I can't remember who told me this true story, but I remember the story well.
There was a man who was once robbed of his purse. He wrote in his diary: "Let me be thankful. First, I was never robbed before. Second, although they took my purse, they did not take my life. Third, although they took my all, it was not much. Fourth, let me be thankful because it was I who was robbed, and not I who did the robbing."
What a perspective!!!!!!
Webster's dictionary defines perspective as: one's "point of view", the choice of a context for opinions, beliefs and experiences.
I love how that's worded. "the choice of a context for opinions, beliefs, and experiences."
What if we chose to have a different perspective then our usual stock response? What if we purposed it in our hearts to deliberately see the glass as half full instead of half empty? What would change?
What if we chose to take those lemons life gives us and make lemonade! Then sell it for a profit *wink* ~
Every day when we wake up we have a choice. We can choose how our attitude and perspective will be for that day.
That especially applies to the real estate business - we can take challenging situations and look at it as an opportunity to learn and grow and add to our expertise as we crunch through problem solving, or we can look at it as an obstacle or stumbling block and allow it to stress us out. The choices we make regarding our perspective will be key in our success or lack of success.
"Any day we wish; we can start the process of life change." (-Jim Rohn)
So what will you choose today?