Are You Open Minded or Set in Your Ways not willing to change?

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My friend Mark Don McInnes, Sandpoint wrote this awesome tip for the kitchen- I just had to share- he handed me a great Ah-Ha moment!!!  Now I am handing it to you! 

Original content by Mark Don McInnes, Sandpoint AB36113

Are You Open Minded or Set in Your Ways not willing to change?

Naples OatmealFixing my oatmeal this morning, and waiting for the water, to boil I had a moment for thought.  I realized I had been fixing oatmeal for years and until the last year or so had fought pouring the oats from the large opening into the measuring cup, especially when newly opened.

 With the opening of a new box I would immediately tear off the seal. Then one day I had an Ah Hah oatmeal moment.  I left the seal in tact and simply cut a pour spout.  Not rocket science, and please do not laugh if you have been doing this for years, but the point being just because I had been doing it for years one way did not mean there was not another and possibly better way.  In this case a much better way.

So what are you doing daily,  business or personal, that you have been doing for years, that maybe there is a better way just waiting for you to discover or implement?  Without inspection, or a moments thought, how much are we missing?  

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Comments (12)

Mark Don McInnes, Sandpoint
Sandpoint, ID
North Idaho Real Estate - 208-255.6227

Good morning Shanna,  Thank you for the Reblog.  I smile in knowing I am not the only then.     Make it a great week.  Mark

Feb 09, 2015 02:25 AM
ba`B Ratliff
Robert Ratliff Realty - San Antonio, TX
"Sold with Bob"

Now this does make you stop and think? thanks for sharing this thought provoking blog by Mark Don McInnes, Sandpoint .

Feb 09, 2015 05:43 AM
Rob Thomas
Prestige Homes of The Tri Cities, Inc. CALL....423-341-6954 - Bristol, TN
Bristol TN-VA & Tri Cities Agent, ABR, GRI, e-Pro

Shanna Hall ....I am always looking for ways to change ....we all get to set in our ways ....CHANGE!

Have a great day!

Feb 09, 2015 09:15 AM
Jeffrey DiMuria 321.223.6253 Waves Realty
Waves Realty - Melbourne, FL
Florida Space Coast Homes

nice re-blog Shanna. Of course you know I am very open minded...lol

Feb 09, 2015 11:02 PM
Kim Gaston
RE/MAX Advantage Realty - Colorado Springs, CO
Colorado Springs REALTOR®, CNE (719)661-6987

Thanks for the chuckle, Mark and Shanna! And the reminder to be more aware and open to change. Its a good thing.

Feb 09, 2015 11:40 PM
Sharon Parisi
United Real Estate Dallas - Dallas, TX
Dallas Homes

I like the idea of evolution rather than change. I perceive evolution to be change as a slower pace.

Feb 10, 2015 12:58 AM
Mike McCann - Nebraska Farm Land Broker
Mike McCann - Broker, Mach1 Realty Farmland Broker-Auctioneer Serving Rural Nebraska - Kearney, NE
Farm Land For Sale 308-627-3700 or 800-241-3940

I am the type that I tear the whole dang thing open and then look and see that there is a spout or notch I should have used. 

Feb 10, 2015 04:38 AM
Larry Johnston
Broker, Friends & Neighbors Real Estate and Elkhart County Subdivisions, LLC - Elkhart, IN
Broker,Friends & Neighbors Real Estate, Elkhart,IN

Hi Mark Don McInnes, Sandpoint , Not too long ago I realized there is a cleaner way to open those little paks of katchup and mustard and squeezing it all over the packet, your hand and very little on the food. The part you tear back, just hold it back with your thumb and wallah, no mess.  It only took over a half of a century to discover that one.

Feb 10, 2015 05:29 AM
Sharon Tara
Sharon Tara Transformations - Portsmouth, NH
New Hampshire Home Stager

Sometimes it's the most obvious things that can become Aha moments.  We always wonder why it took so long!

Feb 11, 2015 03:38 AM
Susan Nealey
Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage - Annapolis, MD
No Pressure! Ever!

I'm so set in my ways, I wouldn't even bother trying something new.  Aha moment or not.  But, now that you have brought it up....

Feb 11, 2015 05:50 AM
Joan Cox
House to Home, Inc. - Denver Real Estate - 720-231-6373 - Denver, CO
Denver Real Estate - Selling One Home at a Time

Shanna, does that include changing the routine of blogging every morning?    It is funny the routines we get into! 

Feb 12, 2015 10:12 PM
Inna Ivchenko
Barcode Properties - Encino, CA
Realtor® • Green • GRI • HAFA • PSC Calabasas CA

Don't we like our habits, routine, favorite expressions, etc.?

I am not very much a 'habit' person. Having my life is one big habit  when you wake up at pretty well the same time in the  morning, have the same breakfast, take the same route to get to work, meet the same people, have the same hobby for years.....~ is not my thing.....:)

Mar 04, 2015 06:04 AM

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