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12 Days of Real Estate...Day Twelve!

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Services for Real Estate Pros with Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices
The Christmas Holiday has come and gone...a little too soon for some and not fast enough for others! I myself took a few days off and did NOTHING Real Estate related...including posting the last day of Real Estate! So, in order to finish the year off right I am putting on my thinking cap, and going to finish the 12 days and then recap...and hopefully they rhyme when I'm done!

On the 12th day of Real Estate, Seven Gables gave to you......PERSEVERANCE!

We started off with Einstein and it is only fitting that we complete our reading with an Einstein quote:


"We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them."

Why? Because that's how they became problems in the first place!

If you are serious about a Real Estate Career and yet you find that your momentum is a little slow these days, what will you intend to do to solve the problem?

Notice I didn't say "fix the situation". The reason for that is because to "fix" something is only a temporary solution...and then eventually time or circumstance moves us forward and we "think" we've fixed it without looking at what created the problem to begin with. We have set up our future to have the same problem, over and over and over again...

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So, what kind of problems are you having and how did they start? Do you have an idea of when, where, how and why it started?

For example:

PROBLEM: "All of my buyers are waiting to see what happens next year".

SOLUTION: Find new buyers!

If this is where you are at, you must look at the activities you focus on daily and see if somewhere along the way, you dropped prospecting.

This is HUGE!
Most agents will look and make excuses that it's the Holiday's (or the economy, or the aliens that landed in Yucaipa) and then wonder why their well has run dry...the truth is BUYERS ARE OUT THERE, but you're focusing on a PROBLEM and not a solution, and then become frustrated when people don't respond the way YOU want them to!

Perseverance in life is noble...perseverance in Real Estate is CRUCIAL... if you are to remain in Real Estate!
So! Take a deep breath and sing with me:
On the 12th day of Real Estate, Amanda gave to me:
12 Thoughts of Perseverance
11 Thankful Tiding's (Be Thankful)
10 Lords of Language
9 Ladies Looking (Clear Vision)
8 Gears Reversing
7 Engaging Conversations
6 Geese a Squawking (Effective Communication)
5 Perspectives!
4 Breakdowns
3 French portions (Portion Control)
2 Assumptions
And some thoughts on Albert Einstein!

Hoping your 2008 was FABULOUS and your 2009 will be PHENOMENAL!
Amanda Wernick
Career Development Manager
Seven Gables Real Estate
714-837-7753 amandaw@sevengables.com

Comments (4)

Denise White
John L. Scott Anacortes - Oak Harbor, WA
ABR, Associate Broker - Selling Whidbey & Fidalgo Islands

Thanks, Amanda for the 12 Days of Real Estate...it was very creative and it put a smile on my frozen face.  (I'm living in Washington, but am a SoCal girl through and through).

Here's wishing you a Phenomenal 2009, as well!

Dec 29, 2008 04:34 AM
Jim & Maria Hart
Brand Name Real Estate - Charleston, SC
Charleston, SC Real Estate

Hey, Amanda. Thanks for sharing and thanks for the well wishes. All my best to you in 2009, Jim

Dec 29, 2008 04:46 AM
Diane Daley
Caron's Gateway Real Estate - Northumberland, NH

Good job... Thanks for sharing...  you are creative...

Dec 29, 2008 04:59 AM
Diane & Bob Arenholz
William RAVEIS Realty - Yorktown Heights, NY
Covering all of Westchester County, NY

great job!!!!

Dec 29, 2008 05:11 AM