In times of change learners inherit the earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.

--Eric Hoffler

More than ever before, this challenging economy is demanding concessions of all of us.  We at the Hartman Home Team realize that if we don't embrace change, we become obsolete.  No one I know wants to be stagnant or remain ignorant.

Charles Darwin discovered this truth in his study of sea turtles.  He concluded that it's not the strongest of the species that survive.  It's not the most intelligent.  But the ones more responsive to change.

Man, it's easy to apathetically kick back in these times, and let circumstances or bad habits dictate the course of my destiny.  Rather, the good that can be gleened from the challenges we face in 2009 comes with the realization that in addressing and changing bad habits and positively managing our circumstances, we find character and greatness.

If my observations are even a little correct, what once was the status quo in real estate, management, administration -- even parenting -- will become obsolete.  The old Native American adage, "Short time alive, long time dead," becomes ever more poignant here.

At the Hartman Home Team we realize that if we just sit back and wait for change, it might not come.  We're taking change into our own hands.  We're convinced we can change anything, anytime, anyplace -- through life, and through keeping our clients #1, always.