Exiting Times are here Again

Monday, Nov. 17, 2008

Things are exciting everywhere for AgentOwned.

The Trolley Rd. office in Summerville just had a former agent, who had transferred to Keller Williams about 4 months ago, come home. Welcome home, Jeff Cook. He also brought 4 other agents from KW with him. Jeff already has a tree established.

Isle of Palms office: Ken Roe from Carolina One has transferred and is the new BIC for the IOP office. Ken was the BIC of a Carolina One office ---- Yeah, Ken. This shows how smart you are.
We Welcome Ken to our AgentOwned family.

West Ashley: Brad Weaver, a top producer from Carolina One's James Island office has just transferred over. Welcome, Brad. Steve Olson has started his tree with Brad. Good job, Steve.

Manning: Deborah Wilson, owner of Homes Plus Realty has just decided to close her company and join the AgentOwned family in the Manning office. She brings with her Ruth Maple. They are both a part of Angie Jordan's tree. Welcome to Deborah and Ruth.

Sumter: Bea Patel has just moved over from Russell Jeffcoat. Great move, Bea. Bea will be a part of Sylvia McCabe's tree ---good work, Syliva.



In the offices today:
Manning: Peggy Haley, Angie Jordan, Shaun Richburg, Belinda Jordan, Deborah Ridgeway, Carol Jo Horne, Lola Bradshaw, Mary Partee, Charley Schmidt, Daisy Simpson, Alfred Kelley, Celina Gleason, Joette Wielicki, Deborah Wilson, Ruth Maple

Johnnie Dodds: Stephanie Wilson-Hartzog, Tyler Bergin, Stan Huff, Greaton Sellers, Ashley Melton, Currie McCullough, Susan Bryant, Bonnie Simpier, Betty Pigot, Tim Rogers, Jason Ogden, Susie Schumm, Rick Sanchez, Mike Terry, Ken Kurtz, Tom Nelson, Max Hill,

Santee: Ricki Williams, Martin Rigden, Jill James, Kim Matthews, Neil Pepple

I HAVE A FEW STORIES that have helped me in my own life. They seem to me to embody truths that I believe are very important.

One of my favorites concerns a laboratory experiment by botanist Alfred Russell Wallace, a contemporary of Charles Darwin. Interestingly, he developed the theory of evolution at about the same time that Darwin did. Wallace was ready to publish it when he learned that Darwin had started the experimentation about six months before he had. Wallace, a gentleman, deferred to Darwin, and it is Darwin whom posterity credits with the theory of evolution.

In the experiment, Wallace was in his laboratory observing an Emperor butterfly trying to get free from its cocoon. The struggle was intense, with life-or-death consequences. He wondered, "What would happen if I assisted this process?" So with a knife he made a slit down the length of the cocoon. This is what happened, in his words: "The butterfly emerged, spread its wings, drooped perceptibly, and died."It had a swollen body, and small shriveled wings. The pain and intensity of the struggle had been denied it and it had failed to grow.

Had it been forced to push its own way through the tiny opening, fluids from its body would have been forced into its wings giving them the size and strength to fly.

Of course, we don't always welcome adversity with open arms. We don't always welcome pain or setbacks. Yet with the right kind of thinking, we can keep them in perspective and see them as opportunities to grow, strengthen, and excel in our lives. With the right outlook and attitude, we can triumph over any adversity.

Until Later ----
Liz Loadholt