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Cookies, Chocolate, Real Estate Success and you.

By
Real Estate Agent with Better Homes And Gardens Real Estate Gary Greene

Cookiebiteweb The adventures of a fully engaged Realtor include stressful and sometimes pretzel twisting emotional control.  It's a fact of life, when dealing with issues of home, family and finance...things will spiral, cascade and meltdown. If there were no problems, who'd need a Realtor to help?  It's part of the job.

How do you interact and communicate with people who are angry, aggressive, combative, irresponsible, unreasonable and emotional?  What you really like to do is wheel and stomp off or bitch-slap back (fight or flight). Instead you stand, listen, solve and exert monumental self control...because you're a professional.  Amen.

Why is it that sometimes you're stronger and more in-control that other times?  Well, here's something I discovered and I share it with you.  Practicing self control and self discipline actually consumes energy.  If your energy stores are low, you're hungry or your blood sugar level has ebbed, your ability to exert self control is diminished.  Yep, it's true, here's the report and more information.

Well, I was thinking the next time I'm headed into an emotional fire storm, I better bump my glucose levels. Ten minutes before engaging, I'm going to gulp a cookie or a Coke. How about you?

Oh....the researchers are careful to point out that consuming sugar isn't the only way to increase blood glucose levels -- it may be that eating protein bars or complex carbohydrates offers better long-term results.
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"The way up and the way down are the same."  - Herakleitos

Comments (5)

Mary McCleskey & Michelle Gumeny
Assist-2-Sell, Home Buyers & Sellers Realty, Inc. - Acworth, GA
That is very interesting information. I will remember this next time I have to face an emotional fire storm. Great Post!
Apr 21, 2008 01:48 PM
Debi Ernst
St. Charles County, Missouri - Prudential Alliance Realtors - O'Fallon, MO
GRI, e-PRO, Broker/Sales Associate
I like that.  A good reason to have an extra cookie or two...  Thanks for the tip!  :)
Apr 21, 2008 01:50 PM
Ken Tracy
Coldwell Banker Residential - Naperville, IL
Helping clients buy and sell since 2005

Good stuff.  Lack of sleep hurts too.  Nice looking cookie.

Ken

Apr 21, 2008 01:56 PM
Bart Whitmore
Keller Williams- Louisville - Louisville, KY
Real Estate Agent
Looks like some of  us better have a 12 pack of coke and a couple of boxes of cookies
Apr 21, 2008 02:03 PM
Bo Buchanan
Kettley Realtors - Oswego, IL
The cookie image was enough to drag me into this post! It makes sense, I can definitely tell I am more in control some times. Very informative -thanks!
Apr 21, 2008 03:33 PM