Saturday, February 26, 2011
Westford Town Scavenger Hunt Today
RE/MAX Prestige Westford is the key sponsor of a wonderful scavenger hunt throughout the town today. This program was put together by RE/MAX in order to help promote the local businesses within the town. Scavenger Hunt participants must go to local stores, restaurants, and service providers and take photos of certain items at that location. Each photo they snap can earn the participant points. At the end of the day the scavenger hunters will meet back at RE/MAX Prestige in Westford where scores will be tallied and prizes will be awarded. This is just one more way that team Prestige is getting entrenched in the communities where we do business.
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
RE/MAX Prestige Acquires RE/MAX First Choice of Northborough/Marlborough
It is with great pleasure that we announce to you today that RE/MAX Prestige has acquired RE/MAX First Choice R.E. With this acquisition RE/MAX Prestige adds 45 new Team members who will add over 600 transactions and $200 million dollars in sales volume. We are thrilled and honored to welcome these new Team members into the Prestige family.
The combined company will collectively do over 3000 transactions, over $600 million in sales volume, and have over 250 of the best agents agents in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. This expansion will give RE/MAX Prestige 2 prime offices in Worcester county and start to bridge the gap between our Eastern MA/Southern NH and Western MA operations.
We would like to thank Jim Flanders, Broker/Owner of RE/MAX First Choice R.E., for his over 20 years of dedicated service to the RE/MAX system. We also would like to thank Jim for the trust and confidence he has placed in us and for allowing us the great opportunity to expand RE/MAX Prestige into central Massachusetts.
RE/MAX Prestige will continue to offer the very best Motivation/Inspiration, Technology, Training/Education, Lead Generation Tools, Administrative Support, and company culture to its entire company. We will continue to grow by adding new Team members, adding additional offices, and increasing our production throughout Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Connecticut. The expansion plan that we have had and will continue to have will benefit all of you by adding more market share, more great agents to learn from and benefit from, the ability to keep your investments as low as possible, the ability to add significant benefits to your existing business, and the ability to continue our goals of increasing production and time with family for all.
This acquisition is significant for our entire company and all of our agents. The addition of these new great agents makes RE/MAX Prestige the 3rd largest real estate firm in Massachusetts and a Top 20 RE/MAX firm in the world. You should all be very proud of what you have accomplished over these past years and the future looks very bright for all of you.
We would like to thank each and every one of you for your continued support and friendship. Together we will continue to prosper!!!
Andy
The combined company will collectively do over 3000 transactions, over $600 million in sales volume, and have over 250 of the best agents agents in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. This expansion will give RE/MAX Prestige 2 prime offices in Worcester county and start to bridge the gap between our Eastern MA/Southern NH and Western MA operations.
We would like to thank Jim Flanders, Broker/Owner of RE/MAX First Choice R.E., for his over 20 years of dedicated service to the RE/MAX system. We also would like to thank Jim for the trust and confidence he has placed in us and for allowing us the great opportunity to expand RE/MAX Prestige into central Massachusetts.
RE/MAX Prestige will continue to offer the very best Motivation/Inspiration, Technology, Training/Education, Lead Generation Tools, Administrative Support, and company culture to its entire company. We will continue to grow by adding new Team members, adding additional offices, and increasing our production throughout Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Connecticut. The expansion plan that we have had and will continue to have will benefit all of you by adding more market share, more great agents to learn from and benefit from, the ability to keep your investments as low as possible, the ability to add significant benefits to your existing business, and the ability to continue our goals of increasing production and time with family for all.
This acquisition is significant for our entire company and all of our agents. The addition of these new great agents makes RE/MAX Prestige the 3rd largest real estate firm in Massachusetts and a Top 20 RE/MAX firm in the world. You should all be very proud of what you have accomplished over these past years and the future looks very bright for all of you.
We would like to thank each and every one of you for your continued support and friendship. Together we will continue to prosper!!!
Andy
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
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I'm A Sports Illustrated Centerfold!
