{"id":5784,"date":"2008-11-23T18:41:57","date_gmt":"2008-11-24T01:41:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=5784"},"modified":"2008-11-23T18:41:57","modified_gmt":"2008-11-24T01:41:57","slug":"late-sunday-post-2009-starts-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/5784\/late-sunday-post-2009-starts-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Late Sunday Post: 2009 Starts Today."},"content":{"rendered":"

I was thinking about what I want to do this year–what I will do, and what I might do.\u00a0 And a few good thoughts occurred to me.\u00a0\u00a0 One:\u00a0 BHB is about excellence and splendor<\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0 The honor of knowing the people here has been nothing short of inspiring.\u00a0 The folks that write here do it for a million reasons.\u00a0 Everyone has raised the bar ever higher, demonstrated leadership and set a fantastic example.\u00a0\u00a0 We are all evolving as we learn and lead the 2.0 world.\u00a0 We’re here–reading or writing–because we want to hold our hand up and be counted with the survivors and the ones who matter.<\/p>\n

Two:\u00a0 IF we are pursuing a life of splendor and excellence, there is no room for mediocrity in any part of it. <\/strong>We must display excellent character to our clients, friends, colleagues.\u00a0\u00a0 We must be learning constantly, we must seek ways to become more efficient in our jobs, we must honor our consumers.\u00a0\u00a0 We must take control of our own finances, our relatonships, and even own waistlines so that the example we set is compelling.\u00a0 Note: contrary to the luke-warm, make-nice, milquetoast of the RE.NET, it does not display good character when we let trendy-but-terrible ideas get accepted without question. \u00a0 Just because an Idea comes from a nice guy, it doesn’t mean it’s any good. \u00a0 Splendor demands excellence, and we must–with focus and intensity, preserve and pursue excellence with all that we have. Mediocrity is a cancer, and a little cancer in your life is too much, and if you hesitate to point out to the whimpering nothings that they are whimpering, you’re allowing the epidemic to continue and there is death on your hands.<\/p>\n

Three:\u00a0 2009 Starts 1 December, 2008 for me. <\/strong>You can have a listless (in every way) December waiting for things to change in January.\u00a0 You can also change them by taking this short week to focus on how many days you’re going to work and how many cats you’re going to skin.\u00a0 I decided that I’m going to measure my 2009 starting from December 1st.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I’m going to work 20 Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I was thinking about what I want to do this year–what I will do, and what I might do.\u00a0 And a few good thoughts occurred to me.\u00a0\u00a0 One:\u00a0 BHB is about excellence and splendor.\u00a0\u00a0 The honor of knowing the people here has been nothing short of inspiring.\u00a0 The folks that write here do it for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[212],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-5784","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-flourishing","8":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2656,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/2656\/the-network-excellent-real-estate-agents-wanted\/","url_meta":{"origin":5784,"position":0},"title":"The Network — Excellent Real Estate Agents Wanted","author":"Mike Farmer","date":"February 25, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Dead or alive. 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