Special offer

Life Is Like A Marathon...Think Incrementally!

By
Real Estate Agent with BCR Realtors 262359

This week at my Rotary club I witnessed an amazing story about a blind woman from Nicaragua that a fellow Rotarian brought back to the USA and helped educate and learn life skills. She also taught her to run a marathon! I am not a runner but I was amazed to learn that the way she helped this blind person run a marathon was using increments!

Ok we are going to run 100 paces then when we get there we will work on another 100 ...and so on. It worked . They would count to 100 and before you knew it they had gone 100 paces.

Isn't life a series of incremental actions ? We set goals and do we just stop when we get there? We shouldn't . Think of the blind woman and the marathon 100 paces, 100 paces, 100 paces.

Have a prosperous week!

Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - Wanda Can!
Red Rock Real Estate (435) 632-9374 - St. George, UT
St. George Utah Area Residential Sales Agent

Trey, That truly is an inspiring story and we can learn from taking small successes while on the journey. Great post to put things in perspective!

Mar 06, 2010 04:17 AM
Dr. Paula McDonald
Beam & Branch Realty - Granbury, TX
Granbury, TX 936-203-0279

Great story.  As a runner, I can't even imagine running 26.2 miles without seeing where I was going.  What a beautiful story of trust and faith.

Mar 06, 2010 05:52 AM
1~Judi Barrett
Integrity Real Estate Services 116 SE AVE N, Idabel, OK 74745 - Idabel, OK
BS Ed, Integrity Real Estate Services -IDABEL OK

Trey,

It IS so much easier to reach goals in increments....  whatever the goals are.  Love this post.

Mar 06, 2010 01:29 PM
Steve Shatsky
Dallas, TX

Hi Trey... it's that old "put one foot in front of the other" mentality!  It really does work!

Mar 06, 2010 02:39 PM
Karen Staha
Gaston & Sheehan Realty - Round Rock, TX
CRS, GRI, ABR, REALTOR, Austin & Surrounding Areas Texas

Trey, What a great and inspirational post.  Having the mindset of 'nothing can stop me now' is what helps us reach our goals and beyond. 

Mar 07, 2010 11:02 AM
Trey Thurmond
BCR Realtors - College Station, TX
College Station , Texas Homes

Wanda,

Thankyou.  it was inspirational to watch the video and listen to the Rotarian in person tell the story

Paula,

It really was!

Judi

Thanks!

Mar 07, 2010 12:47 PM
Lottie Kendall
Compass - San Francisco, CA
Helping make your real estate dreams a reality

Increments. So true. A coach once told me that most people set too high a short-term goal, and too low a long-term one. Incremental steps is what works. Thanks for sharing the inspirational story.

Mar 09, 2010 04:02 PM