Inspiration is a mind set

April showers bring May flowers. This phrase could only be described as a paradox.

paradox n. A seemingly contradictory statement that may nonetheless be true.

As April drags on and the rain keeps falling day after day in Northern Virginia it brings a sense of discouragement to most. What I have done to counter balance these dreary days is to turn my whole thought process upside down.

After a lengthy meeting with my mentor, he offered me some sound advise. He said to snap out of any rut you need to turn you world inside out. In other words do the complete opposite of what your day typically entails. Now as a Realtor we all know that we never have a cookie cutter day but there are with out a doubt changes that we all can make.

I started off by changing my gym schedule from the evenings or mid day work outs to early morning. Surprisingly enough that started me off on the right foot. Now getting out of bed two hours earlier was a different story. I then moved my prospecting from the evenings to the mornings and so forth and so on. This really did help with pulling my back to the top of my game.

I thrive off of nice weather and it makes me that much more productive but when there are some things we cannot change it then lies on your shoulders to change what you CAN. I see agents duck out of the office on a beautiful day all the time to enjoy the fun in the sun but I am just the opposite. Beautiful days put everybody in a great moods and this is the ideal time to capture new clients.

In closing, there is so much truth to the mind set of a Realtor and how we operate. I can tell you this, though inspiration is a mind set and there are numerous things that arise on a daily basis that can drain out batteries, if we simply train our mind to see the positives we will hit the door running.

inspiration n. Stimulation of the mind or emotions to a high level of feeling or activity.