There are times in life when it’s necessary to burn a few bridges and cut yourself from any possible retreat and there are times when that is just a bad idea. Change in life is hard and sometimes to do it successfully you have remove any sort of temptation that would permit you to drift back to the old ways.

If you are determined to eat better then it is a good idea to toss out all the junk food in your house so you are not tempted to just have a few chips, cookies or sweets. The same goes if you want to watch less tv and read more, you will cancel your cable and some may go as far as selling the TV. Want to cut out the few drinks at the pub with friends after work, then take a different route home, go to the gym instead or hang around people who are more health conscious.

The only area where I think it may be a bad idea is when you are growing your business. While this has nothing to do with the concept that the customer is always right, that is a conversation for another day. It’s just that it is not prudent to burn bridges with customers & referral sources. I do prospecting calls daily and keep notes from conversations with people. Some times when you call them it’s not the best time or they are not having the best day. Don’t take it personally and just move on. Unless they flat out say do not ever call me again, I will call them back on another day.

Just in the past week I’ve had two such occurrences. One was with someone I had spoken with several times but it always seemed that it was a bad time and I was always rushed off the phone, not rude but with way too many things on the go. Another with someone who at the time refused to see the big picture on a file we were jointly working on. In both cases time changed everything the next interaction with each of them. Instead of letting them go and never contacting them again I reached out again and it was like they were totally different people. Give people time, change happens to us all.

Today I am thankful for the beautiful fall morning for a run, the chance to reconnect again with people after a previous encounter wasn’t ideal and opportunities to start again but better the second time.

I look forward to hearing from you in regard to your mortgage needs.

Patrick

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p.s.s- I should tell you that I am licensed in Nova Scotia Brokerage (2021-3000179) Broker (2021-3000180), Ontario(M18001555) & in British Columbia(BCFSA #504098).

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