To succeed in real estate, you must have a thick skin. When everything is falling apart, the agent who has emotional resilience stays calm and relaxed. Rather than letting the stress get to them, emotionally resilient agents don’t allow difficult clients or crazy situations to get the best of them. When things go wrong, they keep moving forward rather than dwelling on the negative.

To increase your emotional resilience when facing a problem, write down all the possible action steps you could take to address the problem. Even if you hate every option, choose the one that will yield the best results and then implement it. You gain nothing by beating yourself up or continuing to replay it over and over in your head. It only sustains your stress and makes you less effective for even longer.

Everyone fails. The question is how quickly will you get up and try again. The sooner you do it, the more resilient you will be and the less stress you’ll have!