Time, something most of us seem to value and many of us put a high price on. We charge our clients, and others charge us....whether anything is or was accomplished. It's almost 5 in the afternoon, and another day is gone. Time, one of our most valuable commodities, and something that once it's gone it's gone has again disappeared. As I'm "ending" another day I am seriously wondering what I've accomplished....and what if I haven't accomplished anything tangible, is it still an accomplishment.
It's almost 5 o'clock, and the day just seems to have sped by. I know that I have been on the computer a large portion of the day......but I have also had to do some heavy thinking. There are times when being in charge isn't such a great thing, and we have to make some tough decisions. Today was one of those days for sure. Today I decided to start closing down my other office. Probably the end of next month....
We had 2 Agents assigned to that Office. The top Producing Agent for that Office decided to move back to the City a few months ago. That in itself wasn't a catastrophe, and we were going to keep everything going, but then gas prices skyrocketed and none of the other Agents wanted to go out there anymore. Well, as you can imagine an office that no one wants to work at and the high overhead didn't sound like a good business venture. So, it just came down to Make a Decision, good or bad, right or wrong.....make one!
When I opened that Office, I did it on a whim....and it worked out. But now it's time to just close it.....cut my losses and move on. So, today I finalized the decision, and had to figure out the logistics of the closure. Do I spend the money to transport the furniture, or sell it out there? How much will it cost me to terminate my phone contract early? And our listings.....we have a few ending in a week, several ending a month later, etc etc etc. Decisions.....no one can see the inner workings of my mind, but does that negate the work it took to get to this point?
So many things we do in our daily life, both business and personal don't have anything tangible.
What do we show someone we accomplished if we can't:
- hold it
- touch it
- feel it
- look at it
And if we don't have anything tangible how do we measure it? Isn't that what we do, measure our accomplishments?
- Someone that built a bridge can say "Look at my Bridge"
- Someone that wrote a book can say, "I wrote this book.
- Someone that bought a house has a house to live in....
- Someone that taught school can see the results of their labor in the children as they progress
- Someone that designed a Blog can look at it, interact with the design, and make physical changes
- Someone that writes a Blog Post can see it, and others can see it, and maybe others comment
But how do we measure the inner workings of our mind if there's nothing tangible to measure? And again, does that negate the time?
Time is a commodity.....and at the end of the day I know that I want, I need to have something to say I didn't waste my time. And this really is a personal thing, because I can sit in the garden for an hour soaking up the peace of the day, and I don't feel that wasted my time. But on the other hand I can go to the Grocery Store and feel like my whole time is wasted. Being unorganized and then trying to find something is a waste of my time.........
So, for you...
What do you need to feel that you have accomplished something
and not wasted your time?
By: Kathy McGraw - CELLing Realty
;)
;)
Kathy: This was a tough decision for you to make, but you know what... I think you've made the right decision ... to make no decision is harder than whatever you have to do now that you've chosen to move on. Sometimes just being able to sleep well and work with people you can trust are more important than all the tangibles. BTW, I feel the same way about the grocery store! LOL! Hope you get lots of helpful advice and support on AR and from the associates in your office.