Those are words I hear from my son on an almost daily basis.  He breaks stuff.  He isn’t doing it on purpose, but he is also just 4 years old, and he doesn’t know how to take care of his stuff as much as he should.

Honestly, most of the time… I can fix it.  I have soldered, welded, glued and snapped pieces back into place as required.  But, sometimes that just isn’t the case.  Despite a garage full of tools, and the (sometimes I think innate) ability to complete a lot of different types of repairs, I just can’t do it.

Today it was the antenna for a radio controlled car.  He broke it off inside the controller.  He previously broke the mast further up, and that was also unrepairable, but this time he broke it so that the old one couldn’t be pulled out and a new one installed.  It was a cheap car… he’s 4, and I don’t expect it to have a long life… but it still annoyed me.

I keep telling him to watch where he swings the thing…  And he keeps saying he has it under control.  Clearly not…

So…

As I was standing by the grill cooking dinner tonight, I got to thinking about real estate deals.  I’ve had a few go south.  I’ve had sellers dig in and refuse to talk with buyers.  I’ve had buyers that were less than reasonable about things that came up.

Frankly, I understand.  I have been less than reasonable on WAY more than one occasion.  I have not wanted to move after “picking my hill to die on.”

As an agent, I always have to work to fix it.  Find that common ground.  Glue it back together… and if it isn’t going to work anymore, get everyone to Plan B.

See…  Parenting DOES teach one about business…  ;^ )