The Tough Market Has Taught Me…

Solomon once said (and I greatly paraphrase) that there are lessons to be learned in times of adversity that cannot be learned in times of prosperity. It was Oliver Wendell Holmes who once said, “If I had a formula for bypassing trouble I would not pass it around. Trouble creates a capacity to handle it.”

The fact is that we are – or, we should be – better people for our hardships. The trials shape and mold us into who we are, if we are willing to embrace the struggle as an opportunity.

So tell me, what have you learned in the last five years that you could not have learned in any other way? Consider sharing your thoughts below. We’d love to hear how the struggling real estate market has actually brought valuable lessons.

I’ll start: In the last five years I have learned that reinvention is not optional, and that we constantly face two career choices: grow or we die.

Your turn….