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What's Holding You Back?

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Real Estate Broker/Owner with CastNet Realty TREC#263257

Today I was working with some artwork on my computer trying to change it and after several attempts and time wasted, I realized I was not going to be able to accomplish the task I needed to do.  I know there is some little something I am lacking.  One push of a key would most likely make the difference and allow my changes to occur.

I often run into this situation as I am not that computer savvy.  Many times it is only one button I need to push that opens a program (a door) and allows me to go forward.  How interesting it is to make this comparison in our lives and in our real estate careers.

Oftentimes, a button is pushed and it is that difference that spurs us to make changes.   Have you experienced that?  Why wait for someone else to push your buttons?  Learn to push your own buttons.  It can be very motivating when you learn what it is that makes you move.  When we control ourselves, we win all the races.

It is not others that hold us back, it is our own selves.

Time spent pondering these questions is not time wasted but time invested.

 

 

Ricki Eichler                                      CastNet Realty                                Ingleside, TX  78362

                          (361)238-2830                                        www.castnetrealty.com

 

 

 

Comments (8)

Joni Bailey
101 Main St. Realty - Huntsville, TX
Your Huntsville / Lake Livingston Area REALTOR®

OUCH! Sometimes the truth hurts. :) But no pain, no gain!! Thanks for the gentle push! Happy New Year!

Jan 10, 2015 08:18 AM
Troy Erickson AZ Realtor (602) 295-6807
HomeSmart - Chandler, AZ
Your Chandler, Ahwatukee, and East Valley Realtor

Ricki - I enjoy pushing buttons, so if I don't know something I will push a lot of buttons until I figure it out.

Jan 10, 2015 11:34 AM
Ricki Eichler McCallum
CastNet Realty - Corpus Christi, TX
Broker,GRI,ABR, e-Pro, TAHS

Hi Joni,  Happy New Year to you too!  Hope it is a great year for you!!! :)

Hi Troy,  I hear people say that all the time but it doesn't seem to work for me :) It's hopeless!

Jan 10, 2015 11:57 PM
Roy Kelley
Retired - Gaithersburg, MD

Make every day your best day in the new year. Find the right buttons to push.

Jan 11, 2015 01:19 AM
Ricki Eichler McCallum
CastNet Realty - Corpus Christi, TX
Broker,GRI,ABR, e-Pro, TAHS

Hi Roy,  Absolutely!  Better we push our own than allow others to push the wrong ones :)

Jan 13, 2015 10:23 AM
Patricia Kennedy
RLAH@Properties - Washington, DC
Home in the Capital

Ricki, I agree!  Learning to push our own buttons is best.  I have had to learn to do that as I forgot to have that 20-year old kid who could wave a magic wand over my electronics to make them work!

Jan 16, 2015 11:49 AM
Ricki Eichler McCallum
CastNet Realty - Corpus Christi, TX
Broker,GRI,ABR, e-Pro, TAHS

Hi Patricia,  I know what you mean.  Every time I need him it seems he is on vacation! :)

Jan 18, 2015 10:38 AM
Yolanda Cordova-Gilbert
Richmond, TX

Ricki,

 The other day one of my colleagues showed me a neat trick to print a screen and print it out!

Jan 19, 2015 09:25 AM