Maples Realty

It’s Tuesday.

Which is basically Monday’s annoying little sister who shows up uninvited and somehow has more opinions. 🤨

Here’s a short story for you, made long, in true Tracee fashion.

Over 21 years ago, when I first got into property management, I was hired as a bookkeeper for a local company.

One month I got a call from a property owner who was irritated because his statement was wrong. He was explaining the issue while I sat there staring at it thinking, “Well… I definitely messed something up.” 😅

Finally I said:
‘Gosh, I don’t know what I did, but boy I sure did mess it up — and I’ll fix it.’

The owner got quiet for a second… then started laughing.

He said he couldn’t believe I just owned it.

But here’s the thing:
If I’m the one who messed something up, wasting time passing the buck doesn’t help anybody. It just makes problems bigger and solutions slower.

That lesson stuck with me.

To this day, if I drop the ball, I’ll own it.
If I make a mistake, I’ll fix it.
If I owe someone an apology, they’ll get one.

Now… I won’t take blame for things that aren’t my fault just to keep the peace. 😏
But accountability and transparency matter to me — in business and in life.

None of us are perfect.
What matters is how we handle it when we aren’t.

— Tracee, Maples Realty