Rise to the Moment

Heroes are ordinary people who make themselves extraordinary

Gerard Way

You know some of the names because they were already stars. Players like Toronto's Gabe Springer and Bo Bichette, or Will Smith, Max Muncy, and Tyler Glasnow from the LA Dodgers.

Some of them you could recognize by just one name: Vlad, Mookie, Freddie, and Ohtani.

But the ones that really grasped their moment to be heroes in this year's incredible World Series between the Toronto Blue Jays and the Los Angeles Dodgers were the guys who hadn't really been in the "global spotlight" before. Sure, they have all been "stars" at some level during their ascension to a major league roster, but they weren't household names until this past week.

Then they stepped up and claimed their "moment."

The Blue Jays saw player after player step up to help the team. Alejandro Kirk, Addison Barger, Enrique Hernandez, and Davis Schneider all made a name for themselves. Rookie pitcher Trey Yesavage made his MLB debut in September. Two months ago! He struck out 17 batters in his two starts in the Fall Classic. Ernie Clement set a new postseason record with 30 base hits. He came up a few feet short on what would have been the Series-clinching hit in the bottom of the ninth inning of Game 7.

On the Dodgers side, Miguel Rojas was hitting an unexpected home run with 1 out in the Dodgers' last chance at bat, and then, minutes later making the defensive play of the game to cut down the winning run at home plate, only to be followed by Andy Pages making the jaw-dropping catch of Clement's warning track shot to stay alive and send the game into extra innings. Then there was Yoshinobu Yamamoto, the MVP pitcher who thrilled in Game 2, pitched 6 innings in Game 6, and then delivered 2.2 scoreless innings to secure the Game 7 win.

Are You Ready for Your Hero Moment?

You probably don't know when it's coming, but it's definitely coming. It could be a Buyer show needs the right words and the right moment. Maybe they are waiting for that unicorn house to hit the market, and you are the one who will find it. Negotiating a deal that makes sense? Talking them off the ledge when Buyer's remorse sets in?

Is your Seller just waiting for you to hold that magical Open House that hits the emotional hot button of multiple buyers at once? Can you price-position that listing exactly where it needs to be to draw interest, offers, and a closing date that works for the Sellers' transfer orders?

Will you be the perfect middleman to connect your referral with the perfect agent in their new destination?

Are you the right person for the new volunteer role in your office, at your company, with your local board of Realtors, or at some local organization or group?

The world is watching. Are you ready for your moment in the spotlight?

We can all be heroes; in our virtues, in our homes, in our lives.

James Ellis