Thoreau I'm not.........

But this Friday brings some existential musings.

As a real estate agent, each morning I wake I must "re-invent" myself. That means I get up each day and say "Today is going to be a good day. Good things are going to happen." And even at the end of the day if nothing good has happened, I have set the tone early in the morning and can reflect in the evening on what I could have done to make the day better. Or I can examine the smaller moments of the day and decide they were indeed good.

My philosophical point is that positivity is a choice which everyone must make for himself. You can roll out of the bed, grumpy that you have to go to work or take the kids to school or blah blah blah. Or you can be happy that today is another day "above ground" and know that the mundane and smaller moments of the day are what make up life. We're here anyway, why not have a good time?

Negativity breeds contempt and resentment and I personally don't have room in my life for those things. So for those agents complaining about the market and how they don't have any business, you have to MAKE things happen for yourself. You have to be thinking about innovative ways to make your phone ring, to get in front of people, to make contacts.

Today, I am going to meet 2 new people and tell at least 5 people about my business. I'm going to make at least one of my clients happy with good news today. And I'm going to have a successful day.

To you, I wish you a successful and joyful day. Don't look for the BIG events - look for the smaller moments.

Peace.