Motivational Monday - Accepting Reality (the Good AND the Bad) in Ourselves
External factors have an impact on our motivation levels during our work days, the one thing WE can control is the attitude that we bring to the table each day. On Mondays, I feel strongly about how significant our own attitudes are!
In our business, we all know that Mondays are often our most hectic days - the attorneys and many lenders, surveyors, inspectors…heck, almost all of our team is off over the weekend. Mondays are catch-up days, often requiring our firemen’s hats that day!
One thing that can help get you through your days, especially Mondays, is to KNOW yourself - accept that you are human and that you have strengths and weaknesses. Many of us who are Type-A personalities, beat ourselves up, believing that making a mistake is intolerable. In our business, that can lead us down a path that we can’t really afford to take.
Should we not come to terms with our own fallibility, we lose our overall sight, totally missing out on any and all opportunities for improvement. Being in tune with our own strengths and weaknesses, allows us to be more effective and avoid self-esteem issues and hiccups in our day as we struggle to resolve our shortfalls.
Acknowledge your mistakes and appreciate your successes. I’m not suggesting that you be braggadocious or publicly beat yourself up; instead, embrace your shortfalls as well as your successes.
And, for Pete’s sake, if you make a mistake and others are involved, OWN IT! “I’m sorry, I was wrong” is not difficult to say when we are in-tune with our shortcomings.
Happy Monday, Everyone!
© Debe Maxwell, CRS | The Maxwell House Group | Savvy + CO | SavvyBroker@me.com | Motivational Monday - Accepting Reality (the Good AND the Bad) in Ourselves
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