Good Afternoon: Famous Supermodel Tyra Banks once said that she knew she made it big when she made the centerfold of Sports Illustrated. Well, RE/MAX made it big a long time ago, but this month we also made it into a beautiful double page photo spread in Sports Illustrated where our RE/MAX hot air balloon, the most recognized logo in real estate, was featured on the scoreboard at The World Series. When people think smartphone, they think Blackberry. When they think car safety, Volvo. When they think real estate, they think RE/MAX. More than $75 million a year is spent making sure one name stands out amongst the many that consumers may choose from....RE/MAX. If you think brand doesn't matter, think again because that Kleenex you just used is really a Brand and the seller down the street didn't decide to call a real estate firm, they chose to call RE/MAX.
Stacey
RE/MAX Glows in Sports Illustrated World Series Photo
You can't miss the RE/MAX Balloon Logo in a Sports Illustrated photo spread in the magazine's Nov. 8 issue. The photo captures the scoreboard at AT&T Park in San Francisco during Game 2 of the 2010 World Series last month.
The first two games of the five-game series were held by the bay, and that means tens of millions of fans and TV viewers saw your brand. Now add to that SI's millions of subscribers and readers.
RE/MAX was a 2010 season sponsor of the World Series champion San Francisco Giants, and the partnership benefits extended into the postseason. As fans filled AT&T Park for games one and two, they passed dozens of RE/MAX banners all along the Embarcadero waterfront roadway. And the some 40,000 in attendance each day (plus countless TV viewers) couldn't miss the 19-by-13-foot lighted RE/MAX Balloon prominently placed on the scoreboard.
Other Giants sponsorship benefits in 2010:
Bloopers scoreboard feature sponsored by RE/MAX
RE/MAX Balloon logo on 7,500 mesh jerseys
Prominent placement of RE/MAX banners and the cold-air balloon
RE/MAX logo on 20,000 Buster Posey T-shirts
TV and radio promotions
Discounted regular season tickets for RE/MAX offices and agents
Thursday, October 28, 2010
A Thanksgiving Pie For You
(Customize and send to your sphere of influence if you would like to participate in the Thanksgiving Pie Pop By program we emailed you about last week)
With 2010 approaching its end I wanted to take this moment to say Thank You for your continued support and friendship throughout another great year. I love my business because I have the privilege to work with great people like you.
To show you my appreciation I hope you will come by my office on November 23rd between 9am and 3pm to pick up your complimentary Apple Pie from Mann Orchards in Methuen. It is a wonderful dessert to enjoy on your Thanksgiving holiday, and it is one less that you will have to prepare, giving you the opportunity to spend additional time with your wonderful friends and family.
Please reply to me no later than November 11th to reserve your pie.
Thank you again and may your Holiday Season be a delightful one.
Encore Presentation - Killer Listing Presentations
If you missed our Sold Out ThinkMAX program in October - Killer Listing Presentations - we are doing an encore presentation on November 5th. See the invitation below and email me if you would like to attend. Those who attend will receive a cd full of great content to use in your business.
Thanksgiving Pie Pop By
This year we will once again be offering the Thanksgiving Pie Reverse Pop By program to those agents interested in participating. Here is how it will work.
We will prepare personalized Thanksgiving postcards for you to send to your sphere of influence. Reply to this email with the number of postcards you would like. You will be charged $12.50 for every 100 postcards printed. You will be responsible for getting them mailed (or working with your admin to get them mailed). We will have your cards delivered to your office within 3 business days of you sending the request to me. My assistant, Morgan, will call you to get details of what phone number/contact info you want on the postcard.
By November 12th you must email Morgan with the number of pies you want (MorganQuinlan@gmail.com). We will send out reminder emails before then. The pies are fresh baked 8 inch apple pies from Mann Orchard in Methuen, MA and they cost $7.95 each. We will pick up the pies on the afternoon of November 22nd and will deliver your pies to your office that day. On November 23rd the offices will have fresh cider and coffee and will be ready to welcome your clients in to pick up their pies. We always recommend you order a few extra in case someone forgets to RSVP.
We will bill you on your Membership invoice issued in December for both your pies and your postcards.
Have a Spooktacular Halloween at RE/MAX Prestige!
It just wouldn't be Halloween unless someone shows up to work this week in a cape and tights. In the Spirit of Halloween we are once again having our yearly Halloween costume contest. Any agent or staff member that comes to the office in costume any time between now and Sunday afternoon will be entered into our contest. We will need a photo of the costume emailed to Andy and I by Monday morning. We have an independent staff of three judges who will determine the costume contest winners on Monday!
