Episode 21: Courtney Atkinson - Car Nut, Gym Rat, Super Dad and Consumer of Random Shit

Today’s podcast guest is an outstanding mentor, coach and leader, and has a remarkable work principle. Courtney Atkinson has made a career of exceeding the expectations of his stakeholders. Through GoBundance, he has learned how to become an amazing business leader, and made himself a real student of business and life. Discover the many advantages of Courtney’s superior leadership skills and valuable life nuggets here on Grab Life Big! In this episode, you will learn: Courtney's brief background. How Courtney went from selling cars to getting into the real estate business. The number of transactions Courtney’s on this year. Learning how to become an amazing business leader through GoBundance. Courtney's net worth and his life happiness index. How the Canada market is today. The cheapest place that Courtney has sold last year. Courtney shares his philosophies on how to have a happy life and relationship. What brings Courtney joy. What Courtney’s life’s 5 greatest hits have been. Plus so much more! Courtney Atkinson went to Mount Allison University where he completed a Bachelor of Arts in English and History. During that time, he was also a Captain of the Mount Allison Football team where he played Centre on the offensive line. From there, Courtney started his career in customer service with a Ford dealership where he worked for two years before deciding he wanted to go to grad school. In 2001, Courtney moved to Saskatoon to go to the University of Saskatchewan where he completed his Masters in Business Administration specializing in Marketing and Finance. While there, he worked as the VP Finance of the U of S Graduate Students’ Association and as a Small Business Banker with CIBC. In 2003, Courtney moved to Lethbridge. He began working at the University of Lethbridge as a Manager in the Registrar’s Office and was later offered a position as a Manager in Human Resources and through his involvement in the creation of the Faculty Recruitment Office, he found himself in the position of helping new Faculty and Staff find homes in Lethbridge. In this role, Courtney was doing a great deal of work helping people and their families relocate to Lethbridge and eventually decided to pursue a career in Real Estate. This helped him combine his customer service background, business education, and his desire to see more direct outcomes in his client relationships. When Courtney began his career in real estate, he started as a Buyer Specialist. In that capacity, he worked only with buyers helping them find their dream homes. By Courtney’s second year in real estate, he had become one of the top agents in Lethbridge. It was time to form his team. He immediately hired a Buyer Specialist and Office Administrator to support his client's needs. Since then, Courtney has hired a number of key people to support their clients and they became the #3 producing Century 21 team in all of Canada, and the #1 team in Alberta. In January 2017, Courtney decided to go independent and open Atkinson & Associates Realty.