Welcome to this edition of My Monday Message.....This week we have the opportunity to forget about our past mistakes or failures and realize our future is not determined by the past, but rather by what we do today. Life is a collection of millions and millions of decisions and actions. You can make a ton of mistakes. You can choose the wrong road sometimes. The best part about life is that you always, always, always can make another choice. You can make another decision. You can get up and work harder and smarter and make a difference for the better. You just have to want to. Today, this week, and every day going forward let us take what life has to give us and make something of it. Let us go out and get what we want. Let us make a positive difference for all those around us. Let's make this the best week of the year!!!
"The world ain't all sunshine and rainbows. It's a very mean and nasty place and I don't care how tough you are it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain't about how hard ya hit. It's about how hard you can get it and keep moving forward. How much you can take and keep moving forward. That's how winning is done! Now if you know what you're worth then go out and get what you're worth. But ya gotta be willing to take the hits, and not pointing fingers saying you ain't where you wanna be because of him, or her, or anybody! Cowards do that and that ain't you! You're better than that!" - Rocky Balboa
ENCOURAGEMENT CORNER...
It takes Courage
It takes strength to be firm, It takes courage to be gentle.
It takes strength to conquer, It takes courage to surrender.
It takes strength to be certain, It takes courage to have doubt.
It takes strength to fit in, It takes courage to stand out.
It takes strength to feel a friend's pain, It takes courage to feel your own pain.
It takes strength to endure abuse, It takes courage to stop it.
It takes strength to stand alone, It takes courage to lean on another.
It takes strength to love, It takes courage to be loved.
It takes strength to survive, It takes courage to live.
WORDS TO LIVE BY...
Every day do something that will inch you closer to a better tomorrow.
Doug Firebaugh
The secret of life isn't what happens to you, but what you do with what happens to you.
Norman Vincent Peale
Nothing diminishes anxiety faster than action.
Walter Anderson
The person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.
Albert Einstein
The best way to predict your future is to create it.
Abraham Lincoln
You drown not by falling into a river, but by staying submerged in it.
Paulo Coelho
The elevator to success is out of order. You'll have to use the stairs... one step at a time.
Joe Girard
Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall.
Confucius
This week we have the opportunity to do something great. Let's go do it.
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What does all this mean and where am I going with this?
Northbridge MA Real Estate Market Report for January 2012
In January of 2012 there was 3 homes that closed within the month for Northbridge Massachusetts. This is the same amount of units as there were 3 homes that closed in January of 2011.
The Average list price for the homes that closed in Northbridge for January of 2011 was $251,767
The Average list price for the homes that closed in Northbridge for January of 2012 was $195,357
The Average sale price for the homes that closed in Northbridge for January of 2011 was $240,000
The Average sale price for the homes that closed in Northbridge for January of 2012 was $185,000
The Average Market time for the homes that closed in Northbridge in January of 2011 was 111 days.
The Average Market time for the homes that closed in Northbridge January of 2012 was 114 days.
6 homes went under agreement in Northbridge Masssachusetts in the month of January. The average list price of the homes that went under agreement was $328,233. The average time on the market for these Northbridge MA homes was 162 days.
January - December 2009 - 20011 Market Statistics for Northbridge Massachusetts
In Northbridge MA for the period of January to December of 2011 there were 89 properties sold.
In Northbridge MA for the period of January to December of 2010 there were 90 properties sold.
In Northbridge MA for the period of January to December 2009 there were 117 properties sold.
In Northbridge MA for the period of January to December in 2011 the average list price was $270,662 the average sale price was $260,582 and the average market time was 169 days.
In Northbridge MA for the period of January to December in 2010 the average list price was $292,115 the average sale price was $281,847 and the average market time was 120 days.
In Northbridge MA for the period of January to December in 2009 the average list price was $280,651 the average sale price was $270,931 and the average time on the market was 131 days.
** The above statistics are for single family homes only and do not include condo's or Multi-family homes in Northbridge Massachusetts.
