When I was young at high school I used to joke while walking around the hall ways during long break or lunch time, saying that one day I would go to work every day and wear a suit. At the time I didn't think or realize that I was in any position, financially or intellectually, to actually get myself into a career that would enable me to dress to impress. Well lets just say a few short years later, I dress to impress myself. Everyday I get up and put on a shirt and tie and a nice jacket. And amazingly, to wear classy clothes every day has impressed me. Back in the high school days I personally only said I would wear a suit to work as a joke, thinking in 20 or 30 years it may be a possibility. Well my subconscious mind took it in, and because obviously that is what I really wanted, it made it a reality. Now, I don't just love my career in real estate because I get to dress nice. Not at all. There are many more reasons I love my job. I have a passion for the product, which is homes. And I am a people person so I really enjoy working with buyers and vendors of residential real estate. The incredible atmosphere, and learning environment I have been put into is more then I could have asked for. Personally I believe the education I receive from my brokerage and managing brokers, as well as my own self education is far more advanced and usable in everyday life then any education a leading university could give me. I am now living full on past where I personally believed and thought was possible for myself. What I truly wanted I didn't even know on a conscious level.
Consciously, to improve myself further, I decided to write down 101 goals. Outrageous goals which many of them I personally thought would be impossible complete. This was just over a year ago. The book "The Power Of Focus" told me this would be a great exercise for programming my subconscious mind. Therefore helping me get where I wanted faster then I ever thought possible. I'm not going to give you a list of my goals because they are personal and for my eyes only. I will let you know that I have completed well over 10% of those goals in just over a years time and never thought that was possible. Many times I will complete a goal and think back after and say, "Hey, that was one of the goals that I wrote down, I can go back and check that off." And I feel a sudden rush of endorphins release in my brain and it's like I'm on a natural high. Today was one of those days. One of the first goals I wrote down was to join a local Toastmasters Club. And for those of you who do not know what Toastmasters is, No! it is not a place to go and learn how to make great toast. Even know that would have helped my keep my last girlfriend. It is a club organized to help people overcome their fear of public speaking. A place where you can go to learn to communicate ideas clearly and confidently. To improve your ability to persuade and convince other, and simply improve your self-confidence in front of a group of people.
Now personally I don't read the paper often. To me, I feel like main stream media is more often then not just trying to pull the wool over our eyes. It really bothers me with real estate. One article says prices are way up, the next says that prices are way down, and the actual numbers that I get from Okanagan Mainline Real Estate Board and from my brokerage Royal LePage Kelowna says that housing prices are stable, rising slowly and steadily like we want to see. So to make my point clear it is not often you will see me with a news paper in front of me. But somehow, last week, my subconscious mind took over once again and I picked up a local paper and started to browse through the article titles. I read one or two and once again realized why I don't read the paper. I flipped through the classifieds, (checked for free stuff because, really, who doesn't want to get something for nothing) and then on to the community events. Ah ha! what did I find? In Peachland, where I have been living since last June, there was going to be the first ever Toastmasters Meeting next Tuesday (today). What were the chances that I picked up the paper that day and found that one very small section at the back that told me where to go and when to be there. Just like that I was in. Somehow and someway one of my important goals, which may not be very important to you, came to me. The world, through the law of attraction, chewed up and spit out the information I needed to know to get where and what I wanted. I didn't even go out of my way to look for it. It was right there in my path. I literally tripped and fell right on top of it.
My decision to join Toastmasters was purely to improve myself and the skills I use in life. 100% selfish I know. But I see that in improving myself, I also improve the lives of other people around me. Therefore improving life not only for myself, but all the lives I touch. Let just say that the first meeting I went to I thoroughly enjoyed. I can see the true benefit of a weekly meeting with like minded people. Even know I was probably the youngest person there by a number of years, I can see that I will fit in well. As well I can see the tremendous value in the education I will receive through the constructive criticism of my peers involved in this Club.
Once again the laws that govern this world have astonished me.
Write goals and work daily to achieve them. A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
What you truly want, you will truly get.
I hope this has inspired you to try and reach out and grab life by the horns.
If you don't make the choice, someone else will make the choice for you.
It's a great life!
Derek Weatherhead
Royal LePage Kelowna
#1-1890 Cooper Road
Kelowna BC V1Y 8B7
Cell: 1-250-864-3325
Office: 1-250-860-1100
Toll: 1-800-421-3214
Fax: 1-250-860-0595
Oh by the way, If you, a family member, friend, or relative, is thinking of buying or selling a home in the near future, and would appreciate an exceptional level of service, please call me with their name and number. I will be more the happy to follow up, and take great care of them for you.
