mentors: Mentors Are Valuable....But Need to be Used...etc. - 07/23/08 08:55 PM
I'm giving a talk at a college recently, and this was what was coverd in the class, and I got some ideas from Lou Tice....
What is a mentor? What is that mentors do? Can having a mentor help you succeed?
These days, there are many sophisticated tools available to
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mentors: An Outstanding Leader Reveals How to Be An Effective Leader! - 07/13/08 11:06 AM
This post is dedicated to Gary Woltal from Texas, one of my greatest encouragers, here on the Active Rain Community! He was impressed with our upcoming speaker for our 2008 NAWBO July Meeting here in Boise, Idaho. He asked me to give a report so this is what I learned from our
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mentors: IT'S June and Never Been a Better Time to Call Tom Braatz for Investment Properties CALL RIGHT NOW!! - 06/28/08 07:49 PM
Last year we made a gob of money for people in investment properties - an insane amount of money. What you need to now is pick up the phone and add a bunch of zeros to your bank account. Last year alone we literally sold a billion dollars worth of investments.
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mentors: Make sure you hang out with Positive People!!!! - 05/19/08 08:00 PM
It must be terribly difficult for anyone that recently started their career in Real Estate. To start off in a down market must make it very tough to keep your spirits up and not wonder "have I done the right thing? We make a huge investment in time and money
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mentors: The Value of Being Mentored (Part 1) - 05/13/08 01:06 PM
I have become who I am because of several marvelous mentors!
In this post I want to share about two inspirational influencers in my life!
My first mentor is my wife, Irene. She is my best friend! When she met me in graduate school 31 years ago, she saw me as a
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mentors: Maintaining Confidence When Things Get Tough - 3 Tips - 05/06/08 12:04 PM
The most essential quality to sales success or really any success in your life - is your ability to maintain confidence when times get tough. When it seems like everything around you is falling apart, its more important then every to remain focused and confident and to keep a positive attitude! Its
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mentors: Tuesday’s Tip #53: Specialists on Your Team - 04/08/08 06:43 PM
Over the past year, I’ve talked quite a bit about the importance of putting together a solid team of advisors and workers in your investing. The right team will make or break your efforts to invest wisely. Given the nature of the current market, I encourage you to really get serious
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mentors: Rock Star REALTOR -- Everybody - Needs Somebody... - 12/10/07 08:08 PM
Oh My...sometimes life's lessons come in little ways, others in big - and still others in rock star moments when you realize there are messages that need to be shared, need to be expressed - especially during the trying times we all find ourselves in. I went to a Keith Urban
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mentors: Who’s your Mentor? - 10/22/07 02:37 PM
We will only grow to the level of those who we surround yourself with. With that in mind - who do you look to for mentorship on the Spiritual? The Physical? The Financial? The Business? Family and Marriage? Who you look up to and mentor with will determine your capacity and future
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mentors: Denise Says: If you can DREAM it, YOU can do it! - 10/18/07 06:41 PM
By Denise Lones M.I.R.M., CSP It was a cold and rainy day when I sat down with my broker for our weekly meeting. I was a relatively new agent in his office, but I was slowly learning how to double (and then triple) my income without working seven days a week. After
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mentors: Denise Says: A look at one Last Lecture - 10/11/07 07:25 PM
By Denise Lones M.I.R.M., CSP There was a moment this week that everything stopped. The world, in its constant grind forward, came to a sudden standstill. I couldn't hear my phone ringing. I couldn't read my inbox. I couldn't see my assistant standing before me. What caused my entire existence to freeze? This
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mentors: Get Thee a Mentor for your Real Estate Business!!! - 09/29/07 08:17 PM
I have struck gold! I don't believe in accidents or coincidence. I believe we create our reality. And boy was I brilliant in creating the broker I selected to place my real estate sales associate license under. Because that person has turned out to be far more than just a boss,
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mentors: Seminars, Seminars, Coaching, Coaching - 08/13/07 08:54 AM
