MONDAY’S CUP OF MOTIVATION

We are nearly half way through 2014.  For some, this year has been amazing.  For others, it has been slow for business.  Many of us will simply baton down the hatches and wait out the market.  Instead of only adapting to where we presently are, let’s make a commitment to step up our game and take it to the next level.  If we want to be better, we can’t look outside of ourselves and blame others.  We need to take 100% responsibility for the good and the bad in our lives today.   It is easy to blame our company, our family situation, the economy… once we realize that we are the change, that’s when we start to change.  We have a tendency to play to the level of our competition.  Remember that two turkeys don’t make an eagle so let’s not surround ourselves with negative people.  We need to surround ourselves with people who push us to make us better.   Positive people with common goals.  Positive in, positive out.  The more we learn, the more we earn.  Let’s grow our business so we can soar with the eagles.  We can do better.  We need to put ourselves in a position to succeed and take our business to new heights.  Instead of squeezing more out of what we have, let’s put ourselves in a position to do more, to have more, to make more and to be more.  If we want to play better golf, play with better golfers.   If we want to run faster, find the better runners to run with.  If we want to be the best in our field, then let’s surround ourselves with the best.  Let’s push our limits, take chances, and strive to be the best we can be.  The market is the market and things are what they are.  Let’s not let them get the best of us.  Let’s get the most out of them.  Have a phenomenal week.

ENCOURAGEMENT…

Positive empowerment

Don’t waste your time, thoughts and energy in a state of need. Invest yourself and your life in action.

Free yourself from the burdens of anxiety and worry about what might or might not happen. Get busy living fully, making good and enriching things happen.

This moment is too valuable to contaminate it with negative, limiting thoughts. There are great things you can do right now to improve your life and your world, so go ahead and do them.

Choose to live in a state of positive empowerment by choosing to follow through on your best possibilities. You have the ability to make a difference, and the more you engage that ability, the more fulfilling life becomes.

If you’re waiting for the perfect opportunity, wait no longer. This day is the best opportunity you’ve ever had, because it is when you can take action and move forward.

Let go of the empty wishes, the complaints, the apprehensions, and let yourself do what you do best. Let yourself live richly by acting in every moment to make your world a better place.

— Ralph Marston
GREAT WORDS TO LIVE BY…

Don’t avoid the hills!  In running, in cycling, and in life, strength is found when you tackle the seemingly impossible.

Anonymous

Action is the foundational key to all success.

Pablo Picasso

Feeling stuck doesn’t mean the meaning has gone from your life.  You’ve just outlived one question and need to find the next-and the possibilities are endless.

Jennifer Krause

If you think it’s expensive to hire a professional, wait until you hire an amateur.

Anonymous

Be strong, but not rude;  Be kind, but not weak; Be bold, but not bully; Be humble, but not timid; Be proud, but not arrogant.

Anonymous

I’m not gonna give up, shut up, or let up, until I’m taken up…as a matter of fact, I’m just getting warmed up!

Zig Ziglar

If you hang out with chickens, you’re going to cluck and if you hang out with eagles, you’re going to fly.

Dr. Steve Maraboli

This week, soar with the eagles!

- Stuart Thomas, Broker RE/MAX Select One