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July 2003 ISSUE |
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Joeann's Musings : My
Summer Vacation
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Advantage Thinking:Persistence: A Virtue or A
Hindrance?
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More Advantage Thinking:Are You On Track?
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Fossland's Free Forums
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Book of the Month: THE RIGHT QUESTIONS
On The Side:
1. The Real Estate Game
2.Some Great Resources
3.Living On Purpose Business Planning Retreats
4. Borrowed Wisdom
6. Contact and Subscribe/Unsubscribe information
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Some Great Resources |
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BORROWED WISDOM |
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When you do things from your soul, you feel
a river moving in you, a joy.
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Rumi
"The life that conquers is
the life that moves with a steady resolution
and persistence toward a predetermined goal.
Those who succeed are those who have
thoroughly learned the immense importance of
planning in life, and the tragic brevity of
time."
-W.J. Davison
"I will persist until I
succeed. Always will I take another step.
If that is of no avail I will take another,
and yet another. In truth, one step at a
time is not too difficult... I know that
small attempts, repeated, will complete any
undertaking."
- Og Mandino, Author
Do every day one or two things for no other
reason than that you would rather not do
them. Thus, when the hour of darkness
comes, it will not find you
unprepared.
William James
There are fine things which you mean to do
some day, under what you think will be more
favorable circumstances. But the only time
that is surely yours is the present, hence
this is the time to speak the word of
appreciation and sympathy, to do the
generous deed, to forgive the fault of a
thoughtless friend, to sacrifice self a
little more for others. Today is the day in
which to express your noblest qualities of
mind and heart, to do at least one worthy
thing which you have long postponed, and to
use your God given abilities for the
enrichment of someone less fortunate. Today
you can make your life significant and
worthwhile. The present is yours to do with
as you will.
--
Grenville Kleiser
"You do what you can for as long as you can
, and when you finally can’t, you do the
next best thing. You back up but you don’t
give up." -
Chuck Yeager |
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Contact |
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Joeann Fossland, GRI,LTG,RECS Master
Certified Coach
Advantage Solutions Group
P O Box 133
Cortaro, AZ 85652
Phone: 520.744.8731
Fax: 520.744.8732
Email:
joeann@joeann.com
URL:
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Joeann's Musings:My Summer Vacation |
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We've just returned from 8 glorious days in
Alaska. When we left Tucson it was 112 degrees, so
the cooler weather was definitely a treat.
But the best treat was attending this year's
Alaska Adventure. CRS Instructor Jerry Royse lives
in Anchorage and has hosted this Conference for
the past 11 years. Talk about a CLASS ACT! From
the great speakers to the opportunities to connect
and network with close to 200 experts and top
agents from around the country, from the
outrageously wonderful food and fun entertainment
to the perfect locale, these 3 days were
definitely worth the time, and money. Next year's
Alaska Adventure will be July 8-10 and there are
big discounts for registering early (email me if
you are interested). Put it on your calendar now.
You'll be glad you did!
We saw the blue ice of glaciers, the grey river
water from glacier silt, the green magnificence of
the mountains and trees. I spotted a moose in the
woods on the train trip to Denali National Park,
where 20,000 ft Mt McKinley looms majestic. It
never got dark-kinda twilighty from 2-4 AM but the
sun was still up at 11 PM. Made for a good long
day to show property! Good thing the hotel had
black-out curtains,though. I don't think I'd do
well in the winter when there's only 2.5 hours of
daylight.
We had booked the train from Anchorage to
Denali-an 8 hour trip and planned to spend the
night at the Princess Lodge. About an hour before
we got there, I was reading over my stuff and saw
there were 2 Princess Lodges-One in Denali and one
outside of Talkeetna. We were booked in the one at
Talkeetna-where the train had stopped 4 hours
previous. Whoops......Husband Bub was not amused.
I was a bit chagrined myself since my
granddaughter Lily was along and, though I knew I
could sleep about anywhere, I wasn't so sure the
baby could. Oh my, what to do????? This was one of
those times when worry and awfulizing could have
detracted from the last hour of the trip, but I
asked myself, in my best coaching fashion, was
there anything I could do about it? And then I
answered myself (yes, this may be the first sign
of early dementia!) "Nope....nothing at all in the
next hour...so relax and enjoy the ride!"
I got to ruminate about "enjoying the ride" and
thinking of all those times in my life when the
universe isn't serving up the meal I had planned.
For the first 40 or so years, I would be beside
myself when the goals that I had were
sidetracked..but I started to notice that usually
it all works out and most of the time for the
better. How often the tendency to awfulize will
try to sneak inand waste precious energy over
things I have no power over. For years, I'd waste
that energy: I'd whine and bellyache over the
unfairness of it all, but these days, I've learned
to accept the things I can't change and JUST GET
ON WITH IT!!!!!!!
When we got to the train station, I called the
Talkeetna Princess Lodge and discovered they had a
shuttle in an hour from the Denali Princess (these
were all connected with the Princess Cruise
Company). They said they'd call the Denali Lodge
and let them know of our plight and have someone
help us. And that they did....we got help from bus
drivers, front desk people, tour people and
EVERYONE went out of their way to help and make it
easy. What a wonderful customer service
experience.
Thank you Princess Cruises!!!! You probably saved
me what could have been a rocky day in my
marriage... Bub HATES surprises and had entrusted
me to make all travel arrangements <G>
Just another day in Paradise.....with an
opportunity to not only smell the roses (WOW!
