A fellow coach, Kim Ades, recently gave a seminar with a provocative title: How to Live an Extraordinary Life when the Evidence Doesn't Support It. Every time I read that title, I find myself structuring a blog. Maybe all of us coaches think alike and promote a similar brand of positive thinking, but her title sums up my philosophy.
How do most people measure success in life? With money and prosperity? Fame? Children? A nice home and car? What is it for real estate agents? Awards from the franchise? Ever increasing sales volume? Industry designations? Invitations to speak at conference? Regard as an expert in the field?
In the last couple years, some agents have continued to prosper, but many have not. Some have left the field; other have cut back their operations to bare bones or taken other jobs to get by. It is hard to remain upbeat when success that you once had or were on the way to achieving slips away or alludes you. Aside from the last couple years, maybe you have worked hard and endeavored to do what you thought you needed to do to "succeed," yet you struggle.
If you work hard and those things bypass you, at least for a time, does that mean your life or career have no value? If your career dwindles and your market dries up, does your life have less value? Is "success" the only measure of value?
My obvious answer is "NO!" Life is so much more than the sum of its parts. You as a person are so much more than what you have or have accomplished. Even when the evidence, if viewed as the scorecard of your personal or professional successes and failures, is not positive, you can still think positively about yourself. You can think positively about the potential that you life holds.
Make a commitment: I will make my life extraordinary despite the current circumstances.
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