If we pay attention the field of real estate is a great classroom for learning many things about life. You are constantly learning things about people and situations as you interact with them. The lessons never end. Some agents learn the lessons quickly and don't make the same mistakes again. Others stay in an endless loop repeating the same situation over and over again. It's not WHAT happens to you. "IT" happens to all of us to paraphrase that first word. It is how you respond to situations that is the difference maker. Some take personal responsibility and move on. Others like to blame others or bad luck for their circumstances.
Whether life is good or bad for you at the moment, know that in an instant it can flip the other way. That is not the point. The point is what lesson is being provided to you on your very own unique path through life? And more important are you learning it?
Donna: I think we are all better to respond to each challenge with our best self.
Carole: Repeats you are right get us stuck in a rut.
Wow Gary, you are so wise!! I try NEVER to make the same mistake EVER again!! ;-) And, as a caveat, I've MADE PLENTY OF THEM!! ;-) Especially as a mom. ;-(
Gary,
I have been learning every day! Just once I wish I had a day off and did not do something that required me getting another lesson in life!
Gary - this is great information to reflect on and to remind all of us that our response is imperative that we respond appropriately.
"It is how you respond to situations that is the difference maker. Some take personal responsibility and move on. Others like to blame others or bad luck for their circumstances."
This is very time today! Thanks!
The world is, indeed, a classroom, and if we are open to it, we will find teachers in the people we never thought would be in that role, and lessons in every encounter. If we do not learn the lesson we need to learn the first time, we will encounter it again.
I was in Israel many many years ago, in the Shouk in the old City of Jerusalem. I was maybe 17 or 18 years old. I was trying to bargain with the shopkeeper, begging for a "student discount". His response was that we are all students in the school of life!
Arina: You bring lots of light too!
Bonnie: Keep them eyeballs peeled, there's always something new to learn around the corner.
Georgina: I know many parents ask their children at the end of the day what they learned, what they were thankful for, or what made them happy. Got to constantly ask questions to learn.