I just came back from what was supposed to be a real estate investment seminar. I believe they called it something like “Supercharge Your Real Estate Investing”. Guess the name should have been the clue. Anyway, real estate was mentioned, but the seminar was actually all about selling insurance, bonds, stocks, and other types of investment advice. Now, there’s nothing wrong with any of those products; however, I came specifically to learn more about real estate as an investment and was sorely disappointed.
It’s been a long time since I was the victim of “redirection” as I call it. It resembles bait and switch in the retail arena. So, I endured 2 hours of a topic I had minimal interest in. Why? Partly because I’m polite. Partly because you never know when you’ll learn something new that might be of value to you. I did actually pick up a couple of ideas so that the whole evening wasn’t a total waste. I also got a chance to stretch my thinking and to challenge the thinking of the presenter–always good for the gray matter LOL.
Remember, even when things don’t turn out to be what you thought they were going to be, there’s still the opportunity to learn something new–or to at least practice stretching your thinking and wrapping your brain around someone else’s point of view. Both great things to keep you from becoming stuck in a rut.
Blessings,
Cindy
Very Very True……….those last two lines are!!!