Wake Up & Listen To The Parody!
This has been an interesting week. I had peculiar dreams about business, contests, people, and some came true and others just happened as reality would let it. Business is there, coming in at acceptably & reasonable numbers. I'm originating at a decent pace, nothing great and not so bad. It could be better, but so could I.
My focus this week wasn't the generation of business as much as it was the magnification of my own freaking ego. I entered a contest, against some very impressive players, I won. Ego swells. Another contest I enter, I grasp Second Place. Not bad, I must be good. I entered another contest and didn't place, no biggie. I'm a pretty big player, people like & read me. "Wow, I'm not only a player, but turning into somewhat of an institution"....so I thought.
It's quite odd that when you have the loner/wall-flower personality, when there is nobody else to concentrate on, you turn to yourself. I did and I wasn't much impressed.
Pride is an interesting trait to garner or feel for that matter. I have always loathed people that are too down on themselves and equally disliked individuals all too into themselves. Well, for one moment in time, I found myself starting to believe my own hype, being the latter of what I loathe. Nah, that's not acceptable. Real Estate is Real Estate, Life is Life, I am Me, & You are You.....let's cut the B.S. Let's instead Be Real. You suck as do I and we are both exceptional as well! Or, quite frankly, we can just practice & preach the moderate word that should be used outwardly or inside. That word is Respect. I lost mine for one moment of time...for me and for everybody else because of it.
If there was ever a post where one was talking to one's self, this just might be it.
Jason, timing is everything..... I'm impressed at your decision today when you and I looked at one another concerning 'ballot boxes'....after a comment was made in your office.
I'll leave it at that as you and I know, no one is perfect, and we make 'bad decisions'... or decisions we think are really of no consequence.....
..........but when integrity and ethics are placed back in front of us...... our OWN personalities, our own VALUES are put into perspective...... we decide upon the high road.
Why? Because it's the RIGHT THING TO DO.
YING and yang
Jason, You are too hard on yourself. Treat yourself to something special this week because you are special. In God's eyes we are all special. Find the peace within yourself. Do something special for the guy behind you in the McDonald's line buy his coffee. The world is changed one kind act at a time.
Levi - Poker? I don't have the face for it. I am a thinker, sometimes that makes me a stinker:-)
Sis - Oh, the extremes. That was the part of this post I didn't accurately portray properly in words. Extremes do suck! Moderation is key after you live out the other two.
Rob - Believe me when I say, RIGHT isn't always SMART in the world we live in. Then again, you probably knew that way before I.
Jason - Fact that. Smart versus Right. There is a philosophical dilemma to blog about.
But when one says..'Well, everyone else is doing it".... my ears go up....and I jump the high road if possible. (IF).
You heard what I heard. Unbelievable IMO. No, it's not world threatening...but thats not really the point.
I have one question.... do you feel better? Jason, you are a great guy.... stay that way
Jason,
There is only one person you need to impress and that is you so why worry about the rest? You did the best job you can...I say take me for who I am and not for what anyone else thinks. You win..you lose...still the king....The Real Deal has spoken.
I have always loathed people that are too down on themselves and equally disliked individuals all too into themselves.
True, for me too. I agree with Sarah and Chris it is heartning to be recognized so enjoy it. Some people will always love you and others won't. I tell my kids this all the time. "Get over it....that is life and people and relationships." I think I say that more than any other thing to them.
Glad you got this off your chest.
Rob - True, true.
Thesa - I feel very good, just got to keep myself in check.
Sarah - You take the good, you take the bad, you take them both and there you have, a kick in the rear....and the facts of life. You are very right though!
Chris - Baxter was over me too:-( Then again, that's just because he wanted the canned food as opposed to dry food....spoiled little cat.
Neal - And spoken like a true champ!
Missy - Wise words your kids are hearing.
OK Sardi - enjoy Friday on cloud 9..... but come Monday, start kicking some doors down.
I have my 'plan' for August of who I'm calling, who I'm visiting, how I'm going to follow-up, etc. In my Biz...when I see AUGUST - I am really planning October Revenue.
I'm ahead of the game already :^)
Jason,
You deserve to have an ego, you won and earned it, enjoy it!!!!
Tom Weiss
Rob - I start kicking doors down today!!!
Matthew - Thank you my friend!
Tom - Why the heck am I not subscribed to your post yet? Ok, that changes now. Anywhoo, I do have an ego & an alter ego & I hear voices in my head.....TGIF!
Jason, my son, there is a very fine line that we have to walk between arrogance and confidence. I straddle this line daily and DO fall over to the arrogant side occasionally. BUT arrogant, conceited, self absorbed, or whatever it's called, is so far from who I really am. I am however EXTREMELY confident and that can be misread sometimes. This is one of the reasons I poke fun at myself and dress in drag for videos etc.....It helps to keep me balanced. Now having said that here is NOTHING wrong with PRIDE or EGO as long as we remember that things can chnage in a heart beat.
Good PRIDE is taking pride in what you do, doing your best and being proud when your goal is achieved or your achievements are acknowledged by others. Bad pride is thinking for one minute that we are better than others. We're not. There may be THINGS that we do better than others but all they are....are things. They are a product of our (God given) abilities not our "better than othersness".
And EGO is the same thing. We should have a strong ego that is where the good pride comes from and also where positive attitudes come from. And these are very good things to have especially if they overflow on to others. Our gifts are to be enjoyed and shared. So, my son, enjoy your recent successes, they were given to you for a reason. And some day that reason will be clear.
Jason, I loved your contest post. Reading you is like thinking about what Dudley might have been. I enjoy your honesty. You're not second place. I'm not first. We're just people who found this wonderful community in which we can fully participate, be ourselves, and get hugs we're not finding elsewhere.
Which is not to say you don't have a life. It sounds like you have a great life. I don't right now, and that's why I'm here. I love reading about you. Please don't be down on yourself. BE JASON!
Marlene - Back at ya!
Diane - Thank you very much.
Patsy - I will try to be just that. Thank you Patsy and your post made me wanna be a better me. Your post meant more than I can ever display in words. Thank you for that.
Sarah - You are right and I am.