As a team member at Multifamily Insiders, I am privileged to get to attend every webinar we have throughout the year.  To begin this year, Toni Blake presented “Toni Blake’s "Wings of Positive Change": 12 Powerful Human Habits for Successful Property Management”.

What Toni didn’t know when she planned this session – is that I had already made a commitment to myself to work harder, pay more attention, and put a lot of focus into growing as a person this year.  The timing was perfect – because I was ready to HEAR this message.

After the webinar, as a little bonus Toni shared 12 Tip Cards with the attendees.  Now that we’re past the half way point of 2019, I think it’s time to check in with the hundreds of Insiders that joined us for her webinar.

Where are you now? Have you gotten your wings?

Here are a couple of those “Wings” and how I’ve used them this year.  

Be Present – Where ever you are: BE ALL THERE!

For me – this meant putting away my phone.  At work, it’s a distraction, I turned on my screen-time tracker and committed to reducing the amount of time I stared at this tiny device while working and playing.  The result has been phenomenal.  I’m noticeably more productive and taking on more work tasks all the time.  Also when work is over, I have grown so much closer to my family and friends. We talk, we laugh, and we share memories together.  I still have my phone, I still take tons of pictures, and I still text, call, email on it. What I don’t do is get lost in it because now I am present.

Commitment to your humanity–Be willing to look inside, Use the good you have learned with intention, Be open to see areas of improvement

Let me point out something here: “USE THE GOOD YOU HAVE LEARNED WITH INTENTION” With intention – consciously. Sometimes my internal voice is quite negative. I’ve had to force myself to take a look inside and intentionally change that voice.  Really listen to how you speak to yourself, are you negative?  Do you see the bad before the good?  Is your first thought judgmental or sarcastic?  Then it is time make a commitment to change that and get ready for the next wing of positive change…

Choose Love! Think LOVING thoughts of others! Speak LOVING to others! Act LOVING to others!

That’s just 1/4^th of Toni’s Wings – and I can actually go on and on about The Butterfly Effect, how I Value Every Scar, and all of the Habit Loops I’m changing!  But, let’s see if anyone else is still working on their wings!

Were you in on Toni’s hour-long rant of inspiration? Are you still working on your wings?  If you only committed to the first tip – to Be Present – and you stuck with it – then you have probably made an amazing impact on your career the last 6 months.  Tell me about it in the comments!  And if you haven’t attended this webinar yet, that’s ok too – tell me something positive!  I’d love to hear what inspires you!