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Are you wearing Bermuda shorts in a blizzard?

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 obeoman trees
(Photo our our back window.)
Everyone has heard it - I hope:
"There is no such thing as bad weather,
just bad clothing."
Are you ready for the next storm?
How can we even think about that - we are still in the middle of the FIRST one!
Are you taking notes and making a list of what you need for the next on?
Better check your boots for leaks - and get an extra set of gloves.
How you survive anything is based on two things:
How prepared are you?
How do you adapt?
Notice there is no end to that cycle of action.
The ability of any professional to survive a downturn
in any industry is based on how much they know and how nimble they are.
All Realtors have to prepare themselves continuously with knowledge, skills and resources
to be able to act on what they know.
Or walk into a blizzard in Bermudas.
Stay warm,
Steve

Comments (20)

Kay Perry
Kay Perry, Broker - College Station, TX
Obeoman, Actually in College Station Texas at Texas A&M University, the girls wear shorts all year round even when they have to wear a jacket and are freezing.  Doesn't make since to me but I'm not 20 years old anymore...ha.
Feb 09, 2008 09:27 AM
David Spencer
Keller Williams Northland - Kansas City, MO
Show Me real estate in Kansas City

License renewals will be down this year, and licensing schools are laying off. However, after 30 years you can't show me any different market conditions that I haven't seen.

Children still graduated from college, and I never had to live on Lower Wacker Drive (Its a Chicago thing).

Feb 09, 2008 09:28 AM
Tom Braatz Waukesha County Real Estate 262-377-1459
Coldwell Banker - Oconomowoc, WI
Waukesha County Realtor Real Estate agent. SOLD!

Steve

Do you think we have enough snow yet? It would not be the first time I had shorts on in a blizzard.

However, I am not coming back from Costa Rica on a plane for a while. Although I wish I was.

Great post, and picture.

Sincerely

Tom Braatz

Feb 09, 2008 10:11 AM
Sandra Paulow
Aspen Properties, Inc. - Pinetop Lakeside, AZ
REALTOR, Associate Broker, GRI, SFR
Steve, Yesterday morning we saw snowboarders and skiers heading for the slopes in shorts!  Wad-r-ya-crazy??!!
Feb 09, 2008 10:19 AM
Laurie Logan
Keller Williams Realty, Inc., Broker Associate - Madison, WI
South Central WI Real Estate

Wow, that is a great analogy,

Steve, thanks for all you do!     Laurie

Feb 09, 2008 07:15 PM
BILL CHERRY
Bill Cherry, Realtor - Dallas, TX
Broker & Wealth Coach

Steve, I know what I've got to say really isn't exactly on the subject, but I wear shorts year around,too.  In fact I really don't like the feel of long pants. I note that Kay says they dress like that in College Station, Texas. 

The secret is simple.  Keep your chest and arms warm, and the rest of you thinks its warm, too. 

That out of the way, your analogy is not only an interesting one but a good one as well.

Billycherry

Feb 09, 2008 10:48 PM
Obeoman Glade Jones
www.obeo.com - Salt Lake City, UT

Kay,

..Around here the latest craze down on campus is pajamas 24-7.

Plaid.

What the heck is wrong with bell bottoms?

Steve

 

Feb 10, 2008 12:59 AM
Obeoman Glade Jones
www.obeo.com - Salt Lake City, UT

David,,

Being from the Midwest and having been to Chicago more than once, I uderstand the Lower Wacker Dr. thing.

You have probably already written the book on survival in real estate - where can I get it?

 Steve

Feb 10, 2008 01:02 AM
Obeoman Glade Jones
www.obeo.com - Salt Lake City, UT

 

Tom,

On no - not nearly enough snow...more, bring it on - it makes my daydreams of Bonita Beach sooooo much more real...!

Actually, there is more snow onthe way Tuesday, as we read here. The other two thngs we talk about in the midwest after real estate: surviving winter and gas mileage.

