Controlling Your Destiny
A few years ago, I discovered the fresh pasta available at the grocery store. I’ve been completely addicted to it ever since. I tried their ready-made sauces and realized I could do much better myself. I’ve been making my own tomato sauce ever since. When I recently explained how heavily I spice my sauce, a trusted friend pointed out the hidden sugars in the ingredients I was using, speculated I was spicing to cover up the artificial sweetness and recommended I try other sources for my tomato sauce. The same friend taught me how wonderful it is to cook with fresh garlic. I proved how poorly I paid attention to HOW the garlic was being used last weekend when I made up another batch of my sauce. I put one clove of diced garlic into the sausage and fried it up. I put one clove of garlic into the tomato sauce along with the other ingredients including whole mushrooms, sliced olives and chopped onions. The garlic smell was really strong. I tasted it and realized I had made a mistake. That was the moment when I learned the whole garlic is called a bulb and the little pieces are called the cloves!!!! Oops! I joked about it on Facebook and the first response was how safe I will be from vampires!
Last Monday, I got to see the end of the Daytona 500. During a lengthy delay, they continually showed the clip of Juan Pablo Montoya sliding into the service vehicle pulling the jet engine. The explosion was dramatic and it’s a minor miracle no one was hurt badly. They said his transmission had completely locked up and he had no control of the vehicle. I saw the replay over and over. His wheels barely moved. Montoya was radioing that something in the transmission was broken. He had no control over the vehicle when it slid and hit that jet engine. You can see it here.
What an interesting contrast. I had control of a situation, but I didn’t have the necessary experience or knowledge. I survived my mistake, though I sweated garlic for a few days! Juan Pablo Montoya had no control over a situation but he had the experience and the knowledge to handle and no one was badly hurt. I don’t mean to say the situations are similar. I’m saying that how you handle a mistake is what really matters. Accidents happen. That’s why we call them accidents, not On Purposes. Learning from the mistake, navigating it without causing serious harm and showing character throughout are what matters.
How refreshing it was to come to work the next morning and be in complete control; a brand new office, nicely set up and ready to produce top results! (We’re ordering the sign this week.) You are welcome to come by anytime. We’re on the northeast corner of La Palma and Lakeview; 1250 N. Lakeview, Suite M. It takes a full time professional to navigate the waters of today’s real estate market. I’m pleased that my friends have one they can rely on!
Controlling Your Destiny was written by Vic Steele, Broker, CA DRE 01349863.
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