Motivation, Open The Door

"I knocked and the door opened. But I found that I had been knocking from the inside and I could have opened the door for myself." –Tehuti
Many moons ago, do you remember people asking you, "What do you want to be when you grow up?"
Do you remember how easily and confidently you would have responded? Most would have answered that question eagerly and they would have said whatever came to mind.
Doubts and limitations were non-existent. You knew that you could do anything you wanted to do, didn’t you? You didn’t need anybody’s approval or permission.
You knew you could cause things to happen by taking action. Psychologist Richard DeCharms called this phenomenon personal causation.
Personal causation is the initiation of behavior intended to produce a change in an individual’s environment.
After a certain age practically everyone begins to lose his or her sense of personal causation. In other words our sense of self-efficacy is undermined. Undermined by what?
Statements such as:
This is too hard
This costs too much
I’m not good enough
They don’t want me to succeed anyway
If only I had as much money as so and so
I don’t have that kind of luck
I don’t have the right looks
Don’t quit your day job
Just be grateful that you have a job at all
This is too good to be true
Statements like those are the roots of a “lack” mentality and a poverty consciousness.
A Million Dollar Question: Do you believe that you are reading this insight? Is this too good to be true? No, it’s not. It’s happening to the right person- YOU.
It’s a lack mentality and poverty consciousness that leave many people standing there knocking on the door waiting for some one to answer and open it for them.
Sooner or later someone bold, uninhibited, and assertive comes along and stands in front of the same door. But instead of only knocking, he or she reaches for the doorknob, turns it, and walks in. That person could be you.
The door closes behind him or her and the people left standing there start knocking again. They talk and complain amongst themselves about how some people get all the breaks.
They ask ridiculous questions like, "How come he’s so lucky?" or "I wonder who she knows. Who gave her permission to go in?"
These people never realize that you don’t need permission, you need initiative. You don’t get a break; you create breaks.
To be self-empowered is to be responsible.
Be responsible for your actions.
Be responsible for your finances.
Be responsible for your well-being.
Be responsible for your future.
My friend, whatever door you are knocking on realize the doorknob is within reach. 
Just turn it and step into greatness.

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Press Release from WinnipegRealtors

PRESS RELEASE

November 5, 2010

For Immediate Release

 

YEAR-TO-DATE MLS® SALES EVEN WITH 2009

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October MLS® Sales Down 3%; MLS® Dollar Volume Up 6%

 

WINNIPEG – If this was an election it would be too close to call. On the final stretch drive with two months to go it is a dead heat in terms of MLS® sales compared to last year. There are only 28 more MLS® sales in 2010. However dollar volume is a different story. It is up 10% in comparison to 2009 and while sales do drop off at year end there should be no doubt WinnipegREALTORS® will set its 10^th consecutive annual MLS® dollar volume record in 2010. 2001 finished with a dollar volume level just shy of the $1 billion mark. Ten years later the final amount could possibly reach $2.7 billion.

 

While sales have risen in the last 10 years the primary reason for the significant jump in dollar volume is price increases. The residential-detached or single-family home average price has gone from $100,000 to $242,000 while condominiums have soared even higher percentage-wise from $79,000 to a 2010 year-to-date average price of $197,000.

 

For October 2010, dollar volume is the highest on record for the month of October despite being outperformed in sales the previous five years.  New MLS® listings in October were ahead slightly and the active MLS® listings or the current inventory going into November has nearly 10 per cent more properties for buyers to choose from than in  2009.

 

October MLS® unit sales were down 3% (949/979) while dollar volume was up 6% ($214.2 million/$201.4 million) in comparison to the same month in 2009. Year-to-date MLS® unit sales are even with last year (10,754/10,726) while dollar volume is up 10% ($2.39 billion/$2.17 billion). Total MLS® listings entered on the MLS® this year are 17,744; an increase of 12% over 2009.

 

“Relative to many other markets across the country Winnipeg is holding its own so we are clearly viewing our sales activity here as the glass half full,” said Claude Davis, president of WinnipegREALTORS®. “If there is disappointment, it is in regard to the lower end of the residential-detached housing market where sales continue to show some appreciable declines over the year before. We are of the opinion provincial land transfer tax relief would be helpful in addressing this development which has emerged more noticeably since 2009.”

 

Backing up WinnipegREALTORS® president’s statement on taking a positive stance on Winnipeg’s October sales in comparison to the same month a year ago, Toronto’s October sales declined 21%, Calgary’s 35%, Edmonton’s 29% and Vancouver’s 37%.

 

 

 

 

 

For residential-detached sales in October, the most active price ranges were the $150,000 to $199,999 at 25% of total sales and the $200,000 to $249,999 at 23% of all sales. It is interesting to note for the first time in any month, let alone October, residential-detached sales over $500,000 represented the highest percentage they have ever been at 5% of total sales and were almost the equal of sales under $100,000. Two of those sales over $500,000 were one on Old Orchard Road in East St. Paul for $1,225,000 and another on River Road in St. Vital for $1,485,000.

 

The average days on market for residential-detached sales was 28 days, one day faster than last month and the same pace as October 2009. As for condominium sales, the average days on market for sales was 31 days, 2 days quicker than last month and October 2009.

 

Established in 1903, WinnipegREALTORS® is a professional association representing over 1,600 real estate brokers, salespeople, appraisers, and financial members active in the Greater Winnipeg Area real estate market.  Its REALTOR® members adhere to a strict code of ethics and share a state-of-the-art Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) designed exclusively for REALTORS®.   WinnipegREALTORS® serves its members by promoting the benefits of an organized real estate profession.  REALTOR®, MLS® and Multiple Listing Service® are trademarks owned and controlled by the Canadian Real Estate Association and are used under licence.

 

For further information, contact Peter Squire at 786-8854.