November: Month of Thanks

Many of my friends have started posting on Facebook…one thing they are thankful for every day for the month of November.

I think giving thanks every day is crucial. I try, often not successfully enough, to be grateful and thankful for something every day. I kept a gratitude journal for some time where I wrote five things I was grateful for at the end of each day. It isn’t a habit I kept, but I did like the focus on the positive.

So, while I don’t know if I can commit to the one thing a day on Facebook idea, I do know that I will use this time to be more grateful.

In the spirit, I will offer my gratitude journal list, five things that I am grateful for today….

#1- Shaunessey and Ryan.  Always my first of every list I write, including at times the shit list.  I am grateful for them, for their health, for their spirit, for their talents, for their love, for them being THEM.

#2- My health.  I am working on it, but overall, I am a lucky adult.

#3- My friends and family.  I have an amazing network of outstanding people that support me, even when I don’t deserve it.

#4- The interwebs.  I am so lucky to be connected to so many amazing people via the interwebs.

#5- Dance.  The only thing in the world that still and always has had the power to completely envelope me and make me forget my pain and feel just GOOD.

Ok. So, let the month of thanks begin.  Share your list below:

My mom taught my sister and I very early on about manifestation. There was no book called “The Secret”, no Oprah interviewing people about the “Law of Attraction”, but there was Shelley.

My mom, Shelley, truly believes that if you convinced the universe that you wanted or needed something enough, it would come to you. She taught us from an early age that we needed to speak our desires, think our desires, dream our desires and offer that up to the universe to let it happen.

Sure, you say…if all you had to do was offer up the need for tons of cash, then why aren’t you filthy stinking rich, Lesley?

Well…nothing wonderful comes without a cost and the cost to this is that you have to back your desires up with a lot of hard work. Also, you have to ask the universe for the right things. Very specific and tangible goals are always key.

Also, as with all things, sometimes you ask for the wrong thing and it derails you. Here is an example of that:

 
A few years ago I put out that I needed more business. I was soon flooded with qualified buyers. On the surface this seems like I got exactly what I wanted, but, I am primarily a listing agent and the time spent helping these buyers took me away from finding qualified sellers to help. While I loved helping each of them find their home, when that run was over I had to start all of my normal business growth from scratch because I hadn’t had time to nurture it. I then realized, I wasn’t specific enough.

Following that I put my focus on more business through listings sold. This worked a lot better. I still worked with buyers, but the main part of my business was working with listing clients (my specialty because of my unique marketing plan) and I was successful in being named Park Square Realty’s Top Agent for Listings Sold. I was thrilled with this success, but there was still a part of this business manifestation that I didn’t get right. I wasn’t specific about the type of houses I really wanted to sell.  I wanted to narrow my vision focus and find some very specific clients.

Now don’t get me wrong, I work all over Western MA with all sorts of buyers and sellers  and I am always thrilled when someone reaches out to me for help. I don’t want those referrals and return customers to go away, this visualization is about what ELSE I want to attract.

So, for my third round of putting it out there I am getting very specific. I won’t bore you with those details, but I am very hopeful that this business vision will be refined and fine tuned this business year into the exact business that I want to create for myself.

I am going to meditate, talk about, write down on lined paper, dream about and visualize myself working on these specific home’s sales.  But visualization and actualization won’t work magically without my hand.  I am going to target my marketing, put some new systems in place and reach out directly to these home owners to make sure they know what I have to offer.

While the universe works on giving me the assist, I will be working my fanny off.  I am determined to get this right.