Alaska had flowers EVERYWHERE) but to meet really
nice people and enjoy the sites that Alaska had to
offer. Isn't life an amazing adventure?
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Advantage Thinking: Persistence- A Good Thing? |
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We've all heard that those who persist turn
out to be the winners...Sort of the Hare and
the Tortoise Story, but is persistence really
a good trait or can it deter your success by
giving you the comfort of the known, while
those who are charting new paths are taking
some of your marketshare?
I wrote a contrarian article last month about
whether it is truly smart to keep doing what
you are doing when the results aren't
manifesting. Many times, if life gives you a
roadblock, it will be wise to find another
road! If you'd like to read it:
Persistence: A Virtue or a Hindrance
This morning, Bub and I played singles tennis
as we do most weekends. It is part of my
exercise routine and right now I have a goal
to lose 13 pounds. I've heard,"If you want to
lose weight, you either have to eat less or
exercise more." I don't know about you, but I
did not think this was good news. Please give
me the MAGIC PILL!!!!! I already exercise 3-4
times a week and my doctor tells me my body
has gotten used to that. GREAT. I already eat
pretty healthily and less would seem like
living in deprivation, so I've had this
dilemma of how to lose the 13 pounds. I do
know that "the little things make the
difference" in life as well as in business.
It occurred to me a couple of weeks ago, that
as long as we are at the tennis courts, which
have a track right there, I could run around
the track after the tennis game. I've never
been a runner and until the Triathlon last
year, had never even run a mile...of course,
that changed <G>, but I couldn't say I enjoyed
it. My coach had told me running was the best
way to take off weight. So, I looked at the
track and told Bub I was going to run some
after every game. I did this every time before
we went to Alaska, motivated by wanting
to look good when I spoke there. But, this
morning we were back and we had gotten a late
start and it was 100 degrees by the time we
finished playing. I knew I could sleaze out of
my promise to myself (While I will ALWAYS keep
a promise to ANOTHER, how easy it is to not
keep a promise to myself).
But I had just read Debbie Ford's great book,
THE RIGHT QUESTIONS. The first question
is: "Will this choice propel me towards an
inspiring future or keep me stuck in the
past?" Whoa.......not much to think about, is
there?
So, I entered the track and ran this morning.
What I *felt like* doing or not doing
certainly didn't have as much significance as
looking at it from "did I really want to get
to my goal?" My feelings, I've noticed, are
sometimes like whining children that will shut
up as soon as they are redirected.
Is there a place in your life or your business
where a bit of persistence in overcoming your
own feelings of "not wanting to do something"
would make you feel better about yourself? If
so, just do it. Keep your word to yourself.
Ask Debbie Ford's question to determine what
the *right* choice is. You will be rewarded in
more ways than one and can put that kind of
persistence to work for you.
One of my clients, who recently participated
in The Real Estate Game, said that after the 4
weeks of calls every morning, on the fifth
week, she felt a void and realized she has
instilled a habit. Doing something repeatedly
for 21+ days will do that for you. So pick 4
or 5 activities that you know will make a
difference in the 2nd half of 2003 and for 3
weeks focus on putting one of them into
practice until it is a habit. Then the next 21
days, take the 2nd one and instill it. At the
end of 15 weeks, you'll have 5 new habits that
serve you!!!! Can you imagine what miracles
might start showing up?
Persist where it is taking you to an inspiring
future. Quit persisting where it keeps you
stuck in the past.
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Are You On Track for This Year? |
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The year is halfway over. Are you 50% of the
way to your goals? I wrote an article giving
the important actions to take to make sure
that you end 2003 at or ahead of your goals.
You can read It's Half-time - Are You
Winning The 2003 Game of Real Estate?
by
clicking here.
It is a good time also to be looking to the
future and give some thought to your goals for
2004. I will be again offering
3 Day Business Planning Retreats to give
you a hands-on, personal coaching experience
that will result in a 2004 Business Plan and
the Strategies to achieve it effortlessly.
Limited to 25 participants. Choose the
location and date that is best for you. Early
bird Pricing until Sept 1st saves you $50 off
the $595 Registration Fee.
Dates & Locations:
To Register Click here
Dates:
October 3-5 2003 Location:
TUCSON AZ
Dates:
October 10-12 2003 Location: LONG
ISLAND, NY
Only 14 Spots Left
Dates:
November 10- 12 2003 Location: SAN
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Fossland's Free Forums: The upcoming events |
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"Judi
Wolfson Shares her Secrets in Capturing an Upscale
Market"
Wednesday
July 23 10
AM Pacific Time
Top producer, Re/Max agent Judi Wolfson will tell
you how she established herself in a beachfront
community where she had no sphere of influence to
capture $4 Million in business the first year!
"Secrets of a Successful Website"
Thursday
July 31 10 AM Pacific Time
Z57 Websites are creating lots of business and
traffic. Tim Johnson will share why this is and
what you can do to be more successful in building
this part of your business.
Register by replying to this email with Topic,
your name, city, company,and phone
Please note: times above are Pacific Daylight
(California) Time, please adjust for your time
zone or at
http://www.joeann.com/classesregistration.htm |
We each make dozens
of choices each day and those choices,even the little
ones, are what has our life look the way it does
today. To have something different, you must make
different choices. Debbie Ford's book is a quick read
but very profound in asking The Right Questions. She
brings her wisdom and coaching skills to the reader by
offering 10 questions that will focus you on making
the choices that will get you what you want.
If you want to be
propelled to an inspiring future, get this book today!
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