WHAT DO I DO NOW???....How Do I Go Forward On This Roller-Coaster Ride??
I asked myself that this morning---after I ran through my day in my mind and thought about the things that have not happened even with all my hard work and effort...
I asked myself: "What can I do now? What can I do that will create a more stable and concrete business for myself? I came to some conclusions that I thought I would share here on ActiveRain..maybe it will help some other agent who is wondering the same thing right now. Maybe with all the chaos, the unrest, the calamities that are happening, we can take a deep breath and a new approach to our businesses in this brave "New World"!
Now that we have all arrived in the 21st century, and are fully engaged in the "Changes" that we were promised and warned about, it is quite shocking to feel the vibration of a major shift in this bold, new world. This is a world filled with happenings we can do little or nothing about. We are seeing "change" in a way we did not expect.
We have entered this new place where nothing is settled, nothing feels concrete except for the changes that have taken hold of our lives.
The world has been turned on it's head! Is this what we are faced with for the long term???
Is the world we live in now a place that we need to embrace--or are we going to fight our way to a better one?
We DO have an obligation, a human requirement to face it all and manage it.....manage it in such a way that we don't harm ourselves, or others. As I watched the news reports on the concert in Indiana, where disaster struck and thousands of people did not turn run away; they stayed; they approached the disaster head on. They all, without flinching moved in to help in any way they could. That was encouraging to me; --there is hope in the world after all!
We are on the leading edge of a new way of life; we have choices and we are more aware than ever that we can not do quick and easy things to get things done. Our businesses will have to reflect this new way of being, or we won't last!
In this "new" world, we are in a field that just got much harder. No one HAS to own a home--many people are renting now and there is a new trend toward that way of life. This brings to me to the thought: "What do I do now???..How do I go forward on this roller-coaster ride??
I think it is time to examine the way I handle myself and my business---am I doing all that I can do to make the public trust me? After watching the Today Show a few weeks back and hearing the hosts say:"You know you can't trust the things the real estate agents tell you when they are trying to sell you a house---They get paid more commission on a higher priced property! Of course they are going to try to get you to pay a higher price!"
I was set back by this comment---Totally taken off guard, I was ready to make a call but then thought better of it. Ignorance about our business is well known and it is getting worse...how many people watch the Today Show? I don't know, but that dialog certainly did us no good as a profession!
- Times have changed and what used to be whispered behind a hand is now out there on Prime Time TV---anything goes when it comes to criticism of our profession!
JUST A FEW THINGS I CAN DO TO MAKE THE RIDE EASIER:
- Make sure I follow all the real estate laws to a fault
- Do everything in my power to leave a positive impression on ALL those I come in contact with
- Use the tools of technology to better inform the public about the local real estate business
- Keep a written record of all my clients and customers so that I can see how I can improve or correct my approach
- Handle all of my dealings with the public in the utmost confidentiality
- Create a list of local events and share them with the public through my own website
- Give back to the local community by volunteering and donating more of my time and money
Maybe these things will help to leave a more positive impression on the public's impression of our profession; won't you do the same???
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