Prizes:
1st Place - $200 Gift Certificate to Merrill - the RE/MAX Approved Supplier
2nd Place - $100 Gift Certificate to Home Depot
3rd Place - $50 Gift Certificate to Amazon.com
We look forward to some hauntingly creative costumes.... HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!
Friday, October 22, 2010
Balance
Good Morning: Believe it or not, I think of you often. I constantly reflect upon how I can in some way help great agents like you live balanced lives rich with great relationships, freedom to make good business decisions, and all around happiness. Of course I want to see you make millions of dollars and enjoy all of the pleasure that comes along with running a profitable business. More importantly however, I want to see you thrive in your personal life. I have seen too many successful real estate agents build magnificent business plans and achieve all of their dreams financially, but at the expense of losing precious time with family and friends. I read a great blog post from Little Things Matter and I wanted to share it with you. With all the stress, hectic scheduling, and work that comes with being a real estate agent, I hope you read the article below and use it to enhance your relationships at home: your spouse, kids, and close friends.
As always, keep up the hard work. Stay balanced, enjoy your life, and keep smiling!
Stacey
Authors: Todd and Joy Smith, Founders of Little Things Matter
Yesterday, we celebrated our 25th wedding anniversary. We can't believe we are old enough to have been married for 25 years. Recognizing the importance of building a successful marriage, we want to share with you our top 25 marriage tips. The following points are not listed in any specific order. It is our hope that these tips will help you enjoy a more rewarding marriage.
We recorded the podcast version of this post and we've added commentary that's not included in the written post. Click here to listen to this podcast. (The audio player is below the title of the post.)
1. Marry the right person. There is only one way you will know if the person you are dating is the right person to marry and that is by spending time together. We recommend dating at least one year before getting engaged. We dated for four years before getting married. Once we got married, there were no surprises.
2. Make your marriage your top priority. If you are married, there is nothing that should take precedence over your marriage and that includes your children and career.
3. NEVER say the word divorce. If you are committed to building a long-term healthy marriage, make a vow to each other that you will never say the word divorce or anything else that would leave the other person to believe you are not 100% committed to your marriage.
4. Don't argue over petty things. When we first got married we argued over every little ridiculous thing. It made our lives miserable. We then made the decision that we would no longer argue about meaningless things. Now when one of us bring up an issue, the other person takes it seriously.
5. Make a weekly date a priority. This is HUGE! Dress up, get out of the house and enjoy a special time together. During these times together show an interest in the things that are important to each other and avoid talking about subjects that could create tension.
6. Find at least one 30-minute block of time to spend together each day. It could be in the morning before work or in the evening. During this designated time, discuss what's going on in each of your lives. We all have a lot going on, but if your marriage is a priority, spending time together should take precedence over all other activities.
7. Serve one another. Be intentional. We are both very thoughtful about the little things we do to serve each other. This is about putting the other person's needs before your own. The more your serve and meet the needs of your spouse, the more your spouse will serve and meet your needs.
8. Communicate. Effective communication is critical for any marriage to last. This is especially important during difficult periods. Learn your spouse's communication style and the way he or she needs to hear what you have to say.
9. Freedom in intimacy. You know what we mean. Make it a priority.
10. Take care of yourself. This includes everything from your physical appearance to the clothes you wear. Do your part to be an attractive mate.
11. Don't use absolutes. This means not saying things like, "You always..." and "You Never..."
12. Be considerate. This means everything from cleaning up your mess to specifically avoiding doing or saying things that you know irritate your spouse.
13. Understand it takes hard work. Building a marriage of 25 years is not easy. We have had some very difficult periods. We have even had to go to marriage counseling to work through difficult periods. Know there will be challenging times and when they occur, work through them with a genuine desire to improve your marriage.
14. Be Encouraging. When your spouse is going through a hard period of time, starting a new endeavor, or working on an important project, be there to encourage and support him or her. You should be your spouse's number one fan.
15. Always show respect to each other. This includes the way you communicate to each other, they way you talk about your spouse to others and the way you treat your spouse.
