While staying at a friend’s house in Florida, I came to find out that his girlfriend is the president of their Home Owners Association (HOA).
I asked what a day in the life of an HOA President looks like and she said, “Listening to a ton of complaints—even when trying to sit by the pool, devoting a ton of extra time to fixing things—and doing all the hiring of others to fix things, and trying to convince people to budget more money towards the Association (that comes out of their pocket) so they all can have a better living space vs just letting everything go.”
I asked her what the incentive was for her to be doing all of this extra work… and she said, “Welp, somebody had to do it. Because the path they were on wasn’t future focused and things were taking a turn for the worse.”
…And she’s not getting paid a dime.
…Just going above and beyond to make their shared living space—one that supports 300+ people—a better place.
…An example we all might be able to learn from.