{"id":14599,"date":"2011-05-14T07:19:01","date_gmt":"2011-05-14T14:19:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=14599"},"modified":"2011-05-14T07:19:01","modified_gmt":"2011-05-14T14:19:01","slug":"the-power-of-not-knowing-and-other-meaningful-ideas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/14599\/the-power-of-not-knowing-and-other-meaningful-ideas\/","title":{"rendered":"The Power of Not Knowing… and Other Meaningful Ideas"},"content":{"rendered":"

Over the past couple of articles from the POPs Program for Agents, the emphasis has been on the first, key step in creating a balanced, successful life as a real estate agent: staying in the present.\u00a0 The article on Temporal Awareness showed us that the past (guilt) and the future (fear) don’t\u00a0actually exist<\/a>.\u00a0 It also discussed the emotional response we have over words that don’t exist.\u00a0 And in The Mirror Effect, one of the most powerful concepts for creating true and lasting happiness<\/a>, we learn that even someone being hurtful, doesn’t exist.\u00a0 Are you starting to recognize a pattern here?<\/p>\n

Nothing Exists!<\/strong>
\nNo, no, that’s not what I’m suggesting.\u00a0 The pattern is this: We Don’t Know The Meaning… of Anything<\/em>.\u00a0 As a matter of fact, I will take it one step further: We Assign Meaning… to Everything<\/em>.\u00a0 This is especially prevalent in the Sales and Services professions, where interaction with others is so integral to what we do.\u00a0 We think<\/em> we know what we’re seeing; possibly a “hot” new client, for instance:<\/p>\n

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Only to discover later how child-like are their expectations and decisions:<\/p>\n

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Time to Celebrate<\/strong>
\nAt first, this idea that we don’t know the meaning of anything may seem a bit scary, but I suggest to you quite the opposite; this is actually cause for\u00a0celebration!\u00a0 Two reasons:<\/p>\n