16. Make family decisions together. We are a team and we make all family related decisions as a team.
17. Leave your work at work. When you come home from work, resist the temptation to talk about work, unless your spouse wants to hear about it. Instead, focus your time together on subjects of interest to everyone.
18. Be the best parent you can be. We make all parenting decisions together. We are intentional about our parenting. Your spouse's love and respect for you will grow when he or she sees you loving and parenting to the best of your ability.
19. Give your spouse freedom. We give each other the freedom to do things that give us pleasure independently. Of course, we don't take advantage of it, but giving your spouse the opportunity to do the things he or she enjoys is important.
20. Stay out of debt. Financial stress is the number one cause of divorce. Sit down together and create a budget that you will both stay committed to and don't allow yourselves to justify spending more money than you make.
21. Continue growing as people. We are both committed to learning, growing and achieving our personal best. This includes growing as a spouse, parent and individual. As one of us gets better, it helps the other person get better, just as iron sharpens iron.
22. Love your spouse according to his or love language. Read Joy's post titled, Loving People the Way They Need to be Loved to learn more about the significance of love languages.
23. Show your appreciation. In a marriage, it's easy to take things for granted. Tell your spouse how much you appreciate the little things he or she does for you. Cleaning the house, picking up the dry cleaning, walking the dog, doing the laundry, cooking dinner for the family, and fixing the leaky faucet are just a few examples. Don't let one good deed go unnoticed.
24. Be honest with each other. Once trust is lost, it is difficult to regain and this adage is especially true in marriage. Being honest also includes being honest with your feelings.
25. No holding grudges. After you work through an issue, move on and don't harbor ill feelings. We also strongly encourage you to not bring up past challenges. The past is the past. It's been years since either of us has brought up a negative issue from the past.
For those of you who are married, we want to encourage you to review this list with your spouse and discuss the steps you can both take to make to improve your marriage.
If you are reading this post and you are not yet married, we strongly recommend pre-marital counseling. We suggested this to both of our married children and their spouses and they will readily tell you that it was valuable, enlightening, and set the foundation for the marriage they now enjoy.
How long have you been married? Do you have some tips you can share with the LTM community? Please tell us in the comment section below this post.
You can enjoy an amazing marriage, if you will focus on the little things that go into building a successful marriage.
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Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Fight Like A Girl
Who do you know that his been affected by breast cancer? Is it your mother, your grandmother, aunt, sister, or friend? Is it you?
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and as such I implore you to spread the word to everyone you know about the importance of breast cancer screening. This largely curable disease has taken too many lives needlessly. This is mostly because many women think they will never be the one to receive the diagnosis and so they choose not to participate in the simple screening process. Even worse, how many women know they should get screened but are too busy caring for those around them, their spouses, kids, friends and co-workers, so they don't have time to focus on themselves?
As a real estate agent, you are an person of great influence. Your ability to use your influence in a positive and rewarding way is the most important job you have. With access to hundreds, if not thousands, of people throughout your personal network, you have the ability to share good information. You have the ability to save lives. In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month I ask you to spread the word about the importance of breast cancer screening. Whether you print Breast Cancer Awareness materials from the website (www.nbcam.org) to share with the people you know or you send a Mammograms Save Lives E-Card to everyone you know (CLICK HERE), the five or ten minutes you spend today could mean a lifetime to someone you know.
There is a reason your database is called your sphere of influence. Your influence can change the world. Keep up the great work in all that you do.
Here are additional resources for you to share....
Friday, October 15, 2010
So You Want To Be A Rock Star In Your Business?
Do What Other Rock Stars Do!
There is a famous quote which goes, "Some people dream of success while others wake up and work hard at it." In fact, if you want to be the best in sales, negotiating, or business, the best way to achieve your loftiest of goals is to read as many books as possible, listen to motivational cds everywhere you drive, and simply follow in the footsteps of other great business people. Speaking of entrepreneurial Rock Stars, I found an inspiring piece I felt obliged to share with a great agent of your caliber. I hope you enjoy it and use it to fulfill your greatest of visions. Keep up the hard work in your business. After all, "The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary."
CEO in Feature Article: 'We're Leaner and Smarter'
Margaret Kelly knows something about overcoming adversity - in real estate and in life.
