreads.  All you had to do was submit headshots and measurements. The old Erin would have NEVER done that but after The Apprentice audition, I thought why not?  So, I submitted my headshots and measurement (5'2" tall by the way) and didn't hear anything back.

About 3 weeks later I got an email stating that I had made the call backs and that they were going to consider me for an upcoming cover shoot and/or editorial spread!  Again, I did my little happy dance celebration and then thought to myself, "I need to work out and eat better!".  This is another example of just putting yourself out there. If you don't try something you'll never know if you could have accomplished it.

No matter what your goals or aspirations are, you HAVE to at minimum try. What's the worst thing that could happen; you stay exactly in the same place as you are today?  So what?  And the alternative is to follow your dreams. 

Now, I chose to leave out all of the tough tough things I've gone through because they don't matter. Focus on the positive and surround yourself with people who lift you up. This is vitally important. Keep the negativity out of your heart,mind and soul and you will see great changes in your life.

Create your dream board and make it a goal to go after each one!

Best wishes,

Erin Glass