I struggle, I'm challenged, I have hopes, dreams, wishes and aspirations.  Unfortunately, as Fred has shared, HOPE is not a strategy. Smart action is. (Personally, for me...surrounding myself with Realtor Icons works like the sun rises.)

Good News and Bad News.  In pursuits professional and personal, to grow requires more...doing what the average, ordinary and amateur won't.  Most won't pay the price.  For those who do - Expertise.

Katy Sierra has an eye opening, spark your brain, blue print for what does work.

Check it OUT - CLICK HERE Here's a snippet:

Most of us want to practice the things we're already good at, and avoid the things we suck at. We stay average or intermediate amateurs forever.

Yet the research says that if we were willing to put in more hours, and to use those hours to practice the things that aren't so fun, we could become good. Great. Potentially brilliant. We need, as Restak refers to it, "a rage to master." That dedication to mastery drives the potential expert to focus on the most subtle aspects of performance, and to never be satisfied. There is always more to improve on, and they're willing to work on the less fun stuff. Restak quotes Sam Snead, considered one of the top five golfers of the twentieth century, as saying: CLICK HERE

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Be good! ~ Ken Brand
"Be like a postage stamp.  Stick to one thing until you get there. - Josh Billings