I can remember the day clearly.
The Day The World Changed In An Instant.
One day the mall music store had LP vinyl records in the store which you could take home and play on a record player with speeds of 33, 45, and 78 rpm. The next day they were all gone replaced by Compact Discs. All gone. You had to go out and by a new player and LP's were history. It wasn't that long ago at 1982, but those under 25 years old may not know what a record player even is. Great covers on those albums too from Earth Wind and Fire, Beach Boys, Michael Jackson Thriller, etc.
With change in our Real Estate careers and lives sometimes there are CLEAR demarcations to the next trend.
Whether that be in technology, like hard disk software programs to the Internet, desktop PCs to laptops, shoe size mobile phones to tiny ones you can place in your pocket, to drastic life changes, Pearl Harbor, landing a man on the moon, 9-11, the world can at points change on a dime.
In real estate look at the last few years with the growth of Active Rain, Facebook, Twitter, videos on web sites not just virtual tours, Web 2.0 and its interactiveness with the reader. Change does provide some drastic jumps for us. We just have to roll with these things best we can. Often the jumps really are good once you embrace them and see the benefits. Some who are clinging to cell phones of four years ago haven't accepted the power of a computer and a phone in one device and downloading powerful applications into the palm of your hand. Oftentimes like the new car smell, you have to have a friend show you the impact and power of the quantum leap change. Like moving from black and white TV to color. Like moving to high definition displays with crystal clarity form standard format video.
Change will keep coming in our life ready or not. Yes, that record player you once used to listen over and over to with your favorite album is probably found more often than not at a garage sale these days. Remember those eight track cartridges for your car? Change is good if you just keep an open mind to it. Talk with others why they like something new and eventually you will come on board to a new way of thriving in the world. Afterall if you never overcame laughing at the word "blogging" you would have never made it over to this post. I'm glad you did!! A great sharing vehicle for all of us here.
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