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Speechless Sunday - Check Out The Competition

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Real Estate Agent with RE/MAX Real Estate Centre Inc., Brokerage

Berries, Jenny Kotulak, photo, WoW Photography

Sometimes getting too close to something can cause you to lose focus.

Berries, Jenny Kotulak, photo, WoW Photography

Often times it can be a good thing to take a step back to try to re-focus.

Berries, Jenny Kotulak, photo, WoW Photography

Just by taking a step back allows you to see the bigger picture.

Berries, Jenny Kotulak, photo, WoW Photography

Often times the bigger picture can be quite lovely.

Niagara Falls, Jenny Kotulak photo,

Looking at the bigger picture oftens lets you listen to your surroundings.

Berries, Jenny Kotulak, photo, WoW Photography

Sometimes just re-focusing allows you to take a step forward again.

Berries, Jenny Kotulak, photo, WoW Photography

Every once in awhile we need to re-focus in order to enjoy the beautiful things in life.

These berries had huge competition with the roaring Niagara River photo opportunity rushing by.  But sometimes competition is good.  It keeps you on your toes and forces you to do the best you can at what you do.

Jenny Kotulak photos 2009

Windows Of the World photography

WoW 2009

 

 

Comments(14)

Fred Carver Real Estate Consulant
Retired BC Realtor - Victoria, BC
Accredited Real Estate Consultant

Hi Jenny..Great Photos and Good Advice.

Cheers, go put up lots of Sold Signs this Week :O)

Aug 09, 2009 01:01 PM
Russ Ravary ~ Metro Detroit Realtor call (248) 310-6239
Real Estate One - Commerce, MI
Michigan homes for sale ~ yesmyrealtor@gmail.com

Great comments and so true.  We do have to step back to get the picture.

Aug 09, 2009 01:26 PM
Tony & Darcy Cannon
Aubrey and Associates Realty - Layton, UT
The C Team

Jenny, great message and tremendous photos to illustrate the message!

Aug 09, 2009 01:32 PM
Judy Schneider
eXp Realty - Bellingham, WA

Jenny,

Beautifully said! Thank You for the reminder!

Judy

Aug 09, 2009 01:37 PM
Marchel Peterson
Results Realty - Spring, TX
Spring TX Real Estate E-Pro

Jenny, It is amazing what a little re-focusing does.  I love the vibrancy of the colors!!

Aug 09, 2009 02:27 PM
Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - Wanda Can!
Red Rock Real Estate (435) 632-9374 - St. George, UT
St. George Utah Area Residential Sales Agent

Jenny, I love the analogy and how you pulled it together. This is a very engaging and thoughtful post. Thank you.

Aug 09, 2009 02:54 PM
Susan Brown
Keller Williams NE, Kingwood Texas (Humble & Atascocita too) - Kingwood, TX

Jenny,  Great pictures and loved the story you told along with it!  How relevant for our work environment today!

Aug 09, 2009 03:49 PM
Steve Hoffacker
Steve Hoffacker LLC - West Palm Beach, FL
Certified Aging In Place Specialist-Instructor

Jenny,

Good point and excellent illustration. The photos are good, too. Very nice. :)

Steve

Aug 09, 2009 04:58 PM
Steve Shatsky
Dallas, TX

Hi Jenny... great pictures and great logic.  It's a winning combination and an effectively delivered message!

Aug 09, 2009 05:50 PM
Jenny Kotulak
RE/MAX Real Estate Centre Inc., Brokerage - Oakville, ON
Broker - Oakville Ontario Real Estate

Hi Steve, Thanks, I hope you are rested up and ready to go again. 

Hi Steve, Steve # 2 that is.  I'm glad you liked the photos.

Hi Susan, Yes I think we can always afford to take a step back at work and also in life generally.  I'm glad you stopped by.

Hi Wanda, Honestly it almost wrote itself.  I thought the berries were so pretty and the words just flowed.

Thanks Marchel - I love the color also and I have no clue what type of berries there are.

Aug 10, 2009 02:40 PM
Jenny Kotulak
RE/MAX Real Estate Centre Inc., Brokerage - Oakville, ON
Broker - Oakville Ontario Real Estate

Hi Judy, I appreciate your kind words.  I'm so glad you dropped by to comment.

Hey C Team - Thanks for visiting once again.  Glad you liked my berries lol.

Hi Russ - thanks for your comments.  Sometimes when we are too close our judgement gets clouded.

Hi Fred - Put up a For Lease sign tonight and will put up a For Sale sign tomorrow.  I think that SOLD sign just might go up very quickly with this one.  Hope you have a good week.

Aug 10, 2009 02:46 PM
Charlottesville Solutions
Charlottesville Solutions - Charlottesville, VA

Well someone is certainly standing out in a croud!

your friend in Charlottesville Virginia!

Aug 11, 2009 12:22 AM
Janna Scharf
Keller Williams Realty Coeur d'Alene - Coeur d'Alene, ID
Coeur d'Alene Idaho Real Estate Expert

Great photo essay!  I realized when I hit mid-year that I really needed to RE-FOCUS on my business plan!

Aug 12, 2009 04:58 AM
Doreen Johan
RE/MAX Sunset Coast - Saint Joseph, MI
Sunset Coast Michigan

Thank you for the visual, professional and spiritual analogy and reminders all rolled into one!  Powerful and so appreciated!  Keep on keepin on!

Doreen Johan

Sunsets are Free.  RE/MAX Sunset Coast, Selling Southwestern Michigan!  Southwestern Michigan Association of REALTORS 2009 REALTOR OF THE YEAR

Aug 18, 2009 06:21 AM