Real Estate Financing...

   Today, the 13th of a Friday, I wondered just that.  What if I woke up Monday morning as a (Gosh, I hate this term) loan officer, and started all over?  Where would I start?  What would I do?  How would I do it?  I ran a blog a few days ago on the fundamentals and off the cuff, I might start there.

   But that isn't why I'm posting this.  I really thought of this because of something called 'Mindset.'   That term is defined as "a habitual or characteristic mental attitude that determines how you will interpret and respond to situations ."

   My mindset everyday is more than likely not the same.  Perhaps, it should be.  Maybe the very thing I should be doing wouldn't involve a loss of focus.  Focus on what you want out of life, out of business, out of kinsman-ship, out of this very site.  When truly focused, your mindset has the end in sight, but knows the means to get there and the hell of a ride it will be along the way.  This Mindset I speak of is not something you put on in the morning and take off at night.  It's a state of mind.  It is excelling to the best of your ability.  It is thinking singularly, being part of a team, and acting collectively. 

   So, if I am able to adapt that mindset because of passion, necessity, love, yearning, whatever the case....that may answer the question I titled this post with.  If I had to start over, I would venture to guess I would want to be at the very best of my ability at what I do...and do what it takes to get there and stay there.  Come Monday morning, that mindset will already be installed.  It has been whirling around in my brain, my heart, my soul, for awhile.  Now, more than ever, I want to be the best, not because of money, not because of prestige, not because of bragging rights, but for the sake of my own spiritual solace.  I have one goal in life and I'm not sure who said it originally but I'll borrow it none the less and it's paraphrasing.  "When I die, the only thing I had wanted to achieve in this life is to know that those who met me had a little bit of a better life because they had."