The "R" word

I went to dinner with my dad tonight and he said it, that we are in a recession. I said please don't say that word in front of me anymore. He said it just means that they announced that the GNP is not growing- whatever that means. This is what the current economy means to me-

We are having a great year in real estate. We have sold as many homes this year as we did last and it is only August. When people ask me about how are business is doing- I always say "that we are doing really well!".

Here is how my career has broken out in real estate.

2005- slow, which I expected since it was my first year.

2006- fantastic!

2007- better than 2005 but not as good as 2006, which I did not expect but decided to work harder to make 2008 another fantastic year instead of throwing the "R" word around and making excuses.

2008- fantastic- this will be my best year by far in the real estate world!

I took this from a friend's blog today - Raquel with Silver Square, Inc. - and I think it is where the economy is today.

The Formula that Changes EVERYTHING by Jack Canfield

It seems that everywhere you turn these days, you hear people talking about the economy.

What’s interesting is that some people are scared to death about it, while others couldn't be happier.

While I don’t claim to be an economist, I do know one important fact. The economy is the same for everyone, it’s how you respond to it that determines how you feel about it.

It’s yet another example of what I’ve been teaching for years. . .

E + R = O (Events + Responses = Outcome)

The basic idea is that every outcome you experience in life (whether it's success or failure, wealth or poverty, wellness or illness, intimacy or estrangement, joy or frustration) is the result of how you have responded to an earlier event (or events) in your life.