There is an old proverb that says if you want to be happy for an hour, take a nap. If you want to be happy for a day, get drunk. If you want to be happy for a week, kill and eat a pig. But if you want to be happy for a lifetime, love your work.

For some people, loving their work is challenging, which is true of any profession if one dwells on the negatives because every job in the world has its pluses and minuses.

You don't have to enjoy having loans declined; appraisal problems; being shopped against ten other lenders; or long market downturns, but if you let them get you down they will. On the other hand, we have unlimited income potential, a flexible schedule, creative freedom and best of all we get to help people and make others happy by improving their lives every day.

So love your work. Not only will you be happy for a lifetime, but if you love your work, your work will love you back!