More than Fine

When do we settle for fine? When do we settle for mediocre? It happens over time, one minute, one decision at a time….we don’t do one thing, then another, then do one thing half-assessed, and so on…and then one day we wake up and wonder what happened. Why we don’t have what we wanted or less than other people. And then we beat ourselves up wondering where we went wrong. We feel bad on the inside and just keep placating ourselves…saying, oh well, guess I can’t make it in this business or this is just too hard. Think I’ll try something else.

Little do we realize that no matter what “business” we are in, its all the same. Once you settle, you will never stop, no matter what business you go to. Because, you are also settling in the rest of your life; guaranteed.  Take a look at the decisions you make during the day. Write them down in a journal and see all of the opportunities you have to make different choices. We get into a habit of just going on auto-pilot because it’s easy and comfortable. These choices can be as small as, what you have for lunch that can set you up for feeling tired in the afternoon and not being productive, or watching a movie into the late evening and then waking up late or tired the next day and not performing well or at all, saying, “oh, I’ll do it better tomorrow.” Or, not getting ready for tomorrow the night before by prioritizing your work and planning how your day is going to go (packing up food, change of shoes for showings, planning your showing route, working out before so you can get to the office energized and on-time, preparing yourself mentally to see the day going just as planned or better!) and then chasing your tail all day and feeling tired and wondering what you accomplished.

Think back to the last time you achieved something at a high level? What was it? When was it? How did you do it? How did it feel? What tactics did you apply to achieve it? If you did it once, you can do it again.  You see, doing well is a choice…and…a decision. You decide you are going to achieve at a high level and once you do, you want more. It feels good. You feel good about yourself. And it leads to bigger and bigger things…

One of my favorite songs is by Switchfoot, a Christian rock band, called More Than Fine. And the lyrics say,

                "More than fine, more than bent on getting by, more than fine, more than just o.k. "

What if you made this your mantra? In life and in business? What if you put it where you could be reminded of it every day? What would happen when you make those seemingly insignificant decisions? Maybe they would go differently…

Make a decision within yourself to be MORE THAN FINE. MORE THAN JUST OK.  

What if people like Steve Jobs was ok with fine? Or Walt Disney? Or Lance Armstrong? Or Gary Keller? Or Mo Anderson? Or, Chris heller or Joe Rothschild or Natalie Gonterman or Bridget Juracek or Apodaca’s or Beth Schneider? Or any of the top producers in our office or market? This stuff isn’t unobtainable. They just made a decision to be more than fine.