Enjoy Costa Rica while you can - the brats are all still frozen here!

Steve

Feb 10, 2008 01:05 AM
Obeoman Glade Jones
www.obeo.com - Salt Lake City, UT

 

Sandra,

...At least they are getting some exercise! In that kind of weather, youreally can't call it fun....

 

Steve

Feb 10, 2008 01:06 AM
Obeoman Glade Jones
www.obeo.com - Salt Lake City, UT

 

Laurie!

Thanks for stopping by, and for blogging your listings-when can we hear more about the Fresh Start program?

Steve

Feb 10, 2008 01:10 AM
Obeoman Glade Jones
www.obeo.com - Salt Lake City, UT

Bill,

The whole body core temprature temperature thing- I prefer overall application of sunlight, augemented by a nice cold margarita.

Thanks for pointing out analogies are interesting. I always wondered about Bermuda shorts-like, what do they do with the other half?

 

Steve

Feb 10, 2008 01:15 AM
Jenniffer Lee
RE/MAX Complete Solutions - Boca Raton, FL
Broker/Owner/Realtor at RE/MAX Complete Solutions
Great psot! You are right that we should always be looking ahead at how we will adapt and at the past for lessons on how we should have to help us adapt in the future. Thanks!
Feb 10, 2008 01:58 AM
Obeoman Glade Jones
www.obeo.com - Salt Lake City, UT

Jenniffer!

 

Thanks for stopping by - lessons from the past are great teachers - if you remember to remember them!

 

Steve

Feb 10, 2008 02:14 AM
Rachael Bishop
RE/MAX Complete Solutions - Boca Raton, FL
Great insight... cycles do continue to go up and down and the key is to adapt, your right.
Feb 10, 2008 02:15 AM
Obeoman Glade Jones
www.obeo.com - Salt Lake City, UT

 

Rachel,

...and of course, if you connect all the high points, RE just keeps going up!

Thanks for your kind words and Blog 0n!

 

Steve 

 

Feb 10, 2008 02:17 AM
Rebecca Levinson, Real Estate Marketing and Online Advertising Consultant
Real Skillz-Clear Marketing for Your Real Estate Vision - Lake Geneva, WI

 

Some have been through blizzards before and skied from peak to base

Some have only sailed the sun drenched waters and left none in their wake

For the real estate days of yesterday were filled with opportunity

The buyers were plenty, the sellers were scarce, and there were forests of money filled trees

The true professionals will survive these wintery weather days

They know how to shovel their way to success and the path to sunny summer days

 

Hi Steve,

I'm back, no worries w/your mouse problem, I think I like this version better. Counting in at @ -10 degrees in wonderful balmy lake geneva, wi and expecting 3-8 inches of snow on Tuesday- Yahoo!!!!

 

Feb 10, 2008 02:59 AM
Jennifer Steck
Rocky Mountain Homescapes, Keller Williams, Denver Colorado - Denver, CO
Denver Real Estate
Steve, Both you and Rebecca are wonderful with words. We don't have too many folks here in Denver in shorts, but we do have lots of bicyclists that ride in blizzards. Does that count?
Feb 10, 2008 07:12 AM
Obeoman Glade Jones
www.obeo.com - Salt Lake City, UT

 

Ah, Jennifer - there was just a major debate over in Madison about why people ride their bikes in the winter.

The general consensus was that they should all be given hi-viz vests, beacons and imbedded GPS chips in case they hit a snowdrift and get buried.

Blog 0n!

Steve

Feb 10, 2008 08:19 AM
Obeoman Glade Jones
www.obeo.com - Salt Lake City, UT

Rebecca!

 I am diggin' what you said-thaks for the spare comment I accidentally deleted!

 

...I mean, diggin' and diggin'-on Tuesday of course...

 

Blog 0n!

 Steve

 

 

Feb 10, 2008 08:21 AM