Our professional attitude and behavior is just as important online as it is when speaking face to face with others and while dealing with your peers, clients, consumers. No matter where we are and what we are doing it's how we carry ourselves that will determine how others perceive us.
Granted, no two people think alike but there is a fine line between assumptions and getting the facts and an even finer line being an actor on stage and just being plain real.
After writting many posts about interacting and blogging respectfully while holding ourselves to higher standards and well, just being......good human beings I went through many old posts and the following paragraphs seemed to bring out reminders for me if one of these give you a little inspiration or positive affirmation...then it was all well worth it.
Bottom line....there is one thing I have control over.....MYSELF.
- You just got to wonder about the credibility and authority of a blog. We write about our products and services and tie our reputation to them. I don't know about you but my reputation IS my most valuable asset as a Real Estate Professional.
- We have a more professional network on ActiveRain specifically for the Real Estate Industry and the reason to lead me back here time and again. I love this network and really admire the professional attitudes we have online.
- I learned early on that how I respect myself will portray in my written words. It became evident
that worrying about others and what they're doing had no bearing on the way I wrote and did what I needed to do for me. I left all the drama and trauma behind a while ago...and my writing became more profound and has brought me more contacts than I could have ever imagined.
- We make mistakes and admitting them and correcting them is the key to our success. We learn from them and we grow. AND...there is a difference between knowing what we are doing...and consciously making that choice to do what is right/wrong.... rather than making an honest mistake.
- Real Estate has brought me the satisfaction that everyone craves and for that "gotta be happy with the job we have or it won't work" theory. Without that then a job is just a job and nothing more or less.
- Each and every member will make their own Success in Blogging if they are willing to be consistent, work hard, put a lot of thought, a lot of effort and keep it real in their writing. I interact with the public, clients and our peers every single day in real life and real life here. I have learned that it becomes a meeting of the minds and it's the respect we have for each other on ActiveRain that makes us all successful with our interactions with others as well as our business.
- What we write here is a reflection on who we are as well as our professional attitude in our industry. It's in cyberspace forever baby! No matter if you delete it...there are remnants and you can't take back the stuff in black and white.
- Success in Real Estate can be measured in many ways and for me it's mostly about how I interact with others because I believe our industry is about just that. INTERACTING WITH OTHERS.
- Blogging for business and bonding with peers...that's what all this means to me in a nutshell. With time, effort and a continuous willingness to learn...ActiveRain will help you with your business as well as interacting with others in a positive manner online.
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In this writers mind there is one thing I know to be true. This blogging platform was given to me (to us) for free...to utilize respectfully in giving industry related information and material to others, inform the public, keep up to date with nationwide markets, receive some feedback, network with our peers (and hey...maybe a referral here and there) and the most rewarding (for me) the peers that became friends along the way. Bonding in business.
The only person that has control over me.... is me..... and it's all in the manner of how I handle the situation. I choose to "lead by example" for my community of real estate professionals ....and offer a helping hand.
**MY LEGACY IS ALL ABOUT THE QUALITY OF RELATIONSHIPS I HAVE WITH OTHERS
And..... Without that quality, tell me.....what is a Professional worth?**
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Okay...I don't mean to be so vain...but I've written some profound things here.
At least in my own mind LOL!
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Very well said. To me honesty and respect are the keys to my business. My clients trust me, and with good reason. Take care!