Empty Bucket List

What is on your bucket list? Maybe it is a special trip you want to take. Is it bungee jumping or climbing a mountain? Maybe you want to visit all 50 states. Pull out your list and look at it. Why haven't you started?

I was recently given a sheet of paper with 16 words and asked to arrange them in order of importance. They included words like faith, family, power, money and so forth. After arranging them, the speaker then asked where I was spending the majority of my time. It was an eye opening experience.

If there is a place you want to go, you need to go. If there is something you want to do, then do it. Don't wait until you are given a death sentence to start living your life. Try to keep your bucket list empty!

You can only play your game.

The thing that drives each person is different. For some it is money and for others it is freedom. Some people want more time off with the family. Your end goal is determined by how you play your game. If you are not careful, you end up playing someone else game and that will not make you happy.

When you play someone else's game, you have to play by their rules. You are not in control of your life. If you find yourself working into the night and your goal is time with the family, you are not playing your game. You may have to grow your team in order to have that time off.

Think about your goal and build your work life around it. Once you know your plan, work it and don't let anyone deter you. That is the only way you will ever be truly happy.

What are you eating?

I hear people complain about where they are in life. Maybe they were dealt a bad hand. Things happened along the way to interrupt their path of success and happiness. Guess what? That happened to those who are successful as well. One major difference between average and successful is your diet. No, it's not what you're thinking. Well, maybe it is a little.

Like the food you put in your body, you also respond to what goes in your mind. If you feed on junk, then junk comes out. If you are reading the Bible, you are going to internalize it. That is feeding your soul. If you read self improvement books, the same thing will happen to your mind.

What goes in, must come out. Your body is a temple. Take care in what you feed your temple. Turn off the TV and grab a book. You are either growing or dying. The great thing is that you get to choose which.

Invest In Yourself

I'm in Las Vegas this week working on becoming a better agent and manager. It isn't easy to step away for days, but I have the desire to grow and serve my clients and agents better. I will network with top agents and learn from the best in our industry.

When you have success in your field, don't stop investing yourself. To stay on top of your game, you have to keep learning. You never know when you are going to pick up the one thing that propels your business to the next level.