Changing seats on the Titanic!

Ever played musical chairs? Have you ever noticed that real estate sometimes can be like changing seats on the Titanic?  If not in your own life... look at those around you!  When times change sometimes, we feel a geographical change will boost our self-esteem and outlook on life.  It is sort of like the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence syndrome.  It is always better someplace else, and the sun always shines there.

For agents that are in office, sometime the grass is greener at home.  For agents that work out of the office, perhaps they can get into more of a routine at the office.  Perhaps structure and discipline will magically appear.  If we take this to another level, perhaps it is in changing real estate companies we will find the right answers or opening our own boutique real estate.  And so it goes on an on...  But I do not think that frame of mind works at all.  It boosts us just for the moment, and reality shows us that we still have the same issues to deal with.

Over the years in real estate, we go through great markets and not so great markets.  When things start sliding, the tough get going.  But nothing changes.  Some agents leave an office, and returned when the mood changes.  I must admit, I am guilty of this. I also believe it is our nature to do so.  Sometimes we never miss what we had until it is gone.

The fact of the matter is that sometimes, success and peace of mind comes from staying the course instead of just playing musical chairs.  Suppose Thomas Edison threw the towel in on the light bulb after 8500 failures.  More often than not, success is an inside out job.  We give up before the miracles happen. That marketing plan or that farming we've been doing for years hasn't paid off!  The word we should be thinking is "Yet!"

I have found, when my view of the world changes...my world does change.  Changing our attitudes to the external events insulates us from despair and leads us instead into action. That is a positive thing.  When that happens we find success, reaffirmation, and peace of mind in our current surroundings.  We can stay focused on the tasks at hand, and be successful.  That is a much better thing than playing mind games or musical chairs on the Titanic!

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