Today I am not blogging about Real Estate or a great recipe, I am blogging about the life lesson that I experienced this morning….
I am in a mentoring group through @properties that meets weekly with the intention of helping you expand your own personal real estate business through a collaborative group of peers. Ironically, I was asked to give a short lesson on how to blog to the group today as our fearless leader was going to be out of town. I arrived 10 min. early with my laptop in one hand and a small plat of baked goodies to share with everyone in the other hand. I figured that at least if my presentation was just ok everyone could enjoy something good to eat! 
I set up , I waited , I waited, and I waited some more, and no one showed up. It was me and the plate of blueberry coffee cake in the conference room. At first I will be honest I was pissed as it takes me an hour to get to work in the city. But, than I took a deep breath, ate a piece of really good blueberry coffee cake, and I thought this is such a good life lesson for myself. I realized how it does not matter what you do in life or who you are, you must be accountable to yourself and the people around you. I’m not mad at the fact that no one showed up and will not for one second act holier than thou and lead you to believe as if I have never wasted someones time in the past, or not fully fulfilled my obligations to a group, or just was not considerate of others. All I can say is from this experience I will be more accountable and considerate to myself and to others from now on. I too know that this is not new information. Its is just we all know what to do and how to do it, we just don’t always do it!
If I was asked what this difficult economic time has taught me I would say it has made me a more conscious and grateful person. We all need to look into ourselves and when things go wrong find something to change about ourselves. Don’t always look to others to change. I am a better mother, wife, real estate agent and all around person because of what I have experienced in these past two years.
During my short lesson today about blogging I was going tell my fellow group members to play to their strengths and try to reveal something about yourself to your readers. These are two tips that have helped me become a more consistent blogger with a purpose. This is why I love blogging…it is interactive and I can be me.
A teacher, teaches lessons first and then takes the exam. Life takes the exam first, and then teaches a lesson. Keep Learning!
-Anonymous
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