9 Primary Elements of Self-Leadership - 01/31/08 10:59 AM
I am going to do a 9-part of blog series on the elements that I believe you need for Self-Leadership. The top of the list of is Self-Imagery How do you see yourself. I have heard people refer to themselves as fat or as a loser. I hear them refer to themselves
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Effective Steps to a Great Credit Score - 01/29/08 10:25 AM
I pull credit it is a part of my job and I hear all of the excuses on why people's credit is the way it is. Often times, I feel like a priest as people confess to me their financial woes. I think my disclosures notices are stronger than a priests at
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Ben Franklin - Much Ado by Reading - 01/27/08 10:46 PM
I was listening to the weekending show of Paul Harvey and he was talking about Ben Franklin and his many accomplishments with just two years of formal education. I decided to do a little research and here is what I found out. INVENTOR - Stove, lightning rod, bifocals and many others... MEDICINE
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I get knocked down - 01/24/08 11:08 AM
"I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed." Michael Jordan But, I get up again. Sometimes,
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Haha, and they are my competition - I scoff - 01/23/08 11:05 AM
I received this email this am from a client I talked to on Monday they are looking at making an offer on a house today............."I just wanted to say thank you for taking the time with us last night. After speaking with Marcie, it seemed like that M*** girl was really rushing her
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A FSBO Trap - 01/21/08 05:07 PM
I recently spoke to a friend of mine whose mom lived on the lake front here in Michigan City. She was having some issues with her taxes and was too proud to tell anyone. Well, she placed an ad in the local paper and never consulted a Realtor, an appraiser or
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Your Mumbo Jumbo Jargon Confuses Me - 01/17/08 01:53 PM
Last year, I was working with what I thought to be a seasoned Real Estate Agent. We had a less than honest client who was telling her one thing and me quite the other. I have said this more than once that I have the most intrusive job in America. But,
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Political Humor - 01/17/08 07:40 AM
Once upon a time, on a farm in Texas , there was a little red hen who scratched about the barnyard until she uncovered quite a few grains of wheat. She called all of her neighbors together and said, 'If we plant this wheat, we shall have bread to eat. Who
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Beyond - Daily Quote - 01/17/08 06:57 AM
"Give of yourself. Be of service to others. Only what you give can be multiplied back into your own life."Mary Kay Ash (1918-2001)American businesspersonfounder of Mary Kay Inc. Recently my wife joined Mary Kay as a representative. I always understood MK to be a MLM and I am not opposed to those,
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Daily Quote - Working - 01/15/08 07:11 PM
"Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It's not a day when you lounge around doing nothing; it's when you've had everything to do, and you've done it."Margaret Thatcher (1925 - )British politician, first woman in European historyto be elected prime minister I am extremely satisfied most
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Daily Quote - 01/14/08 12:16 PM
"This is your wake-up call...go to work."Gordon Gekkocorporate raider from the movie "Wall Street" (1987) I seen and read that many of the drive-by media are comparing our mortgage meltdown to a stock market crash. So, I thought the quote of the day should be from the movie "Wall Street". I believe
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Read the Label - 01/11/08 04:55 PM
I love my wife and she is a very hard worker. Well, we have really divided the work over the years and since I am the better cook. I do the cooking and keep the kitchen respectful and she does the laundry. She is an incredibly smart person. She is probably
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Home Buyer Seminar - 01/10/08 08:41 AM
Home Buyer Seminar on January 16th at 6:30pm at 705 Franklin Topics discussed will be "buying a home with little or no money down" & "tips on buying in a buyers market" With Speaker and Home Buying Coach Dave Woodson Dave is a Mortgage Consultant and Planner specializing in First-time Home Buyers and FHA.
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One good deed a day - then blow your own horn - 01/07/08 04:55 PM
I like to do one good deed a day and it is a great way to meet Realtors. When I go to a meeting I will take the normal way there, but on the way back I will take an entirely new way back to office. I do this to find
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Ipod University - what my Ipod teaches me #2 - 01/02/08 11:12 PM
Back in September, I posted a AR blog about what's on my Ipod and what it teaches me. Well, back then I promised to share more. I have added and deleted a few of the podcasts. I see one issue of some of the podcasts and that is consistency. I had
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A goal shared - it has to come through - 01/02/08 06:01 PM
I had posted several blogs on goals and one of those was that you needed to share your goals in order for people to hold you accountable and make you work harder for it to happen. Well, here is one of mine that will happen before March 01, 2008. I will
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Goals: a lesson in how to: Part #2 - 01/01/08 10:58 AM
Yesterday, I screwed up and even forgot what one letter was, but I was able to go back and fix before to many people saw. If you were one of the ones that saw it, I am sorry. Please go back and look at it. Yes, I am am even a
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