Below are market reports for other towns in the Northbridge area:
Selling a home in Northbridge Massachusetts or other Metrowest town is heavily dependant on pricing your home properly and picking an agent that will create an "online market presence" for your home. As a home seller, you need to be aware that the market in Northbridge and many other Metrowest communities has changed over the last five years. We are no longer in a seller's market. When selling a home in Northbridge Massachusetts, it pays to have a pro in your corner representing you. For a comprehensive view of how we exposure your home to the masses see Northbridge MA Real Estate.
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About the author: The above Northbridge Massachusetts Real Estate Market report was provided by Bill Gassett, a Nationally recognized leader in his field. Bill can be reached via email at billgassett@remaxexec.com or by phone at 508-435-5356. Bill has helped people move in and out of Northbridge MA and other Metrowest towns for the last 25+ Years.
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Welcome to this edition of The Monday Morning Message....I, hope, this week you have the opportunity to make great strides in reaching every goal we have set for ourselves. We can and should take steps this week to move forward in the process of success. Along the way, we will face many obstacles. Today and every day there will be people and situations that will get in our way. You and only you can make the decision to focus on what you need to. Accomplish what you need to. Do what is necessary to achieve the success you are aspiring to. Sometimes bad things happen to good people. There is no explanation for it, but we must learn to always take every situation and turn it into something positive and learn from it. A successful life is not one that is handed to you. It is one that is built day by day and decision by decision. Your success is up to you each and every day. Let's make this the best week of the year!!!
ENCOURAGEMENT CORNER...
Michael Josephson
18 Random Rules Of Life
Find the lesson in every failure, and you'll never fail.
The likelihood that you're right is not increased by the intensity of your conviction.
Real friends help you feel worthy and make you want to be better.
When you're in a hole, stop digging.
Don't confuse fun with fulfillment or pleasure with happiness.
Refusing to let go of a grudge is refusing to use the key that will set you free.
Hating hurts you more than the person you hate.
Counting on luck is counting on random chance; your odds are much better when you plan and work.
It's better to be kind than clever.
Don't underestimate the power of persistence.
The easy way is rarely the best way.
It's much easier to burst someone else's bubble than to blow up your own.
You can't avoid pain, but you can avoid suffering.
Self-pity is a losing strategy; it repels others and weakens you.
Shortcuts usually produce short success.
Control your attitude or it will control you.
It's more important to be significant than successful.
The world is waiting for you to heal it.
WORDS TO LIVE BY...
Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.
Henry Ford
Some of the world's greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible.
Doug Larson
Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.
T.S. Eliot
Success isn't a result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on fire.
Arnold H. Glasow
If you want to make your dreams come true, the first thing you have to do is wake up.
J.M. Power
It is never too late to be who you might have been.
George Eliot
How am I going to live today in order to create the tomorrow I'm committed to?
Anthony Robbins
The impossible is often the untried.
Jim Goodwin
This week we have the opportunity to do something great. Let's go do it.
Welcome to this edition of The Morning Message...... this week we have the opportunity to focus on making good decisions that will advance us forward toward our goals. Do you realize that each small decision that we individually make adds up to the mediocre or fantastic success we will have? The small things really do matter. If we are better at making the small decisions then the big ones just become easier and easier. Let us focus on making sure that we are aware of all of the decisions we make daily, the small ones and the big ones. Let us not allow negative habits to make bad decisions for us. Rather, let us re-train and re-focus our habits to make great decisions at every level daily. If you want to have a better relationship - work on the small decisions. If you want to have better health - work on the small decisions. If you want to be more productive and have better results at your career - work on the small decisions. All of these seemingly small choices or decisions add up to who you are today. Change your decisions and change who you are for the better. Key Words this week: Discipline, Action, Decisions, Habits. Let's make this the best week of the year.
ENCOURAGEMENT CORNER...