I wanted to write this blog to see and hear all of your thoughts. A few months ago I attended a seminar from Tom Ferry, a California based coach. I am still not sure if he is or isn't related to Mike Ferry. Would seem odd if he isn't. I ended up
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mentors: Cultivating Our Own Gardens - 06/03/07 09:10 PM
We are all in a steady process of cultivating the gardens of our lives, becoming our best selves , the selves we were destined to be. The ending of Candide, by Voltaire, illustrates this quite well : " "There is a concatenation of all events in the best of
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mentors: Value of having mentors in your career - 04/17/07 12:50 PM
"You should have a mentor." or, "You should have goals." or "You should have a business plan." All very good advice received with eagerness but for the most part very rarely taken! Fresh out of college I joined a technology manufacturing company in the Midwest. A few months into the job
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mentors: Land Chasers? - 03/10/07 03:04 PM
What in the heck is Land Chasers? I know I haven’t taken the time to really explain what we do for
you and so I thought it would be a good time for me to do just that, given the
amount of feedback and questions we’ve been receiving. I’ll admit that when I
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mentors: for Kids sake foundation - 01/19/07 07:35 PM
If you are moving, or need to spring clean and have items such as clothing, shoes, accessories, bedding, drapes and curtains, housewares, toys and games, tools, working tvs, radios and other small appliances in good condition you no longer need please think of for Kids sake foundation. This is a foundation that is
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mentors: Value in the Sphere of Influence - 12/30/06 09:19 PM
About 6 months ago I called a man I had never met. A man named Jerry Wallace. I had a question about selling land at auction. A month after that I called another man I have never met named Robert Mayo. I had a question about recruiting agents. About 6 weeks ago
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mentors: The gift of tears - 12/15/06 07:00 AM
Well, when it comes to ActiveRain I have been kind of quiet all week long. While I've popped into the rain here and there... and made some comments, I have not posted. I didn't post for a couple of reasons. First, after reading many of the last few posts by Jeff Turner I
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mentors: Warning--Blogging Breakdown! - 12/02/06 10:05 PM
I have several unrelated thoughts I want to share with you. (Breaking of -stick to a single subject rule-). #1 I think I am missing a button or two from my edits menu. I cannot change text size and it drives me nuts. #2 I may never write again. There are so many
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mentors: This Clown gets a Carnival and I owe it to being Active in the Rain - 11/11/06 09:34 AM
You gotta admit one of the GREAT things you can say about Matt and Active Rain is if you DIDN'T know what the heck a blog was, you sure will in a very short time. If you got kids... you might even be able to stand proud, puff out your chest and
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mentors: DIVE IN to the "INSIDE JOKES" on Active Rain - 10/02/06 07:28 PM
To all the new members here on AR I just want to point something out... you and your words are welcome.
PLEASE do not be afraid to dive in and post a blog or make a comment.
You may notice that others here have quickly established
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mentors: NO SALE! for Good Morning America - 10/02/06 05:12 PM
If you didn't catch the conclusion of GMA's "Sell Your House In a Week Challenge"... well it was NOT a happy ending. Real estate expert Barbara Corcoran gave it her all to prepare and market the NJ house and get it sold in 1 week. And while they had 80 people
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mentors: Who carrys the torch for YOU? - 09/02/06 10:09 AM
After reading "the lovely wife's" blog on LOCK AND LOAD, it made me realize that TEAMS, especially husband/wife teams have a lot of selling potential that a single Realtor does not. A team has double opinions, time, ideas, and support for each other. Not that I am furtively wishing I was
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mentors: Getting Started - 08/22/06 08:37 PM
Some companies offer a comprehensive training program (we know that state licensing courses and exams don't prepare you for the practical aspects of real estate) and others are old school - here's your desk, here's your phone - go sell real estate. The best opportunity you have to really learn the ropes
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