In a new Colorado Biz magazine feature article, the RE/MAX CEO explains how the challenging market is no match for the strength of RE/MAX and her own.
Read the full article online. Here's an excerpt:
"The biggest mistake of the past five years is that too many people actually thought that you could buy a home and three or four years later make 50 percent on it and walk away. Everybody says we are in the new normal - no, we're not. That was the old abnormal. We are back to what normal is."
The company saw the downturn coming. "We got lean, and we got smart," said Kelly, who oversees 95,000 agents in 80 countries, plus 400 employees at its Denver Tech Center headquarters. Gone was the corporate jet; real estate offices were consolidated and agents were trained how to handle foreclosures and bank-owned properties.
"We are not dealing with distressed properties; we are dealing with distressed people," Kelly said. "Tough times are when you shine, and we have incredible survivors."
Halloween Safety Tips
Some parents like to take first dibs on some of the candy that the kids have picked up during the night. It's their reward for taking them around from house to house! We suggest that you watch the candy intake when you all get home, too much at one time can lead to stomach aches and indigestion. That includes mom and dad as well!
Make your child's Halloween a memorable holiday and they'll have good memories that last a lifetime! If you are taking your kids out for the night, dress up as well. Mom and dad should get into Halloween as much as the kids do!
Trick or Treating should be one of the great adventures of Halloween for kids! They can get dressed in scary costumes and go door to door, begging "Tricks or Treats!" from neighbors or at the local mall. Lots of small towns have a Halloween Safe Night at the community center or school so kids can Trick-or-Treat safely but going door to door is the stuff of childhood memories! It should be a fun time, without trouble and pain, so following some easy tips can keep your child safe every Halloween.
 | Some towns set a curfew for trick or treating which makes it easier for townsfolk to know who's coming to their door. Make sure and stick to the curfew times and stick to subdivisions and areas with a lot of homes so your kids can get in as much trick or treating as possible in a few hours time. |
| Plan a safe route so parents know where their older kids will be at all times. Set a time for their return home. Make sure that your child is old enough and responsible enough to go out by themselves. Make sure that they have a cell phone. |
| Let your children know not to cut through back alleys and fields if they are out alone. Make sure they know to stay in populated areas and not to go off the beaten track. Let them know to stay in well lighted areas with lots of people around. Explain to them why it can be dangerous for kids not to do this. If they are going out alone, they are old enough to know what can happen to them in a bad situation and how to stop it from happening. |
| Instruct your children not to eat any treats until they bring them home to be examined by you. This way you can check for any problem candy and get the pick of the best stuff! |
| Instruct your child to never go into the home of a stranger or get into their car. Explain why this is not a god idea and what to do if someone approaches them and tries to talk to them. |
| Make sure your child carries a flashlight, glow stick or has reflective tape on their costume to make them more visible to cars. |
| Let them know that they should stay together as a group if going out to Trick or Treat without an adult. |
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Thursday, October 14, 2010
MAR Convention & Trade Show
The annual Massachusetts Association of Realtors Convention and Tradeshow is coming up this Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday in Worcester. There are tons of great speakers, classes, and networking opportunities.
As well, The Karen King Team of our Wilbraham office will be featured on a panel on how to run an amazing team! We hope you can make it to Karen's presentation on Monday at 3pm.
Andy and I look forward to seeing you at the event. CLICK HERE to register!
Adopt a Family For The Holidays
Good Afternoon Team:
At yesterday's meeting we reminded everyone that it is once again that time of year where we provide Thanksgiving Dinners and Holiday Gifts for local families in need. So far, our agents have committed to help 47 families for Thanksgiving and 15 families for the holidays. If you adopt a family for Thanksgiving you can buy an entire Thanksgiving dinner for that family. You can shop and put together your donation or provide a donation of $30 to the office and we will purchased a basket on your behalf. If you choose to support a family for the holidays we will send you a family holiday wish list at the end of October so that you can shop for, wrap, and provide a great holiday for that family.
Please fill out and email to me (or fax to 978-935-9696) the attached form if you wish to help out a family for the holidays
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Help out by either donating items on the family’s holiday wish list and/or buying their Thanksgiving dinner.
