{"id":8813,"date":"2009-06-12T08:40:48","date_gmt":"2009-06-12T15:40:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=8813"},"modified":"2009-06-11T22:00:06","modified_gmt":"2009-06-12T05:00:06","slug":"this-post-has-nothing-to-do-with-real-estate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/8813\/this-post-has-nothing-to-do-with-real-estate\/","title":{"rendered":"This Post Has Nothing To Do With Real Estate"},"content":{"rendered":"

Not long ago I listened to an inspirational speaker discuss ways to make our lives less stressful and more enjoyable.\u00a0 At one point he told this story:<\/p>\n

In the wild, a big lion sprints toward an antelope who’s quietly feeding.\u00a0 After a short chase – if the antelope hasn’t been caught – the lion slows down and eventually stops to rest.\u00a0 Interestingly enough, the antelope often stops only a short distance away and begins to feed again.\u00a0 The lion doesn’t bore his friends with excuses or puff his chest out and tell the antelope to “wait till next time;”\u00a0 nor does the antelope, flush with righteous indignation, cry out: “What’s your problem, you (censored)!”\u00a0 They both live in the present and by doing so find great peace.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I get the “message” in the story and maybe it’s just me; but I’ve never felt all that comfortable with animal metaphors.\u00a0 Here’s another story; this one’s about stress and enjoyment too, but without the potential of being eaten:<\/p>\n

Last Saturday I attended two Little League play-off games on the same day: one for each of my sons.\u00a0 During the first game, I watched my older son’s team from the stands.\u00a0 The other team was employing a delaying tactic and one of the fathers from our side made a condescending remark.\u00a0 A coach from the other team heard the remark and replied in a less than congenial way.\u00a0 The dad followed that up with an unmistakable insult to the opposing coach and before long we had ‘tough guy’ looks going back and forth.\u00a0 (I swear, you can’t make this stuff up!)\u00a0 The dad in our stands (mis)spent the next two hours of the game talking about what he was going<\/em> to say next and what he should<\/em> have said already and telling anyone who would listen what he thought of this coach.\u00a0 He simply could not let go.<\/p>\n

Later that same day I’m coaching my younger son’s team.\u00a0 When you’re in the dugout with the boys you get a chance to listen in on their conversations and they can be quite mean.\u00a0 It’s not uncommon to hear a Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As a real estate business owner, quite possibly the most important item you stock on your shelf, is your time. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"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":[111],"class_list":{"0":"post-8813","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-flourishing","7":"tag-success","9":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6019,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/6019\/in-like-a-lion-out-like-a-lamb-15-minutes-of-fame-is-almost-over\/","url_meta":{"origin":8813,"position":0},"title":"In Like A Lion – Out Like A Lamb – 15 Minutes Of Fame Is Almost Over","author":"Doug Quance","date":"December 11, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Infamous Real Estate Investor Casey Serin Puts His Web Domain On Ebay Many of you might remember Casey Serin from a few years ago - a young man who watched too many late night infomercials and bought too many courses from gurus who taught the so-called \"secrets\" of making the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Dirty Laundry"","block_context":{"text":"Dirty Laundry","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/dirty-laundry\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":11122,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/11122\/redfin-coms-glenn-kelman-comes-to-scottsdale-to-beard-the-mls-lion\/","url_meta":{"origin":8813,"position":1},"title":"Redfin.com’s Glenn Kelman comes to Scottsdale to beard the MLS lion.","author":"Greg Swann","date":"February 1, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Redfin.com CEO Glenn Kelman is in Scottsdale today and tomorrow for the MLSCOVE Conference, a gathering of MLS executives from all over the country. 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