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How to Work At Being Positive and Avoid Negative Influences!!

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Real Estate Agent with Casta del Sol Real Estate / HomeSmart Everygreen Realty 01439520

How to sell houses and be the person that sellers or buyers want to call, BE POSITIVE have a positive attitude! This will help you in any market situation whether it is a bad economy or not. No one wants to buy a house from someone that is negative. You will have days that you have to work at being positive. Chances are you can find the best thing that is happening that day and build on it. The saying "every cloud has a silver lining" is true, it just takes an effort to find it.

One of the ways to remove yourself from negative influences is do not watch, listen or read the news. The news is there to feed your fears! The worst it is the more we pay attention to it. Think back on bad things that have happened and how you were glued to the TV and read everything you could get your hands on. The media is a business and the more we read newspapers or watch TV the more they make. Think about, and in the future pay attention, to the words they use: might be, possible, maybe, could. They feed our fears. When you do listen to the news, make sure to deal with the FACTS as they are right now, not the might, could, or maybes!

Surround yourself with positive people. It is amazing how many times in a day someone will tell you how bad the market is but you know better. Houses are selling, people are getting help and buyers are feeling lucky to be able to purchase a home so it isn't all bad.

I once years ago, took a class on how to prevent others negativity from influencing me. First thing we had to do was use only positive words and it was hard to do. You become aware of how you use words and how to change them around to say the same thing in a positive way. The second lesson was to pay attention to the words others said to you. Every time someone said a negative statement to you, you said to yourself "cancel". This practice was to make you aware of how much others feed you negative thoughts.

So for just one day try this and become aware of your how many negative words you use and how many times you have to say "cancel".            

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Valorie Stover , Specializing in YOU!

Jonelle Simons
Windermere Real Estate - Park City, UT

In order to survive in the industry we should be POSITIVE always. Life is fair. Life is always upside down but we shouldn't be discouraged because there's no other way but UP! and we should go UP! Just be positive folks..Great tips Valorie.

 

jonelle simons

Sep 28, 2009 10:40 AM
Valorie Stover, Realtor for Casta del Sol
Casta del Sol Real Estate / HomeSmart Everygreen Realty - Mission Viejo, CA
Mission Viejo,CA, Active Adult Community!

Jonelle, The way is always UP!

Sep 28, 2009 10:44 AM
Jenny Kotulak
RE/MAX Real Estate Centre Inc., Brokerage - Oakville, ON
Broker - Oakville Ontario Real Estate

Hi Valorie, That sounds like it would have been an interesting course.  I took a course at my kid's high school years ago also, which taught us to say positive things to the kids to get them to open up.  Always a good idea to stay positve. 

Sep 29, 2009 04:40 PM
Valorie Stover, Realtor for Casta del Sol
Casta del Sol Real Estate / HomeSmart Everygreen Realty - Mission Viejo, CA
Mission Viejo,CA, Active Adult Community!

Jenny, I could say that class helped me so much to pay attention to what I say and others. My children are adults now I only hope I passed this on to them!

Sep 30, 2009 09:21 AM