If you've ever read any of my other posts you probably know that I drive ALOT! So I do most of my thinking while I'm driving. I was thinking about how my life might have turned out differently had I never had the opportunity to be friends with and know some of the people I know. Had I never had the opportunity to work for and with these people? I'm thinking my life would have turned out dramatically different.
Like had I not started real estate in 2001 - would I not have ran with the same people, worked on the projects I worked on, made the same business contacts I have made? What if I had never started real estate? Had I not taken that initial (very scary) risk, would I be sitting at an office job that was completely below my potential (or would I be the CEO, running that place)?
So many people have had a great influence on what I am today -- whether it be in my personal life or professional life -- one phrase I remember was "jealousy is like poison running through your veins"... I think back to that phrase every time I feel a twinge of jealousy - whether personal and professional and it reminds me that jealousy only hinders our successes by making us bitter.
I have moved back and forth between where I live now and where I office -- sometimes I wonder if I have hurt my business doing this... but then I looked at it from another way. What if I had always stayed in the same exact spot? I would never have had the opportunity to learn what I have learned - i.e. how important the internet is to my marketing stratgegy, how other offices outside of our small town conduct business, and the list goes on.
Overall, I am super happy with the way my life has turned out. I am fortunate that I have had the opportunity to befriend and work with so many of the ""Greats" of our time in real estate. And believe me, they are not the typical people you would think of. Maybe I should do like music artists do and credit all the people that I think made me what I am!
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