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You don't have to love change to be successful

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Real Estate Agent with eXp Realty LLC | CRS, GRI, CLHMS | SoWal 30A Your Beach Awaits | 3248489

The best Realtors know how to work in a changing market.

I dialed a number and got the following recording:

"I am not available right now, but Thank you for caring enough to call. I am making some changes in my life.  Please leave a message after the  Beep.  If I do not return your call, You are one of the changes."

Perhaps the most relentless enemy of achievement, personal growth, and success is inflexibility.  

Top Ten Strategies for Dealing with a Dead Horse,

1.  Buy a stronger whip.
2.  Change riders
3.  Appoint a committee to study the horse.
4.  Appoint a team to revive the horse.
5.  Send out a memo declaring the horse isn't really dead.
6.  Hire an expensive consultant to find "the real problem."
7.  Harness several dead horses together for increased speed and efficiency.
8.  Rewrite the standard definition of live horse.
9.  Declare the horse to be better, faster, and cheaper when dead.
10. Promote the dead horse to a supervisory position.

I bet you've seen just about every one of these "solutions" enacted in the workplace.  

But there's really only one effective way to deal with that problem; when your horse is dead, for goodness' sake, dismount.  

You don't have to love change to be successful, but you need to be willing to accept it.

Have successful and blessed day

Comments(9)

Rebecca Schrader
Competitive Insurance of Dundee - Dundee, FL

I say find a NEW & BETTER horse! And NO, we do not have to LOVE change to be successful...we just have to "deal" with it...and accept it...(ROLL WITH THE PUNCHES!) Hope you have a great weekend. Stay Safe!

Aug 29, 2008 01:34 AM
South Austin Real Estate Blog
Sky Realty South Austin - Austin, TX

This is great stuff.. I laughed and then I realized .. yes it is about Change..  Life is constantly changing, to keep up one must change and flow with it or be left in the dust with the dead horse.  :)

Aug 29, 2008 01:34 AM
Sally K. & David L. Hanson
EXP Realty 414-525-0563 - Brookfield, WI
WI Real Estate Agents - Luxury - Divorce

Agreed,....or make horse burgers and move on to the next rodeo in a different venue so the rest of us can do what we do well.

Aug 29, 2008 01:35 AM
Russel Ray, San Diego Business & Marketing Consultant & Photographer
Russel Ray - San Diego State University, CA

I would comment, but my life is changing, and commenting in blogs is one of the changes. LOL

Life is a journey, not and end. There will be changes. Enjoy them.

Aug 29, 2008 01:49 AM
DALIA KIBBY
One Sothebys International Realty - Cooper City, FL
Selling Florida Homes with Passion!

Nothing stays the same--that's the only constant in every endeavor of life.  We have to adapt & change or perish.

Aug 29, 2008 01:53 AM
Heather the Realtor Orlando, Lake Mary
LemonTree Realty - Orlando, FL
First Time Home Buyers, Bank Owned Homes

haha great blog. To Rebecca I say we dont have to love it or just deal with it. You should embrace it, the best way to become better at whatever you do is to interject change. Athletes do this they change their norm so they can grow and become better.

Aug 29, 2008 01:54 AM
Paul Todd
Mentone Cabins Realty, LLC - Mentone, AL
Vacation and Second Homes Sales and Management - Mentone Alabama

Ron,

I was wondering why you did not call me back!                              LOL

Paul

Aug 29, 2008 03:56 PM
Michael Ivie
Ivco Inspection Service serving all of Habersham county - Cornelia, GA
CPI

Hi,

If you need assistance with Manufactured Home Foundation Certificates for a HUD or FHA loan you can contact me at ivcohome@yahoo.com

Michael Ivie

 

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Aug 31, 2008 03:35 AM
Doreen McPherson
Homesmart ~ Scottsdale ~ Tempe - Tempe, AZ
Phoenix Arizona Real Estate ~

We used to pass this around, a lot, when I was in the corporate world...  then they got rid of the dead horses along with the work horses and well...

Sep 06, 2008 01:06 AM