ARCHIVED BLOG POSTS
2013
This is a great post about passion. I make a distinction between coach and consultant. While both coaches and consultants help facilitate personal development, the approaches and goals are very different. Here’s how:Consultants are problem solvers. The consultant goes in with expertise to look...
08/29/2013
If you live in the lower Hudson Valley of New York you need to take some R&R time and go visit Cold Spring, NY. I was introduced to this town by a client of mine, Tana McGuire, owner of the Branding Iron Restaurant in Peekskill. Tana invited us to attend the Shakespeare Festival at nearby Bosco...
08/28/2013
Currently there are a variety of generations entering real estate sales. We are seeing people who have already had successful careers getting their real estate license. At the other end of the spectrum we have new agents with little or no experience. Add to this the fact that home buyers and...
08/24/2013
I joined Active Rain in 2011 because a member of my BNI group, Debbie Gartner suggested that it would help my business. She told me how successful Active Rain has been for her business. Debbie helped me set up my page and mentored me. After blogging for several years I definitely agree. The A...
08/21/2013
“What we have here is a failure to communicate!” That line from Cool Hand Luke sums up a common problem. In order to have progress of any kind we must communicate. Since we do not live in a vacuum we cannot run our business or our lives that way. Often, in our experience, when we find an organiza...
08/17/2013
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Employers and hiring managers make a big mistake when they use experience as the primary criteria for hiring a candidate. This is different than saying that knowledge of the job and the requisite skills and knowledge are not important. They certainly are. Of course, you want the right person for...
08/10/2013
Mike's point teaches this: Whatever you plant you will harvest. You can't plant the negative and get the positive. Is is important to use positive affirmations if you want to achieve your goals and dreams."The mind is its own place and in itself, can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven", Jo...
08/04/2013
Great communication is a two way process. That means that a message is sent and received. Your words, no matter how well chosen, may fail to get your message out. If your message did not result in increased knowledge or prompt a specific action then your message was not received. You will not be ...
08/02/2013