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Expectations

Does the expectation of an unpleasant event make the experience worse? Does the boxer feel it less than the guy who got sucker punched at the bar? Having emergency surgery any less painful than the one that has been planned months in advance? Getting let go from your job that you have worked at for years any less painful than suddenly quitting?

The economists have been talking the impending rate increase by the central bankers since the last big one in September. Will this make it any less painful if we expect at 75basis point increase vs it coming out of the blue! Will we feel any different about a recession if they have been talking about it for months?

Either way it will be best is we prepare for the worst case scenario. Hope for the best but prepare for the worst. Start now by cutting back your expenses, fund your emergency reserve and lower your debt payments as much as possible. The anxiety and expectation of a pending unfortunate event may be worse than the event itself but it’s still better to be prepared.

Today I am thankful for the sound of the rain when I got up this morning, the ability to be able to continue to share my thoughts with you and the opportunities of a new week ahead.

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

Patrick

p.s- You can click on this link to start the process whenever you are ready. Schedule your meeting with me here.

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).

p.s.s.s You can download my new mortgage app here

Expectations

More often than not when things don’t turn out as we have expected them to turn out we get upset, angry or disappointed. This is because we got caught up in some future picture instead of focusing on the present. Not everything turns out as planned and things don’t necessarily get resolved on our desired timelines.

The only thing that we can control is our selves and our responses to the events around us. That’s it! We can love, guide and teach our kids but ultimately they will do what they want to do. The same applies to your friends & family. So don’t “should” anyone but yourself.

I love the Buddhist philosophy on expectations whereby they say that disappointment, frustration or anger are emotions that we feel when people or events do not meet our expectations. This causes us to suffer as a result. By releasing expectations will allow us to live in the moment and realize that life is already perfect.

Today I am thankful for my Friday conversations with family, that things are much better when you release the expectations and just live in the moment and for seeing a deer walk with us ( my dog and I ) early this morning.

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

Patrick

p.s- You can click on this link to start the process whenever you are ready. Schedule your meeting with me here.

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).

p.s.s.s You can download my new mortgage app here

Expectations

There is a common expression that says that we rise or fall to the level of our training. I believe the same is also true in regards to our expectations. Your expectations effect your outcomes in so many things. If you expect to do well on your test you are more likely to relax and preform well while doing your test. The same also applies to the flip side of things, if you expect to do poorly you will most likely do poorly.

While I am not saying that expectation alone will get you to your objective, it is a wonderful starting point. Expectation that you will succeed allows you to believe in yourself, and thus you preform better and increase your odds of success. So stop expecting that you will be out of shape, poor and unloved and start working on yourself to expect the exact opposite.

In regards to your real estate aspirations, start with expecting that you will improve your credit, that you will save your down payment and that you will find the perfect home. See it, feel it and expect it and you will have it sooner than you can imagine.

“Our environment, the world in which we live and work, is a mirror of our attitudes and expectations.” Earl Nightingale

Today I am thankful for the tranquility of freshly fallen snow, neighbourhood deer coming to visit and teenagers who sleep in so work can be accomplished.

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

Patrick

p.s- You can click on this link to start the process whenever you are ready. Schedule your meeting with me here.

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

p.s.s.s You can download my new mortgage app here