Abundance vs. Scarcity Mentality
A while ago I watched an interview of Bill Gates where the interviewer asked him how he felt about all the people in Asia who were openly selling pirated copies of Windows and other Microsoft products.
Bill's reply was something to the effect that this is a good thing, now these people will be able to use this software to launch prosperous businesses and they will eventually be able to come back and Buy my products, and probably buy multiple copies for their employees.
He did not get bent out of shape over the lost revenue from these sales, after all most of these buyers could not afford his product now anyway, he did not spend millions to try to prosecute these people who again could not afford his product anyway, instead he used this as an opportunity to grow a future customer.
Bill has an abundance mentality, rather than a scarcity mentality!
Do you find yourself feeling upset because your competitors are doing well or do you feel happy for them knowing that they are making your profession look good and knowing that they are doing things that you can learn from (both their successes and failures)?
Do you get along with your competitors, or do you threaten to sue every time that you feel that they stepped on your toes?
Do you disparage your competitors name around clients or do you complement and defend them, one of these techniques will destroy your profession, and the other will build it up, guest which one politicians use?
Do you get upset when someone on active rain breaks a rule, or does something for the points, or do you applaud them because they are at least trying to better themselves and the profession, remember many others are doing a lot less than these folks are doing to improve themselves and your profession?
Don’t get upset with your competitors, applaud them, get along with them, work Together to build up your profession, and then there will be more people who will use Real Estate agents and there will be more work than either of you can handle.
When you disparage each other, the public sees this and thinks poorly of you, and before you know it you are thought of in the same light as the used car dealers and mudslinging politicians.
Remember to always choose an Abundance Mentality over a Scarcity Mentality, which ever you choose, that is what you will get!
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