Better Attitude, Better REALTORS®, Better Real Estate Market. Lisa Hill's Real Estate Blog
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As I've recently blogged; I've made some big changes in my real estate business that I still have not fully disclosed. (I still have a lot of changes to make on my Daytona Beach real estate web site before everything will become 
completely clear). But I am WAY out of my comfort zone! However, this is the door that God opened. And I trust HIM!
Personal beliefs aside, as I talk to real estate professionals lately, and read through the many blogs here on Active Rain, I sense hope. I personally was just glad to be out of 2009! Last year was quite frankly, a horrible year for me. And as I stated in the post below...
I have some personal, health-related problems that came into effect, along with the downturn of the real estate industry. Many of you know about these circumstances, but they're not going to change anytime soon, and I'm not going to elaborate on them right now. But sometimes the bad things can result in something good. One of the things that I've not yet blogged about is the fact that I now have a partner in my real estate business. We each have strengths that the other does not have. And I never would have even considered this path, if I had not let go of my "stinking thinking" and started chasing the dream that has been in me for so long! Real estate is not just my job. It's my career. And it's part of a vision... a dream.... it's where I'm supposed to be!
But I knew I could not keep doing the same things and expect different results! And to get to the place where I am now, I had to travel down several avenues that did not work out, and at times, I was only more discouraged. Then a good friend suggested the change I recently made. (God puts people in our lives for a reason. And He can use anyone to get through to us!)
I've been pondering this change, and brainstorming the possibilities, as I've been working hard behind the scenes... and I 
realized (again) just how strong the human spirit can be, when we stop struggling and just open our eyes to other possibilities.
So I want to encourage everyone to jump into the deep end of the pool. Put yourself in a "sink-or-swim" position. Let go of old thinking and prejudices. Get outisde that box... crush that old box.... burn that old box... and let new vision take control. Look around. There's hope all around us. People everywhere WANT things to change! They're actually routing for you! YES, WE ARE ROUTING FOR YOU TO SUCCEED! And that change is already being evidenced by the basic principle of SHIFTING our thinking! I'm seeing it on so many blog posts here on Active Rain. There's a change in the attitudes of people everywhere. There's a renewed sense of hope as we enter the next decade. And ATTITUDE IS EVERYTHING!
Famous old adages are famous for a reason... they contain power! So I'll throw in another one: Your attitude determines your altitude!
Just having hope can be enough to bring about change. It's a momentum... a force to be reckoned with. It will precede you, and pave the way to bigger and better things... maybe even great things!
We all have so much potential within us. In the last year or so, a lot of negative forces came against me, and I'm sorry to say, these things affected my attitude. I don't think I'm alone in this. But just as discouragement and frustration can be contagious, hope is even more so. Fresh perspective is contagious! And new paradigms open new doors.
Here is just one definition of a paradigm: "A set of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality for the community that shares them, especially in an intellectual discipline."
Do you see how much power a paradigm can hold? How many of us recently wrote posts about the book "SHIFT", by Gary Keller? My question to you is, did you write your post(s) just to get extra points (game the system) or 
did you really think about "shifting" your thinking, and your old paradigm?
I won't belabor this subject. I just want to encourage you to truly SHIFT your thinking! Kick your old thought processes out the door! Let renewed hope take hold! And become a force of nature! (Even with physical disabilities!!!) WE can actually bring about the changes that are so desperately needed, and reach far beyond the little scope of our real estate businesses. WE have the power. We're NOT a slave to the system. We are NOT beholden to the whims and wants of others. We CAN bring about far-reaching change.
I'm calling an end to the old cycle of "stinking thinking". And I'm claiming a FANTASTIC NEW ERA OF BRAVERY AND SUCCESS to all my friends, family and associates. The past is the past. Let it go. Your past does not have to control your future. I'm facing forward; not looking behind. I'm embracing a new decade; renewed hope; and all the good things I can dream and imagine. And guess what!? This is ALL biblical, and promised to us by God. Yes, we go through difficult times. But we learn valuable, character-building lessons. Then we step over the threshold; we turn the page; we move forward... Jeremiah 29:11 "11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope."
In the last decade we went through years of extravagance and wealth. Then as always happens, the tide eventually turned. During the years of increase and wealth, it was easy to become spoiled and succumb to a sense of entitlement. This way of thinking is not something for which we should be proud. And I think that enough time has now passed for us to take inventory, and realized where we made our own mistakes. Because yes, we ALL made poor choices at one time or another. But now, welcome to 2010... new beginnings, renewed hope, a shift in our thinking, and and greater maturity, and character.... Ephesians 4:22 "You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; 23to be made new in the attitude of your minds; 24and to put on the new self....
Welcome to 2010. What kind of attitude will you embrace? What kind of paradigm will you guide you? What kind of thinking will be your guide? Will you let your pride hold you back? Or will you let go, and let renewed hope take control? I know what I'm choosing. I've already made the choice. And I'm walking forward into VICTORY!
To work with a successful, positive, forward-thinking REALTOR® for your Daytona Beach, Port Orange, or all of Volusia County real estate, make a SMART CHOICE, and contact Lisa Hill with Florida Property Experts.
www.DaytonaBeachRealEstateSales.com
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