Live good. Be happy. Inspiration for today...

I went to my Real Estate Masterminds group yesterday. Real Estate Masterminds is a group of agents from different offices who have decided to come together to form a 'collective', to meet twice a month and share business ideas and inspiration with eachother. What a fantastic, Live good. Be happy...FRESH approach to real estate opportunity! Through being open with each other about what makes our businesses prosper, we make each other better agents, we inspire each other with new ideas, we pump each other up. WOW! I love this business philosphy!

At our meeting yesterday, we took personality profiles. This exercise was meant to give clarity to who we are, what our strengths are...but, also very importantly, to help us understand that all people are different. And, when we go to meet with a client, to not only bring our own "personality" to the table, but to be cognicent of the fact that our client's process information differently than we do, and that we should meet them where THEY are. AWESOME exercise!

What truly came out of the exercise for me, is that, to be successful, truly successful, in all aspects of my life (business, personal, spiritual) I need to not only embrace who I am today, but also embrace some CHANGE. (Yikes! Change!) Yes, if I want a different outcome tomorrow, I need to be willing to take on the 'risk' of being willing to 'change' today. To do something differently than I have done it before. Willing to step out of my comfort zone, try something new that might not immediately 'feel' comfortable. COOL!

So, I am writing down the areas where I am comfortable-vs-those that need change. And in my quest for a better tomorrow, setting goals for change so I can grow.

I had this quote in my Fridge Friendlyⓒ mAds from long ago, and it just fit so perfectly with the message from Masterminds that I thought I might send it out as inspriation for you too.

"Growth means change

and change involves risk,

stepping from the known

to the unknown,"

-George Shinn

Live good. Be happy. Grow.

-Mimi

Mimi Osterdahl / The Muljat Group Realtors / Bellingham, Washington / www.LiveGoodBeHappy.com

2008 President, Northwest Washington Women's Council of Realtors