My Life (Real Estate) Credo II

I attended the primer course for BOLD, a Keller Williams training course. I returned home completely excited and focused on the conditioning of my mind.

One of the emphases was on a statement, "90% of business is a mindset." This statement reminded me of a Charles Swindoll thought which is a variation of this concept. Swindoll said, "Life is made up of events of which one has no control and this amounts to about 10% of one's life. 90% of one's life is made up of one's response to these events."

I have decided to commit to this training event because so much of what is being stressed resonates with my life credo. I am being challenged to train my mind so that it helps me live a life of blessing and encouragement.

One of the nuggets shared which I will focus on for the next several weeks is the importance of accepting responsibility for one's life. This was on the focus of two mindsets. One mindset is that of blaming others for one's life experiences. It is always someone else's fault. The second focus of this thought process is to justify one's actions. There is always a reason for failure or mistakes that justify these actions. The third piece of this mindset is to habitually complain about life. I realized I am far to guilty of allowing myself to sink to the blaming, justifying and complaining game.

I came away resolved to accept responsibility for my life and my actions. I will not justify mistakes, but rather accept responsibility and work to correct those mistakes. I will seek to offer words of encouragement and refrain from complaining to others about my frustrations. I will be a responsible, positive and encouraging person. This is who I want to be.

Who are you and who do you want to be?

My Life (Real Estate) Credo

My Life (Real Estate) Credo

I have discovered my life is most blessed and offers the greatest blessings to others when I clearly define my core beliefs and values. This helps me to live by these beliefs and to realize this living is not dependent on how anyone else treats me. This is my sermon to self tonight.

I believe every person deserves my respect. All humanity is created in "God's image." Even though persons sin or make mistakes, the core of every person is still in God's image. I must treat the other with a respect, which calls me to listen, to clarify what is being said and to treat him/her as I would like to be treated. This is such an empowering thought. It does not matter how a person responds towards me, but I am free to respect him/her. I can feel mistreated. I can have someone respond to me in a manner that I despise, but I am free to never resort to kind of behavior.

I believe in being firm in my core beliefs, but never forcing others to accept my beliefs. I trust that others will reflect on my behavior, my beliefs and decide if what I espouse is worth believing.

I desire to be honest, allowing my words to accurately reflect what is correct or true. This kind of integrity seems to draw others.

I will not expect others to accept responsibility for my life. God has called me to accept responsibility for my behavior, my actions, my attitudes and my feelings. I will refrain from telling others, "You made me feel ..." I will not expect my wife, my children, my parents, my clients, my team leader, my broker, my pastor, or my church to make me happy.

I will forgive. I do not desire to dwell on that which has passed. I want to be free to live into the future, remembering and preserving what I treasure from the past.

May God give me the strength and resolve to live in this manner.