Sometimes----as much as I hate to do it----it is important to stay on one’s own side of the bed and staying on track may not be everything people rail about. I think this work crew probably has no trouble keeping “track” of things. Well trained in all that they do, all they have to do is avoid the train and NOT stay on track when necessary. Sometimes it is important to know when to stay on track and when not to. They just have to keep track of the train schedule. Charles Buell
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Charles, I think the older I get the harder it is to stay on track. It is not so much for the big stuff but the little stuff. I start off to do something and then along the way find 5 other things that need to be done. Now I do stay on track for the big stuff!
Charles. Good advice. Thanks.
Staying On Track Charles.... Yes it is important!
It is all about setting aside time for the big things... prospecting, listing, selling, closing !
It's not always easy to stay on track 100% of the time but if you get derailed then it is important to get the train back on the track!
Thanks,
Tom Davis
PS - Loved the photo to mentally visualize this !
Thanks again!!
It is much easier for me to stay on track if there are rails ;-)
Thank you for the insightful post!
Pam, thanks
Marchel, sometimes you just need some good side spurs to get off on before you come back to the main track :)
Samantha, you are welcome
Tom, derailing is a mess---good to avoid
Russell, that is what I think too
Wayne and Lynda, you are welcome
Hello Charles - Great wisdom in your post. There is a time to be on (the) track and definitely a time to step off of them.
At least you don't have a one track mind Charles! =)
Its midweek for most Americans,
Paul
They are fine. Trains always travel on the left side of the tracks.
I have watched that truck get onto the tracks nearby my house. It is an interesting process to watch.
Andy, when it comes to actual trains or imaginary trains I think it is true
Paul----only when I am having tunnel vision :)
Jay, is that the trains left or my left? :)
They better keep VERY good track of that train's schedule - a lot depends on it!
Debi
When you are on the tracks, no matter which direction, there is always a left track. That is the track the train runs on, one going one way, one going the other. When they do repairs they know from which direction the train will be coming, and do repairs on the other side!
Great post Charles!! Staying on track is vital in this business!! Accountability can play a huge role in that as well!
Debi, for sure
Jay, you totally have me confused now (which is easy I know) But here is a train on those same tracks---headed South (to the left in the picture) on the right side of the tracks.
Stephen, thanks for sneaking a comment in there :)
It's going backwards...
Mr Charles,
I hope you know that the train always runs on the left. This is so common in the knowledge pool as to be startling for anyone to not know it.
Nutsy
Jay and Nutsy, in this case the engineer obviously isn't paying any attention to the "rules" of the rails.
It's going backwards...
...sdrawkcab gniog s'tI"
Jay, well if that is the case all 4 trains that went by the house while I was there were going backwards :)
I did an inspection once on a historic property in Manassas and its back yard abutted the railroad tracks. The buyer was saying that he heard that the trains did not cause a lot of vibration or noise in the house because it was so well constructed.
Later we were both in the huge walk up attic, you know what I mean, just as a freight train rumbled by and the house shook terribly. We couldn't hear each other talk. The guy just looked at me and said, "Holy sh..!"
That was before his wife got to the inspection. He met her at the car and they talked. I didn't hear what they said, but they ended up not buying the house!
And the train was going forwards...
No shaking in this one :)