The Test
By: Unknown
The most destructive habit.........................Worry
The greatest Joy..................................Giving
The greatest loss..................................Loss of self-respect
The most satisfying work......................Helping others
The ugliest personality trait....................Selfishness
The most endangered species................Dedicated leaders
Any day we wish; we can discipline ourselves to change it all. Any day we wish; we can open the book that will open our mind to new knowledge. Any day we wish; we can start a new activity. Any day we wish; we can start the process of life change. We can do it immediately, or next week, or next month, or next year.
We can also do nothing. We can pretend rather than perform. And if the idea of having to change ourselves makes us uncomfortable, we can remain as we are. We can choose rest over labor, entertainment over education, delusion over truth, and doubt over confidence. The choices are ours to make. But while we curse the effect, we continue to nourish the cause. As Shakespeare uniquely observed, "The fault is not in the stars, but in ourselves." We created our circumstances by our past choices. We have both the ability and the responsibility to make better choices beginning today. Those who are in search of the good life do not need more answers or more time to think things over to reach better conclusions. They need the truth. They need the whole truth. And they need nothing but the truth.
We cannot allow our errors in judgment, repeated every day, to lead us down the wrong path. We must keep coming back to those basics that make the biggest difference in how our life works out. And then we must make the very choices that will bring life, happiness and joy into our daily lives.
And if I may be so bold to offer my last piece of advice for someone seeking and needing to make changes in their life-If you don't like how things are, change it! You're not a tree. You have the ability to totally transform every area in your life-and it all begins with your very own power of choice.
To Your Success,
WORDS TO LIVE BY...
Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life; love illuminates it.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus. Martin Luther King, Jr.
All progress is precarious, and the solution of one problem brings us face to face with another problem. Martin Luther King, Jr.
I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Whatever your life's work is, do it well. A man should do his job so well that the living, the dead, and the unborn could do it no better. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?' Martin Luther King, Jr.
This week we have the opportunity to do something great. Let's go do it.
There are 14 Open Houses This Weekend in Milton. Even thought it will be colder than it has been, there are still lots of choices in the way of open houses this weekend. If you cannot make the open house and want to see properties in Milton, just give me a call @ 617.980.9025.
37 Revere Street Jan 14 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM $245,000 136 Audubon Road Jan 15 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM $314,499 28 Pond St Jan 15 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM $375,000 5 Hope Ave Jan 15 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM $379,000 68 Harbor View Jan 15 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM $425,000 25 Parkway Cres Jan 15 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM $429,000 42 Pope Hill Rd Jan 14 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM $429,900 102 Brook Rd Jan 15 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM $439,000 14 Hope Avenue Jan 15 1:00 PM to 3:30 PM $464,000 90 Central Ave Jan 15 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM $479,000 54 Briarfield Rd Jan 15 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM $489,000 24 KENILWORTH Rd Jan 15 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM $559,000 57 Buckingham Rd Jan 15 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM $575,000 68 Meredith Cr. Jan 15 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM $759,000
An eight-year-old boy approached an old man in front of a wishing well, looked up into his eyes, and asked: "I understand you're a very wise man. I'd like to know the secret of life."
The old man looked down at the youngster and replied: "I've thought a lot in my lifetime, and the secret can be summed up in four words.
The first is think. Think about the values you wish to live your life by.
The second is believe. Believe in yourself based on the thinking you've done about the values you're going to live your life by.
The third is dream. Dream about the things that can be, based on your belief in yourself and the values you're going to live by.
The last is dare. Dare to make your dreams become reality, based on your belief in yourself and your values."
And with that, Walter E. Disney said to the little boy, "Think, Believe, Dream, and Dare."
~ Author Unknown ~
WORDS TO LIVE BY...
"We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give."
~ Winston Churchill
"Each day is a new life. Seize it. Live it."
~ David Guy Powers
"Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined."
~ Henry David Thoreau
"Trust your own instinct. Your mistakes might as well be your own, instead of someone else's."
~ Billy Wilder
"Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do."
~ Benjamin Spock
"To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you. "
~ Lewis B. Smedes
"We tend to live up to our expectations."
~ Earl Nightingale
"Fall seven times, stand up eight."
~ Japanese Proverb
This week we have the opportunity to do something great. Let's go do it.
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