______Check here to donate holiday gifts! Preferred size of family: ________
______Check here to buy a Thanksgiving Dinner!
Your name: ___________________________
Phone: _______________________________
Email: ________________________________
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
My Kid's Got Talent Art Contest Ends Friday!
Andy and I are extremely excited to announce our First Annual RE/MAX Prestige My Kid's Got Talent Art Contest. All they have to do to enter is to create a piece of art (painting, drawing, sculpture...anything) about what RE/MAX means to them. Then send it to Andy or I (contact info below) on or before October 15th. On October 29th, a panel of 5 independent judges will review the pieces and will isue a $500 savings bond to one child in each of the age categories.
Age Categories
5 years and under
6 years - 11 years
12 and older
Holiday Gallery Showing:
All artwork will be displayed at our RE/MAX Prestige Holiday parties which will be set up similar to a gallery style art showing.
Office Artwork 2011
Many pieces will be professionally framed and displayed througout our 12 offices in 2011.
Send Artwork along with Name and Age to:
Andrew Armata
RE/MAX Prestige
211 Chelmsford Street
Chelmsford, MA 01824
or
Stacey Alcorn
RE/MAX Prestige
2100 Lakeview Avenue
Dracut, MA 01826
Learn and Earn Friday Featuring Jared James
Friday Morning Learn and EarnsEvery Friday morning at 9:30 RE/MAX Prestige hosts an On Demand training forum courtesy of RE/MAX University. We will send along a list of upcoming training events every two weeks. The events will be held at 9:30 am and for the duration of each program (anywhere from one hour to three hours) depending on the program. The programs will be played on our RE/MAX University ROKU Boxes which are located in the SITO Training Facilty at RE/MAX in Dracut and our Training Conference Room in East Longmeadow. Please RSVP if you will be attending so that we may make sure that we have plenty of space, coffee, and and learning hand outs.
Friday, October 15th 9:30-11:30
No Limits: 7 Ways to Grow Your Business Now!
Jared James shows you how to stop "going to work" and start running a business in today's market. He discusses the importance of systems, the need for accountability, prospecting that doesn't seem like prospecting - and how to act on ideas that will change your business and your life.
Friday, October 22nd 9:30-11:30
Keeping the Fire and Drive Alive
The greatest challenge for most is not in knowing what to do, it is doing what we already know. Information, knowledge, strategies and ideas are abundant in today's high tech world, but taking consistent action in line with our values is what truly sets the good apart from the great; and the ordinary from the extraordinary. This is when we are not a slave to our impulses but the master of ourselves. Everyone is capable of exponential growth, both personally and professionally. We don’t have to settle for things as they are now or even be content with improving things incrementally or gradually. Success does not have to be hard, in fact, if it isn’t easy, chances are, it is not sustainable. Richard Robbins has had the privilege of studying and working with hundreds of thousands of top performing professionals from across the globe, and after decades of research and breakthrough developments, Richard Robbins has found a way to put the fun, excitement, enthusiasm and profit back in your business, and ultimately your life. Key Presentation Takeaways • Learn key steps to achieve sustainable performance breakthroughs • Learn how to shatter self-imposed limitations and glass ceilings • Harness the power of internal motivation to keep the fire and drive alive • Understand the human psychology behind why we do what we do, when we know what we know • Learn key steps to create an unstoppable mindset and push through obstacles you never thought possible • Learn a highly advanced self-management (vs. time management) system for majoring in majors (not minors) and living guilt-free
Thursday, October 7, 2010
One Simple Way To Increase Income
Good Afternoon! Have you ever read The No Complaining Rule by Jon Gordon? It is an amazing book about the power of staying positive and eliminating complaining in your life. Did you know that there was a recent study done by The Gallup Organization about negativity in organizations? In that study they were able to quantify the amount of money it costs organizations where there is too much negativity amongst the employees. The bottom line is that complaining about anything won't boost your career and maximize your efficiency, but remaining positive will. In fact, negativity in your business can actually cost you money! That being said, I found a great article to share with you. I hope you use it to further enhance your business.
As always, keep up your hard work. You are amazing in all regards and I feel fortunate to have the opportunity to watch you grow your business. Thank you!
