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Note To Self, Get Over Yourself!!!

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Services for Real Estate Pros with Auto & Home & Life Insurance throughout North Carolina

                                                      Wake Up & Listen To The Parody!                              

     This has been an interesting week.  I had peculiar dreams about business, contests, people, and some came true and others just happened as reality would let it.  Business is there, coming in at acceptably & reasonable numbers.   I'm originating at a decent pace, nothing great and not so bad.  It could be better, but so could I.

     My focus this week wasn't the generation of business as much as it was the magnification of my own freaking ego.  I entered a contest, against some very impressive players, I won.  Ego swells.  Another contest I enter, I grasp Second Place.  Not bad, I must be good.  I entered another contest and didn't place, no biggie.  I'm a pretty big player, people like & read me.  "Wow, I'm not only a player, but turning into somewhat of an institution"....so I thought.

     It's quite odd that when you have the loner/wall-flower personality, when there is nobody else to concentrate on, you turn to yourself.  I did and I wasn't much impressed.

     Pride is an interesting trait to garner or feel for that matter.   I have always loathed people that are too down on themselves and equally disliked individuals all too into themselves.  Well, for one moment in time, I found myself starting to believe my own hype, being the latter of what I loathe.  Nah, that's not acceptable.  Real Estate is Real Estate, Life is Life, I am Me, & You are You.....let's cut the B.S.  Let's instead Be Real.  You suck as do I and we are both exceptional as well!  Or, quite frankly, we can just practice & preach the moderate word that should be used outwardly or inside.  That word is Respect.  I lost mine for one moment of time...for me and for everybody else because of it.

If there was ever a post where one was talking to one's self, this just might be it.

Comments (29)

Rob Robinson- Lehigh Valley PA
Bertrum Settlements (Title & Abstract) - Allentown, PA
That my man, is a whole night of drinking discussion :^)
Aug 02, 2007 04:40 PM
Thesa Chambers
West + Main - Bend, OR
Principal Broker - Licensed in Oregon

I have one question.... do you feel better?  Jason, you are a great guy.... stay that way

Aug 02, 2007 05:21 PM
Sarah Cooper
Real Estate Shows - Hurricane, WV
Jason, enjoy the good times while you have them!!  You won, it felt good.  What's wrong with that?!  Life will come along and kick you on your rear soon enough, it always does.  
Aug 02, 2007 08:50 PM
Chris Griffith
Downing-Frye Realty, Bonita Springs, FL - Bonita Springs, FL
Bonita Springs Listing Specialist - Agent
LOL at Sarah.  Isn't that that truth!  Jason, what does the cat have to say about the whole situation?
Aug 02, 2007 10:10 PM
Neal Bloom
Brokered by eXp Realty LLC - Weston, FL
Realtor CRS-Weston FL Real Estate

Jason,

There is only one person you need to impress and that is you so why worry about the rest? You did the best job you can...I say take me for who I am and not for what anyone else thinks. You win..you lose...still the king....The Real Deal has spoken.

Aug 02, 2007 11:17 PM
Missy Caulk
Missy Caulk TEAM - Ann Arbor, MI
Savvy Realtor - Ann Arbor Real Estate

I have always loathed people that are too down on themselves and equally disliked individuals all too into themselves. 

True, for me too. I agree with Sarah and Chris it is heartning to be recognized so enjoy it. Some people will always love you and others won't. I tell my kids this all the time. "Get over it....that is life and people and relationships." I think I say that more than any other thing to them.  

Glad you got this off your chest.

Aug 02, 2007 11:23 PM
Jason Sardi
Auto & Home & Life Insurance throughout North Carolina - Charlotte, NC
Your Agent for Life

Rob - True, true. 

Thesa -  I feel very good, just got to keep myself in check.

Sarah - You take the good, you take the bad, you take them both and there you have, a kick in the rear....and the facts of life.  You are very right though!

Chris - Baxter was over me too:-(  Then again, that's just because he wanted the canned food as opposed to dry food....spoiled little cat.

Neal - And spoken like a true champ!

Missy - Wise words your kids are hearing.

Aug 02, 2007 11:51 PM
Rob Robinson- Lehigh Valley PA
Bertrum Settlements (Title & Abstract) - Allentown, PA

OK Sardi - enjoy Friday on cloud 9..... but come Monday, start kicking some doors down.

I have my 'plan' for August of who I'm calling, who I'm visiting, how I'm going to follow-up, etc. In my Biz...when I see AUGUST - I am really planning October Revenue. 

