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We all need to feel significant and secure!Three questions everyone of us asks ourselves every day are:1.  Am I loved?2.  Am I accepted?3.  Am I valued?The answer to those three questions is YES, YES, YES!  You can be the difference maker!You and your clients need to feel valued and become all yo...
05/01/2008
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We just learned a painful lesson.  We have been working with a person who gave us a huge bill that we did not create.  We negotiated an agreement and backed out of the deal.Some lessons we learned:1. If a prospective client has a lot of emotional baggage and they feel too heavy, don't work with t...
05/01/2008
Who are you?Are you an agent or a home stager or are you a person?Maybe you can try a different approach:  1. Identify the problem first.  2. Then offer some effective solutions.People want to work with you because they feel you can help them solve their problem.Let's think inside out for a minut...
05/01/2008
My wife and I have established some criteria for ourselves and our leadership team.  We know that not every meet person will fit into one of our leadership teams.  We look for creative, risk-taking, teamplayers.We always ask three questions of every potential leader:1. Can you to the job?2. Will ...
04/25/2008
What do you feel when you hear the word fear?I feel a crippling enemy who wants to destroy me.  My whole life was centered around fear.  Fear of rejection, fear of failure and fear that I didn't have what it took to be successful.Over the past 35 years I have been attacking that giant with faith ...
04/25/2008
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We hear lots of ways of how to live a balanced life.I think of balance as learning the unforced rhythms of living freely and lightly.  We can control our choices, our words and our actions.There are many things we can't control.  I have learned that it is a waste of time and a very destructive ha...
04/25/2008
Friends, I wanted to share a poem with you that I wrote back in 2005.  I have the most beautiful, precious and priceless treasure that money could never buy.  My wife is the wind beneath my wings.Husbands, your greatest resource in your field of real estate is your wife.  You are created to love ...
04/25/2008
One of our coaches revealed a gold mine of wisdom to us recently.  She said that marketing is gardening and not hunting.  Without realizing it, my wife has planted more seeds than you could ever imagine.A prominent leader in our city called her and told her that he sees her everywhere.  She and h...
04/25/2008
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What makes you distinct?   How are you different than other real estate professionals?Why don't you get out a sheet of paper or your computer and start brainstorming your ideas of how you are distinct?Go wild!  Dare to step out of your comfort zone!  Write every thought and word you can think of....
04/24/2008
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One of the presidential candidates intrigues me.  I am thinking of Barack Obama.He is one of the most creative people when it comes to his perception.  He is perceived by many people as a unifier.  He chooses his words wisely.Even though his voting record is the most liberal in Congress, he is pe...
04/24/2008
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