All the world was quiet, awaiting the start of the New Day.....and the God's winked....there was a little bright spot on the Sun today.
A lapse hit, the Market...the one so many of us knew, was gone. The confidence of our clients, our confidants, our co-workers, had hit rock bottom. The almighty dollar helped to create the almighty medium that is the media...instilling fear where there is hope. So, we waited & watched...watched & waited. There was a time soon when we would have the vision to do neither, that time passed when our hesitation grew too long.
Competition was getting harder, yet my business was doing well. Heck, I knew some of what I was competing against were scoundrels, yet then again...what Industry doesn't have them. To make it a tad worse, the consumers bought into it. They bought hard. Perhaps they were sold it, even still, it was bought. Somewhere inside me I think our Industry, our Economy, the People will pay for that!
Before I even entered that realm, that existence in which skimmed me by for so many years, I wanted to make sure I was up for the task. If for one brief moment in time, I couldn't put up with the poverty, the success, the failures, I wouldn't quit per se....I'd just step away. For me, doing things the hard way was and is my way. Production=Pay....at least in theory. This ain't 9 to 5 and we weren't getting paid by the hour. We get paid by the Closing...Big Difference.
I guess I could of made things much easier....
When I worked in the restaurant industry, I used to jot down thoughts as they came to me. As I worked in that industry, I knew it wasn't inherently for me or my brain or my lifestyle. All I really wanted to do was find a more convenient way to make money in the Capitalistic World in which we lived. I found that, quite rapidly in fact. Personally, I never wanted to sell anything...I was in tune with a World where you wouldn't have too. Then, I entered Sales. My competition was to become Corporate America. It was time to play the game...
It was bound to get out!
Hell, I honestly didn't even know what a Mortgage was at that point and had no clue of where a career outside of what I was doing was going to lead me....or I, it. I knew I wanted to get out of the Restaurant Industry & into the Mortgage One...no matter what happened along the way. It's scary to know who your competition may soon become....
I started out relatively innocent, pretty much a bastion of existence between having wings and going to die....
The Mortgage Ball
The night was silent, the silence....still.
I became what I wanted to be, it never mattered...the poet's pill.
It was bound to happen, in jest & in might.
Wrap your quarters around your thumbs, wrap your brain around my sight,
I wish you all a healthy and demon becoming Halloween "Freaking" Night!
It used to be as simple as toilet papering somebody's abode to make it look like a Gas-Station Commode! And then things changed in a rather odd sort of way. Keep it simple stupid, break out the Korn!
And so is this one ....which you always do anyway. We make our own way...even through Halloween.
hehehe...I guess...you never cease to amaze me...my fellow (previous) Pennsylvanian! Over the river and through the woods to Grandmother's house we go....
Did you like my turkey costume???
Jason,
If you're really going into sales and the corporate world, through away the little order pad and the small ideas!
In our world we use legal-pads ant think big. We also charge well because we know what we're worth! Tips and tippers are to unreliable.
Bill
PS: Welcome back, again.
Still stuck on King of Pain. I bought that CD last weekend and it's in my car -- it's on my MySpace page that I leave up for the music while I'm at work. And someplace in Word there's a draft about it ... probably won't ever see the light of day.
Your line "I became what I wanted to be." Be ever so careful what you ask for. Sometimes we do get it.
Happy Halloween!!
Jason,
Happy Halloween! We have a big storm rolliging in here that couls spoil the candy eating but it looks like storm Sardi is back..I hope you took my advice.
I forgot how much I liked INXS! LOL!
Happy Halloween Jason!
Jason,
Sardi!! I just wait for you to write something new :0) I noticed Little things about your Post!! that tells about your Whole Life.. Your Really Good.
Tom Weiss
This was a real trick or treat. Nice selection on the tunes as you moved to the next thought. This time has been a cleansing of the industry...the rest just have to endure the aftershock.
Happy Halloween
Sis - Nice addition!
That costume was classic Karen!!
Bill - "Tips and tippers are to unreliable." Well put my friend!
Why thank you Michelle, though this one missed what I was going for....:-(
Dan - I was going for a post that started at the end and ended at the beginning. And I did it off the cuff. Screwed it all up and this is the crappy result:-)
Crouch - INXS was phenomenal!
Cooper - Are you being bossy again?
Sandra - But of course...
I will Neal, I will.....to some extent at least:-)
You too Suzanne!
What little things would those be Tom?:-) You may be smarter than I look.
Not sure if it was a treat, but the music was good Carney.
Matthew - Wow, I thought this one was a stinker. Happy 50th B-Day Matt!
Tom - Thank you, I actually liked the graphics too!
Jennifer - Yes, even I am naive every once in awhile.
Wouldn't say you ended up with cappy results ... just takes some effort to follow all the chit being slung....
Jason,
Nothing Fancy! I just think your very Smart!! and thats why you write so well. I noticed little things like your past work, and your Business in general. I don't understand why some people say that they don't understand you, when it's all in your writing...
Cool Beans My Man,
Tom Weiss
KORN!
Nicely done Jason. Now register a file!
Happy Halloween! I'll be Captain Kirk! Captain Kirk, he's a good leader; not too stupid, not too bright, good with the women, and good in a fight.
Yes, I'm being bossy again. What are you going to do about it?
(And I must not be very good at it if you have to ask, geesh.)
Do I smell a throwdown?
Dan - Chit slung? Where would I find all this chit.
Tom - I've said it before and will say it again, you are too good to me man.
Mike - LOVE the graphic!
Geary - There will be at least 3 on your desk by Friday.
Rey - Thanks, I still don't know what that talent may be:-)
Cooper - Don't mess with me Sarah!
Lisa - We all know who would win that one!
Oooh, you called me by my first name!!! Did I make you mad??
Bring it on, Pennsylvania Boy. ;o)
Dont ask me what you know is true, .....and they will never , never tear us apart.
We can live for a thousand years, I told you that we could fly..... cuz we all have wings... but some of us don't know why......
He too listened to critics
Hey Jason, whats this got to do with Real Estate.................hehehehhahahahahahahaha