NEXT! and so on into 2012

I am sure I am just llke so many of you who did not achieve all the goals I set for myself in 2011. So what! I achieved a good 85% of them and when I set my goals each year, as I have today they are mostly reach and stretch goals. I don't ever worry about what I didn't accomplish, but I make an effort to find joy, happiness and energy in the goals I did accomplish. Setting goals sets you apart, you know. Having those goals close at hand makes you remember them. Reviewing your goals on a consistent if not daily basis brings you even further down the path towards achievement. At this point you are one percent of one percent, so why can't I achieve all my goals. Well, number one is I set outrageous goals because I want to stretch myself.

In the assessment of a year I look to why the goals I set were unmet, but not in a sad or depressed way. I look at them for a solution to why they were not met. Did I not put in the right effort? Did I not focus correctly? Were there outside influences such as a rotten economy? These are the kinds of questions I ask, but not for the reason you are thinking. I don't ask these questions to beat myself up, I ask them to see how I can overcome the issues. I want to find away around them, through them, over them. I have no intention of sitting by this wailing wall and having a good cry, no siree. I have people to talk to, communities to assist and neighborhoods to help rebuild.

Focusing on what is positive is the surest way to get more of the positive juice flowing. Focusing on the negative gives you just that. If someone in your office starts one of those conversations, RUN. Don't be infected with others views on your business. Don't be reading and repeating negative spin from the media, they don't know either. This may sound hypocritical, and it is, but take all the positive news you hear and spread it everywhere. People want to work with upbeat people, don't you? Be one of those people. If you aren't that by nature, fake it until you can make it an everyday habit.

I have learned so much here in the Rain these past 2 years and I am immensely grateful to many people. Thank you, Thank you, thank you, you have all be great and my appreciation is deep. My plan for next year is more of the same, but I am borrowing an idea from Chris Brogan--a friend of mine and one of the leading Internet voices. His current book is about Google + and is well worth the read, check it out at Amazon. Chris does not make goals, he chooses three words that he posts on his computer, in his briefcase and around his offices. These three words are code for all the activities he needs to focus on in the year. I like the streamlined nature of this. My three words for next year are COMMUNICATION, DISCOVERY and SYSTEM. In these three words are all my passions, desires and focus on this wonderful career in real estate. I am wishing all of you the best New Year. If I can be of any help to any of you don't hesitate to ask.