Stacey
6 Ways to be Positive in Any Situation
The power of remaining positive, whatever the situation, can never be underestimated. We are all here for a limited period of time, is it worth it to spend any of that time in a dismal mood? Being negative?
The true test of an individual to remain positive is when challenges become difficult. Remaining positive keeps one’s mind in the right state of balance and often opens resolutions to the problems at hand. Negativity is contagious; not only does it affect the individual, but it spreads to anyone they interact with. When only the negative perspective is in focus, the resolution process is impeded.
Eliminating negativity, or rather, being positive is a mindset that can be found at any moment, and turned into a habit. Here are some tips that can help you in shifting your mindset:
- Shift Your Thoughts – Be conscious of your thoughts. Especially, when life just isn’t going your way. The moment you see that you are diving into frustration, agony, sorrow and low self-esteem – shift your thoughts, by thinking about something completely unrelated. This breaks the pattern of self-pity, mind-created stories, and negative downward spiral. What makes us different from other mammals is our ability to control our thoughts and think for ourselves.
- Find the Lesson – There is a lesson to be learned from every situation. No matter how unfortunate the situation may appear, recognize the beautiful lessons waiting to be discovered. Sometimes lessons are expensive, but every problem is a learning opportunity in disguise. You may have made a mistake, but now you can accept it and continue, knowing that you will make a different decision in the future. Understand this and be appreciative for the experience.
- Attitude of Gratitude – You cannot be both angry and grateful at the same time. Start counting the blessings and miracles in your life, start looking for them and you shall find more. What’s there not to be grateful? You are alive and breathing! Realize how lucky you are and all the abundance in your life.
- Positive Affirmations & Visualization – Practice seeing yourself in a positive and confident light. Do this whenever you have a few minutes (examples; Waiting for a friend, sitting on the bus, riding an elevator.) Self-affirmations (list of positive statements about yourself and your self image) are another simple and powerful tool to train your subconscious to see yourself in a positive light. This is important, as many of us can be so hard on ourselves though social conditioning. I am guilty of being extra tough on myself, but have learned over time to recognize my gifts rather than finding false and self-imposed inadequacies.
- Inventory of Memories – Keep an inventory of memories that can immediately make you smile. Occasions where you felt happy, appreciative and cheerful. When you were at peace with the world. Whenever you are in a negative frame of mind, consciously and deliberately pick up any leaf out of this inventory and dwell on it. Reminiscing those happy moments gives a balanced perspective to your situation. You realize that what appears negative today will change tomorrow. Nothing stays the same.
- Criticizing Detox Diet – Change your approach and attitude. See if you can stop criticizing others and situations. Our cultural conditioning teaches us to find flaws and problems at all times. Shift from fault-finding to appreciation-finding.
Whether you are positive or negative, the situation does not change. So, we mind as well be positive.
As with any habit, the habit of remaining positive in all situations takes practice and a commitment to yourself to take control. But start small, start paying attention to your emotions, start by wanting to change. I am working on this constantly, and I am here with you, working towards better understanding of my emotions and becoming a better person. Keep going at it, and you will gradually become a positive energy source for the others around you! Wouldn’t that be empowering?
Monday, October 4, 2010
Join Us For Our October Sales Rally!!
I hope you can join us for our October 2010 Sales Rally. What are you doing to make sure your year end is a positive one? Are you networking as much as you are social networking? These past few years we have spent much time and energy on learning social networking skills. Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and LinkedIn have become hot topics in real estate, so much so that many agents are spending less time in face to face networking. Networking with others is one of the most important keys to any great real estate agents success. It is a skill that schools rarely teach yet it is one that is vital to our business. Join us for our October Sales Rally and we will share with you key tips on networking your way to financial success.
Each month I use our motivational sales rally as an opportunity to share a book with you that will change your business and your life. This month it will be The 29% Solution-52 Weekly Networking Success Strategies. Click Here if you want to order a copy from Amazon. It's not necessary that you read the book for the rally, but if you're looking to expand your library with good content feel free to check it out.
Date and Time of Rally
Eastern MA & Southern NH - October 13th 10-Noon Tewksbury Holiday Inn
Western MA- October 14th 10:30- Noon At Wilbraham Office
I look forward to helping you learn and grow! Let's make 2010 the best year ever!
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