San Jose Real Estate * REALTOR ® * Richard Gonzalez

Yosemite – John Muir Trail 2010

This blog post is meant to be more of a confession instead of  your usual market update. It’s meant to be my re-commitment to providing news, views, and market information after a two month hiatus.

What did I do and where was I?

Good question, the best way to describe it is that we all go through our own valleys and mine was mostly focused on the business at hand and accomplishing some personal and physical goals. Blogging has been a joy but it does come with it’s challenges. To meet those challenges I spent time climbing Half Dome, reading, and praying.

Written Values

Perhaps the most challenging for me is consistency. Consistency comes from committing to my values. I know what my values are and I live my values every day. Until now the one thing I didn’t have was a list of written values and here is a compressed version of  my list. (Still is and will always be a work in progress)

Why am I sharing this?

Ben Franklin had a written list of values from an early age and look at his impact on this country. You see I love my career in the real estate industry but it will mean nothing to me if I can’t look back and know that I made a difference in someones life.

We live in a “i” society and as such I choose to forgo doing the popular things and instead doing the things that are right.  It was during my recent trip into the Yosemite back country that I really felt I was going down the right path spiritually, emotionally, physically, as a father, and in my business.

The higher you climb in life and push through those challenges the more you are rewarded.

Book Recommendation: The 10 Natural Laws of Successful Time and Life Management – Proven Strategies for Increased Inner Peace – Hyrum W. Smith