Can You Avoid The Train Wreck Coming Around The Corner?

Hi Gary-I like the pic and love this paragraph- Afterall, you hear the whistle, you feel the ground vibrating, you can smell the smoke. What are you waiting for? A special announcement with your name on it? <SMILE>

I figure you were a boy scout and eagle scout so you are always prepared. But every once in a while life throws you an unexpected curve ball which can be bad but also some that can be VERY good indeed. <SMILE>

Gary,

How true! I'm a big proponent of honesty and telling it like it is...the best way out is through....that way there are no bad feelings left lingering.

and....it's always good to have a plan B..and maybe a C

Jo

Hi Gary, nice picture by the way. I am on to plan B today, my clients ... make too much money because of a bonus for the mortgage program they were approved for. I switched gears and am putting them on to plan B. No wasting time. Called our own Jeff Belonger, and am having my clients call him in the AM.

I do my best to plan for what may come, but there are always the things you can never really plan for. However, a good back up for the things you can plan ahead on is always a great idea.

I'm a planner. So naturally, I plan for train wrecks coming my way. I used to worry them but now, when I plan for them, I dont think too much until I have to execute them.

Gary...That is one thing I try to instill in the heads of my agents...take the lead and fix problems right away.  Don't wait for them to go away.

As always- Very good advice - but I gotta tell ya - I LOVE this photo!

Debi

Gary, thank you for this advice, You're absolutely right! Still, I did not see the train coming that took out my transmission this week...

Gary....not anything about your blog. But....how do you think of all these blogs. I disappear for a few days as I run out of ideas.   I am so creative, but not blogging....help!

Gary, I wish I had an office right next to yours!  Peggy, always looking ahead, Christopher

Gary, this is such a great post.  I feel as though you wrote it just for me!  I wish I had read it years ago; it may have saved me from a personal ordeal I have been going through the past few years with a loved one.  You see the signs and just hope everything will turn out ok but it doesn't; it only gets worse. 

Gary, Back up plans are wonderful in life.  I TRY to look down the road and there are always alternatives if our original plans fall through.  Well, ALMOST always :)

Hi Gary!
It is so easy to stick your head in the sand and just try to avoid the train...the problem is, you just don't see it coming until it is on top of you!  We always advise our agents, when you are dreading that phone call, make it the first thing you do.  You won't function well as long as it is hanging over your head.  This applies to most things in our lives.

Gary

Paula is so right...don't put off those calls, make them early on.   The result is less train wrecks!

As always, great advice and reminder. I'm making a few tough phone calls today, but "nipping it in the bud" is really the best thing to do. Here goes!!

Hi Gary,

Not me..I'm not waiting for the train wreck! Nip it in the bud..Plan B..all great advice and works everytime!

Very nice, Gary! We need to be ALL ABOARD on a well-trained profession. BTW, I love, love narrow guage trains... do you know where this one is? (Roaring Camp & Big Trees??)

Gary - No train wrecks here, just perseverance. I always tell it like it is.

Lovely photo.  And a nice message too.  It's always good to "keep your options" open in business, and communication open in all cases.

There are just some people that never see the train coming round the bend. Flying by the seat of your pants does cause a lot of stress whether you acknowledge it or not.  I've seen it in friends, coworkers etc.  I actually used to wish I could do it better, but over the years I've changed my mind.  They are constantly in a state of chaos and really don't know which way to go next, they do it just more smooooothly than others.