You Lost the Listing to a Cheap Fee the 1st Time ...
& Your ego Lost It the 2nd time...

You were beaten by the cheaper agent.

You were beaten by the overvaluer.

1st time round

That's part of being an estate agent.

Yet they never came back to you the 2nd time round (once the original sole agency had finished)

You lost the listing the 2nd time round becuase instead of playing the long game, you licked your wounds.

You let a bruised ego silence you for losing it.

You didnt start nurturing.

You stopped caring.

You abandoned the vendor to their mistake.

And when they realised the truth, they could not come back.

Because you had already walked away.

You did not lose the vendor because someone else was better.

You lost them2nd time round because you made being right more important than being there.

That is why you lose.

Again.
And again.
And again.