Episode 130: The Serenity Solution: Letting Go of Perfectionism with Mackenzie Shelton

What if the key to growing a thriving business and a full family life isn't doing it all perfectly, but learning to let go of what was never yours to control?

In Episode 130 of ICONIC AF, host Anisa Crespo sits down with Mackenzie Shelton, real estate team owner, real estate investor, homesteader, author of The Serenity Solution, and host of the Roots and Roofs podcast, for an honest conversation about building success without losing your peace.

Mackenzie graduated college in 2010, worked in property management for about five years, and then got her real estate license at the suggestion of her now-husband. She started as a solo agent, and by 2019 and 2020 she was selling 50 to 70 homes a year with three young kids at home while pregnant with her fourth. That season pushed her to start her own team. Seven years later, her team consistently helps well over 100 families a year, and she has built a business within the brokerage she works at. She shares why you will never hear her or her team push someone to buy or sell before they're ready.

Together, they talk about the simple systems that keep a busy entrepreneur and mom from burning out, how a question from John Maxwell inspired her podcast, and how motherhood brought her back to her Catholic faith. Mackenzie also opens up about being a recovering perfectionist, giving control to God, and the business partnership split that taught her she was capable of doing it on her own.

Inside this conversation:

• Going from property management burnout to running a real estate team • Selling 50 to 70 homes a year while raising three kids and expecting a fourth • Building a business within a brokerage instead of opening one • Why educating clients beats pushing them to buy or sell • Two simple systems: weekly menu planning around your calendar and a weekly calendar meeting with your spouse • The daily question ”Who can I add value to today?” • Surrendering control as a recovering perfectionist • Why failure is the stepping stone to where you need to go next • One small thing you can do this week to bring more peace into your life

If you're juggling a growing business, a family, and a never-ending to-do list, and you're ready to trade pressure for peace, this episode is for you.

🎙️ Tune in to Episode 130 of ICONIC AF and discover what becomes possible when you stop trying to control it all and start building with peace.

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Connect with Mackenzie:

Mackenzie Shelton is a real estate team owner based just outside Council Bluffs, Iowa, on the east side of the Omaha, Nebraska area. She is a real estate investor and homesteader alongside her husband and a mom of four. She is the author of The Serenity Solution: Freedom from Control, Perfectionism, and the Pressure to Do It All, and the host of the Roots and Roofs podcast. Mackenzie also offers real estate coaching and homesteading consulting.

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mackenzie.raburn/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mackenzieleeshelton/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mackenzie-shelton-274334182/