Topsoil Property Co

"It feels safer not to pick." Not making choices isn’t safe, the consequences are just further away in time. Delaying a decision just kicks the can further down the road. But the consequences of that decision, both positive and negative, just become delayed (and compounded) further into the future.

An engaged team is a healthy, productive, high-performance team. Over a million people were interviewed to reach the conclusion: The more strongly your team agrees with the items below, the more engaged your team is. I know what is expected of me at work. I have the materials and equipment I need to do my work right. At work, I have the opportunity to do what I do best every day. In the last seven days, I have received recognition or praise for doing good work. My supervisor, or someone at work, cares about me as a person. There is someone at work who encourages my development. At work, my opinions seem to count. The mission of my camp makes me feel my job is important. My fellow employees are committed to doing quality work. I have a best friend at work. In the last six months, someone at work has talked to me about my progress. This last year, I have had opportunities at work to learn and grow.

Anxiety is contagious “You don’t have to attend every argument you’re invited to.” - Tim Ferriss Last week I caught myself worrying about a deal that wasn’t even mine. Someone else’s stress. Someone else’s timeline. And I adopted it like it was responsible. Fear spreads fast in real estate. In business. In life. But most of it isn’t data. It’s projection. Calm is a competitive advantage. What if the edge isn’t knowing more… but carrying less?

"My vision is not what's important to you. The only vision that motivates you is your vision." -Bill O'Brien, CEO of Hanover Insurance If people do not have their own vision, all they can do is sign up for your vision. This results in compliance, but never commitment. Commitment comes from having a vision that is yours, and that is rooted in your set of values, fears, and hopes. It's an easier and shorter path to make your vision come to others. But this goes nowhere over the long term. It is well worth the upfront investment in seeking to understand those you work with, building their personal vision, and sharing your own to find the connection points. By doing this, you're planting the seedlings today that will become the forest tomorrow. Thank you, PS .

Sympathy is when you feel pity for someone else. Empathy is what you feel the emotions someone else is feeling. Ex: Mary’s husband died in a car crash. Sympathy: That’s hard. I feel bad for her. Well, I’m going to watch my TV show now. Empathy: Wow, that’s hard. I feel bad for her. Well, I’m going to go over there now and cook dinner for her / do the dishes. She shouldn’t be alone at a time like this. For some, feeling sympathy might be the first step to building empathy. For others, sympathy might be a wall that blocks you from walking over the bridge to the other side to feel what someone else feels, to stand on the same side, together. Notice it’s not about feeling the right or wrong thing. It’s about building the habit of responding to your feelings with action that can potentially alleviate someone else’s suffering. It doesn’t matter where you start. But it doesn't matter where you end up. Cross the bridge. Get to empathy.

How I relate to you, influences how you relate to me. If you want to change how others are relating to you, then examine how you are relating to them.