In change lies opportunity.
Heraclitus, a philosopher in Ancient Greece, thousands of years ago, reminded us that change is the only constant. The concept was picked up by Thales, who alerted us that we never step in the same river twice...the water has flowed on.
Good images to carry into 2010....
So, no roadmap. Old signposts no longer point in significant directions. The things that used to work no longer do. New answers are required, reflecting new situations.
What does that mean?
Well, it might mean that we need to learn the gentle art of "free floating".
We definitely need to keep practicing our peripheral vision exercises, and not to collapse into prepared channels of information. No tunnel vision!
Our editing function needs to be relearned.
We have minds, we are creative beings, and all of us can bring ourselves to the discovery of what makes the 21st Century tick....now, there's opportunity!
The current media allow us all, no matter where we live, to communicate with anyone/anywhere in the "global village" we now inhabit, and to write the script of the present-into-the-future.
I find it very interesting that CNN newscasters speak to the camera, as if they are the interpreters of the news, then turn to their laptop, and read twitter replies or facebook comments, giving these audience remarks the same weighting as the talking head comments.
Demonstrators in Iran send phone video shots and twitter their news to the world, bypassing their country's closed borders, to make sure that their cause is known.
The "average person" is just as valid as the "expert". This egalitarian aspect to new media is another profound change.
There are changes in the real estate industry, too, which are mirrored in all business models. Franchises, mls databases, magazine advertising, newspaper classifieds, are all 20th Century items that are no longer valid in the 21st.
It's a consumer driven model, now, coupled with new media that puts the consumer in charge of the process.
This is profound, and totally affects the elements that allow a realtor to connect a seller with a buyer. It's not biz as usual! More information? Call me, and find out what I can do for you.
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