{"id":9683,"date":"2008-10-12T10:30:45","date_gmt":"2008-10-12T14:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ewm.com\/internalblog\/?p=9683"},"modified":"2008-10-12T10:30:45","modified_gmt":"2008-10-12T14:30:45","slug":"90-day-challenge-day-5-thoughts-to-live-by-real-estate-and-baseball-are-you-in-the-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.myewm.com\/?p=9683","title":{"rendered":"90 Day Challenge- Day 5 – Thoughts to Live By – Real Estate is Baseball – Are You In the Game?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/i><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>“The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of <\/em>steamrollers. Its been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt, and erased again. But, <\/em>baseball has marked the time. This field, this game, is a part of our past, Ray. It reminds us of all that once was good, and could be again.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Terrance Mann,from the movie Field of Dreams<\/em><\/p>\n

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Ok, it’s a little corny – but this one of my favorite movies. We have all been beat up by the market, time for some thoughts to send us back in the game!<\/p>\n

Build it and they will come<\/em><\/strong> – Think of all the preparation that goes into making a field ready for play.\u00a0 What are you doing to build your business?\u00a0 So far in the challenge we have spent some time examining our environment.\u00a0 Look around your office- what does it say about you and your business? \u00a0 Have you addressed the clutter?\u00a0 Is there a computer at your desk or do you rely on the research rooms?\u00a0 What about that picture on your business card ?\u00a0 Is it professional? Up to date?\u00a0 Are you recognizable or is it your Glamour Shot from the 1980’s? Stage your business like you would stage a listing – everyday is a showing.<\/p>\n

Ease their pain<\/strong><\/em> – Yes, today’s market is full of pain for your clients.\u00a0 Like it or not, a big part of your job is to listen to the pain and then make it better.\u00a0 Do you spend time looking at the world from your client’s perspective or are you too caught up in your own\u00a0 world to pay attention?\u00a0\u00a0 Especially in today’s challenging market your clients are looking for your guidance and solutions.\u00a0 Are you helping them with pricing?\u00a0 Or are you still telling them what they want to hear?<\/p>\n

Go the Distance<\/strong><\/em> – Today’s real estate market is a marathon and not a sprint, even when the hectic days leave you breathless.\u00a0\u00a0 Make sure your day to day activities don’t overtake your vision of your overall goals for your business.\u00a0 Are you finding that your listings are expiring only to have them relisted by someone else at the right price? There is still an army of relief pitchers in this game who will\u00a0 come in and save the game only to leave you on the bench. Do you have enough good stuff for extra innings?<\/p>\n

Some other great baseball quotes…<\/strong><\/p>\n

“There is no crying in baseball<\/em>” –\u00a0 Tom Hanks in A League of Their Own<\/p>\n

“Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten and be considered a good performer.<\/em>”\u00a0 ~Ted Williams<\/p>\n

“That’s baseball, and it’s my game.\u00a0 Y’ know, you take your worries to the game, and you leave ’em there.\u00a0 You yell like crazy for your guys.\u00a0 It’s good for your lungs, gives you a lift, and nobody calls the cops.\u00a0 Pretty girls, lots of ’em.”<\/em> ~Humphrey Bogart<\/p>\n

“Things could be worse.\u00a0 Suppose your errors were counted and published every day, like those of a baseball player.”<\/em> ~Author Unknown<\/p>\n

“Progress always involves risks.\u00a0 You can’t steal second base and keep your foot on first<\/em>.”\u00a0 ~Frederick B. Wilcox<\/p>\n

“The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. Its been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt, and erased again. But, baseball has marked the time. This field, this game, is a part of our past, Ray. It reminds us of all that once was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1439,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_expiration-date-status":"","_expiration-date":0,"_expiration-date-type":"","_expiration-date-categories":[],"_expiration-date-options":[]},"categories":[59],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.myewm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9683"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.myewm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.myewm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.myewm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1439"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.myewm.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9683"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.myewm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9683\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.myewm.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.myewm.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.myewm.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}

Put on your game face, ready your field and get into the game!\u00a0 Keep reading the 90 Day Challenge<\/a> – it’s all about making sure you stay in the game and learn to hit it out of the park.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"