The basketball season is winding down, and teams are jockeying for play off postion.  I hate to say this, but it really is the only time of the year that I get excited about it.  I will watch a game now and then but now is when it gets interesting, and not only in the NBA; it is the best time of year, because the NCAA tournament is due to begin any day now. 

This got me thinking, basketball is truthfully a ballet in sneakers (if $200 dollar shoes can be called sneakers), I was thinking about players that I really enjoyed watching and the way that champions raised their games to a championship level.  One of the players that I can honestly say that I may never see anyone play the game better is Michael Jordan.  There may be players that become his equal, but for my money, no one will ever top his overall game. 

The long and short of this blog is that I was reading something in a magazine last week and came across a blurb from Michael.  To be honest, I can't remember the magazine, but the quote went:"I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying." 

I thought that this was a tremendous quote for me, I fail at a lot of things, more than I would care to admit to.  The point is, that by not trying your not even in the game so to speak.  There are going to be some ups and downs to life, and this business is no different, but the important thing is to keep trying.  We can never get that listing if we don't make a listing appointment, nor can we make the sale if we never expose ourselves to failure. 

I do think that failure and our reaction to it is the determining factor between mediocrity and superstardom.  Those of us that look at failure as a way to get to what we want to achieve, will be hugely more successful than those that look at failure as the absolute worse thing that can happen to us.  Anyway, I hope that we all look at failure as an opportunity to get better and improve, and not accept it as our fate in life.  Have a great week!