Beachy Beach June Love Note
(Originally published June 24, 2013)
Dear Sweet ones,
I was thinking and reading and writing this morning and going over my past gratitude list and affirmations and funny how many have come true!!! It made me think of the Why and the reason I am doing this and it is NOT To have a big company that makes big money. I just wrote a post that just jumped from my heart and on to a face book page and wanted to expand on it just a little.
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Sitting here reflecting on how grateful I am for our little company and how we have grown. We are growing because we have a desire and a mission and we are true to that. We want to be a blessing and a joy to EVERYONE we come in contact with.... be it a customer, a vendor, a fellow Realtor, anyone and everyone should feel better and more hopeful by our presence. I am looking at my original mission statement and vision as a reminder and I am so grateful for where we started and where we are today. So grateful for the precious and amazing Realtors who are believing that with me. MONEY IS NOT THE GOAL it is however one of the outcomes.
With this above post in mind, I thought it was appropriate to reiterate what we are about at Beachy Beach. Our business is a reflection of who I am personally and I do not believe that business is just business. I believe that it should reflect who we are as people and it should reflect our values and our heart. I think we forget that sometimes. I want us to always be mindful if we are tempted to be unkind or blast another Realtor even if they do not do it the way we think that they should. If our goal is to remember to do our job with great enthusiasm, honor and heart then we do not have time to stand in judgement of how others are doing it. I have to remind myself through daily reflection and prayer all the time.
Also if you are in this business to just make money the perhaps it is the wrong place for you. I can not stress enough how empty that goal is.....again money is the outcome but not the goal. I had an interview with a potential agent a few weeks ago. When I asked her what motivated her and she said money.... pretty much the interview was over. I am not saying anything is wrong with that for her but it is not right for this company. When money and power is your goal you are many times led down a empty path that leads to a most barren place, figuratively and literally.
I am so thankful for all of you and so excited as I watch you set personal goals and reach them. But the thing that makes me the proudest is when I hear what others are saying about you. I love to hear about your heart, I love to hear and see you helping each other. I especially love it when I see you doing something for someone who can do nothing for you in return. The funny thing is that will be the very thing that gives you the biggest reward.
I love you and I thank God for you all the time. I see on a daily basis how abundant life can be when you go about radiating goodness and hope and be the biggest GIVER that you can be. So go have a great day and expect Greatness!!!!!
with great love,
Karen