Who is Jason Wagner?

Between stimulus (or someone doing or saying something to us) and our response, there is a space. In that space is our greatest freedom, the freedom to choose our response. – Viktor Frankl

Reciprocity is a social norm in psychology that describes the tendency to respond to a positive action with a similar or equivalent action.

These two principles, or mindsets, when paired provide a powerful description for the core characteristics of a human being. As a human being, we can create good with a positive action regardless of the stimulus. To do this, it takes intentional striving for mastery and growth.

What a hidden power this mindset is! It is easy to see that there are a lot of hurting people in the world, and for a number of very valid and real reasons. There are people who are lost with no orientation of where their life is taking them nor what steps to take next.

Jason is a human being striving for growth. His hope is that he can intentionally create a life that encourages others to strive for their own mastery and growth.

Jason is a guy who is searching for the objective truth in all things. He is a husband and a father who understands that he gets one shot to be excellent in these roles. The influence of a husband and father is one of significant impact. Practically, what this means is a routine self-examine of how he can improve/strive for mastery of his responses in the roles he serves. These foundational relationships play right into his professional roles as they set a standard. These relationships also teach him about communication, among many other things. Communication is a foundational characteristic of his role as an appraiser. Jason also wants to be excellent and is determined to do so in the following roles:

• Extended family member and friend

• A real estate value practitioner

• Volunteer roles

• A student of real estate

• A student of humanity, the interactions of people in a variety of environments and capacities

• A student of psychology, philosophy, classical education, self-improvement, among others

Jason grew up working in his family’s construction business, and has been around real estate his whole life. It started with more hands-on the real estate early in his career. As Jason studied and read, his interest in finance flourished. From there, his interest was refined by combining real estate and finance, which led him to the commercial real estate valuation industry. For the last few years, his reading and studying has grown his interest in the space users/business owners themselves, how they can move from good to great, how they can hone their interactions with the people they serve, and how improving those skills impacts the bottom line for their business and improves the value of real estate.

Jason continues to enjoy creating and building things. At the moment, he enjoys learning Mandarin with his kids, learning how to code in Python, building up his ice hockey skills, and creating impactful value-add systems in hopes of making a difference in the world.