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There are seeds of destruction in all of us that will bear only unhappiness if allowed to grow. -Dorothea Brande (1893-1948) American writer and author of Becoming A Writer.
This week I had the privilege of working with some great people during a real estate conference. Although I have done these many times before, each event seems to give me a much deeper understanding of what keeps people back from being their best. I have said many times before that no matter what the system or vehicle being taught, the real challenge will always involve the “operator”. In other words no matter how proven a method or system may be, it’s always difficult for a new user!
That clearly begs the question, why? But I’m not referring to the obvious fact that learning anything new poses it’s obvious challenges, rather that deep inside each one of us there seems to be a ‘tripping point’!Malcolm Gladwell’s fantastic book, The Tipping Point discusses why things just seem to suddenly click and take off…but what about the converse?
Have you ever had a moment in your life where you thought you were making progress and finally getting somewhere and then the bottom fell out? How about all those people that work a life time to accumulate a level of wealth just to see it evaporate in the latest economic catastrophe? How about that relationship that you’ve been involved with for years that seems to collapse over night?
What the heck is happening? How can this happen? We follow “the rules”…you know, the ones that tell us hard work will get us through anything and everything…”just persevere” they say! While I find that an admirable characteristic and embrace it in my own life, I’m realizing that there is something deeper that could be causing this self destruction!
