Self Esteem

I learned or remembered an important lesson this past week.  That lesson is never let anyone dictate how you think of yourself, or better said, never let anyone set your level of self esteem.  It is something that I should have known, but let myself get taken in again. 

I let a co worker spout off his opinion about me (without fully considering the source), and I let that incident affect my self esteem for over a week.  It was only after talking to Darcy, whose opinion I respect and know that when she lets me have it, I need to re evaluate my thought processes.  That I realized what was affected my mood and how I thought of myself.  I allowed someone else's opinion to be added to a slow month and before I knew it I was rethinking the whole Real Estate as a career thing.

I guess my point is this, ONLY TAKE ADVICE FROM SOMEONE THAT YOU RESPECT AND TRUST!!!  Never let the little people that dwell in someone else's misery dictate anything to you.  In fact, if at all possible, avoid them!  That way, none of their negativity wears off on you!  I realized again, how important it is to surround yourself with positive people, who care about you and your success.  They are the only ones that I will give you what it is you need to keep going. 

This Career is hard enough without the whiners and the doubters, stay away from them and the doom and gloomers!  I am not saying hide your head in the sand, what I am saying is that not everyone has your best interest at heart when they offer some "constructive criticism" if there is such a thing.  As we head towards the weekend, keep at, things have to pick up sometime!