I'm ahead of the game already :^)

Aug 03, 2007 02:02 AM
Matthew J Blum - (retired from the business)
Palm Beach Gardens, FL
Jason, great post.. you always know how to say things.....by the way you did deserve the 2nd place...on that competition.
Aug 03, 2007 03:04 AM
Thomas Weiss
Thomas R. Weiss - West Palm Beach, FL

Jason,

You deserve to have an ego, you won and earned it, enjoy it!!!!

Tom Weiss

Aug 03, 2007 03:19 AM
Jason Sardi
Auto & Home & Life Insurance throughout North Carolina - Charlotte, NC
Your Agent for Life

Rob -  I start kicking doors down today!!!

Matthew - Thank you my friend!

Tom - Why the heck am I not subscribed to your post yet?  Ok, that changes now.  Anywhoo, I do have an ego & an alter ego & I hear voices in my head.....TGIF!

Aug 03, 2007 03:37 AM
Bryant Tutas
Tutas Towne Realty, Inc and Garden Views Realty, LLC - Winter Garden, FL
Selling Florida one home at a time

Jason, my son, there is a very fine line that we have to walk between arrogance and confidence. I straddle this line daily and DO fall over to the arrogant side occasionally. BUT arrogant, conceited, self absorbed, or whatever it's called, is so far from who I really am.  I am however EXTREMELY confident and that can be misread sometimes. This is one of the reasons I poke fun at myself and dress in drag for videos etc.....It helps to keep me balanced. Now having said that here is NOTHING wrong with PRIDE or EGO as long as we remember that things can chnage in a heart beat.

Good PRIDE is taking pride in what you do, doing your best and being proud when your goal is achieved or your achievements are acknowledged by others. Bad pride is thinking for one minute that we are better than others. We're not. There may be THINGS that we do better than others but all they are....are things. They are a product of our (God given) abilities not our "better than othersness".

And EGO is the same thing. We should have a strong ego that is where the good pride comes from and also where positive attitudes come from. And these are very good things to have especially if they overflow on to others. Our gifts are to be enjoyed and shared. So, my son, enjoy your recent successes, they were given to you for a reason. And some day that reason will be clear.

Aug 03, 2007 09:36 AM
Jason Sardi
Auto & Home & Life Insurance throughout North Carolina - Charlotte, NC
Your Agent for Life
Bryant - Astutely put, as always.  Thank you for your words.
Aug 03, 2007 09:48 AM
Sarah Cooper
Real Estate Shows - Hurricane, WV
We have such a good Dad!  :o)
Aug 03, 2007 09:58 AM
Marlene Bridges
Village Real Estate Services, Inc. - Laguna Hills, CA
Laguna Homes|Laguna Condos|Laguna Real Estate
How could anyone say more eloquently than Broker Bryant.  It is a very fine line to walk.  Sounds like you did a great job of keeping that in check!  Hugs from one of your fan base in SoCal.
Aug 03, 2007 11:01 AM
Diane Velikis
Coldwell & Banker Busch Real Estate - Luzerne, PA
Luzerne County Real Estate
Broker Bryant has elquently responded and I am speachless for a good comment, so I will just say job well done
Aug 03, 2007 12:49 PM
Patsy Ittner, Your Premier Broker Selling St. Augustine Real Estate
Little Fox Realty - Saint Augustine, FL

Jason, I loved your contest post.  Reading you is like thinking about what Dudley might have been.  I enjoy your honesty.  You're not second place.  I'm not first.  We're just people who found this wonderful community in which we can fully participate, be ourselves, and get hugs we're not finding elsewhere.

Which is not to say you don't have a life.  It sounds like you have a great life.  I don't right now, and that's why I'm here.  I love reading about you.  Please don't be down on yourself.  BE JASON!

Aug 04, 2007 02:54 AM
Sarah Cooper
Real Estate Shows - Hurricane, WV
Jason, listen to Patsy.  :o)
Aug 04, 2007 07:12 AM
Jason Sardi
Auto & Home & Life Insurance throughout North Carolina - Charlotte, NC
Your Agent for Life

Marlene - Back at ya!

Diane - Thank you very much.

Patsy - I will try to be just that.  Thank you Patsy and your post made me wanna be a better me.  Your post meant more than I can ever display in words.  Thank you for that.

Sarah - You are right and I am.

Aug 05, 2007 03:18 PM
Sarah Cooper
Real Estate Shows - Hurricane, WV
I'm just here because I miss you.  Hand that over to your ego.  ;o)
Aug 12, 2007 09:28 AM