positive thinking: Always Think Positive - 07/03/07 04:47 PM
Tuesday, July 3, 2007ALWAYS THINK POSITIVE _____ You cannot always control your circumstances.But, you can control your own thoughts.There is nothing either good or bad,only your thinking makes it so.Things turn out best for those peoplewho can make the best out of the way things turn out.It's not the situation, it's … (7 comments)
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positive thinking: St Joe - Find me a Buyer, FAST! - 07/02/07 03:36 PM
I had previously written a story about how interesting it was that I found companies marketing St. Joseph statues to home sellers.
Well, I guess that idea caught on with Agents.
The California Association of Realtors - which licenses your local Real Estate Professional, has a page on their … (2 comments)
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positive thinking: Positive! Productive! Proactive! - 06/29/07 01:42 PM
...that, I decided is going to be my daily verse. Have you ever heard the sayings, "Thoughts are things" or "Think positive, positive things happen"?After many months of listening to the media portraying a dire Real Estate market, I've decided to start a blog about all of my positive experiences selling homes. Every … (8 comments)
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positive thinking: Zen & The Art Of Real Estate - 06/27/07 10:48 AM
It's true that what you think about you bring about, so be careful. If you're always thinking, "I need more business" or "I need this listing to sell", it's very likely that you'll just continue to feed the need by giving energy to it. The thought and feeling of needing means that … (3 comments)
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positive thinking: Things to budget for as a new or continuing agent - 06/18/07 12:01 AM
The following are a list of things you differently put into your budget. There are things you don't want to short change, but you can still look for good deals.
1) You must budget for ongoing self improvement. Budget for every seminar you can make. Your broker or local board can recommend … (10 comments)
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positive thinking: Business Balls.........Anyone? - 06/09/07 10:33 PM
Business Balls...Anyone?
I found a quirky website, www.BusinessBalls.com, that was launched in 1999 by an English gentleman named Alan Chapman. The site is set up to be an ethical learning and development resource for people and organizations.
There is so much fun AND educational information on this site - you just need … (14 comments)
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positive thinking: More Positive Thoughts - 05/05/07 03:43 PM
"This one step -- choosing a goal and sticking to it -- changes everything." - Scott Reed
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Keep your ideals high enough to inspire you and low enough to encourage you.
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"In the long run, men hit only what they aim at." -- Harry David Thoreau
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"The time is always right to do the … (8 comments)
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positive thinking: Keep Positive Thoughts - 04/30/07 09:39 PM
"Self-managing is Job One. Have a vision and a mission. Surround yourself with talented people. Rely on effective coaching, not managing of employees." -- Tom Gegax
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Daily Thought: Having once decided to achieve a certain task, achieve it at all costs of tedium and distaste. The gain in self-confidence of having accomplished … (4 comments)
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positive thinking: Keeping positive no matter what - 04/27/07 12:59 AM
"What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others." If you have read any of my posts, you know my life has alot of ups and downs, but one thing I have learned is that you have to keep getting … (13 comments)
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positive thinking: Quotes for the week - 04/21/07 07:06 AM
Are you a person with a Cadillac mind but a Pinto performance?
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"It is unfortunate we can't buy many business executives for what they are worth and sell them for what they think they are worth." -- Malcolm Forbes
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Reputation is what you are supposed to be; character is what you are.
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"The time … (2 comments)
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positive thinking: More Inspirational Quotes: - 04/14/07 12:11 PM
If your goal doesn't push you beyond where you've been before--if it doesn't demand your best and a bit more you didn't realize you had in you--it isn't going to change your ways and elevate your lifestyle.
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"Laziness is a secret ingredient that goes into failure. But it's only kept a secret … (1 comments)
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positive thinking: More Inspirational Quotes................ - 04/07/07 11:12 AM
Long-range purposes keep you from being frustrated by short-term failures.
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"Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud." - Sophocles
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Being rich is having money; being wealthy is having time. -Stephen Swid
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Prospecting: Use the person's name immediately. This is crucial. Using their name soon and often causes them to listen more closely to … (4 comments)
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positive thinking: More Quotes - 03/24/07 07:13 AM
"Of all the properties which belong to honorable men, not one is so highly prized as that of character."
Daily Thought: For me, words are a form of action, capable of influencing change. -- Ingrid Bengis
"A wise person does at once what a fool does at last. Both do the same thing, … (0 comments)
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positive thinking: More Inspirational Quotes: - 03/20/07 03:02 PM
Quit looking for the people who you're looking for, and start looking for the people who are looking for you! -Doug Firebaugh
The best inheritance parents can leave a child is a good name.
"The wisest mind has something yet to learn." -- George Santayana
It's often the last key on the ring that … (0 comments)
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positive thinking: Don't talk to me your depressing - 03/20/07 12:59 PM
What we think about is what we become...
I love my job! How about you? The reason I became a Real Estate Professional was because I love homes, people, marketing, and a good challenge. Someone told me the market is down...really? How can that be? When my customers are still buying and selling like there … (0 comments)
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positive thinking: Attitude is Everything... Choose It Wisely!! - 03/12/07 04:27 PM
Have we realized that our attitude is our choice and that we alone can decide how to deal with events in our lives? Have we chosen our attitude? How we answer this question will determine how we position ourselves in life, to face the challenges ahead of us.
Attitude is defined as ones' … (0 comments)
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positive thinking: More Inspirational Quotes: - 03/12/07 03:55 PM
"Play every game as if your job depends on it. It just might." -Casey Stengel
"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye." - Antoine De Saint-Exupery
"You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today."
-- Abraham … (0 comments)
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positive thinking: More Quotes - 03/04/07 02:24 PM
Daily Thought:: Silence is a text easy to misread. -- A. A. Attanasio
"It is very rare that you meet with obstacles in this world (that) the humblest man has not the faculties to surmount." -- Henry David Thoreau
"Life becomes harder for us when we live for others, but it also becomes … (0 comments)
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positive thinking: Are you MAD at YOURSELF? - 03/01/07 05:42 PM
Do you ever run into people who are upset about something & want someone else to blame?
I have clients & prospective clients who are mad at their last real estate agent for maybe, letting them buy a house or investment. The market since shifted & now they are mad. Are they really … (2 comments)
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positive thinking: More Quotes: - 02/26/07 05:32 PM
"Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must undergo the fatigue of supporting it." -- Thomas Paine, patriot
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"We've got to have a dream if we are going to make a dream come true." -- Denis Waitley
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The best remedy for puffed-up pride is a pinprick.
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Call people back immediately. One of … (0 comments)
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positive thinking: More Quotes: - 02/22/07 10:33 AM
"If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door." -- Milton Berle
My riches consist not in the extent of my possessions but in the fewest of my wants. J. Brotherton
Mistakes are a fact of life: It is the response to the error that counts. -Nikki Giovanni
"Never continue in a job you don't enjoy. … (0 comments)
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positive thinking: More Quotes - 02/19/07 09:17 AM
Daily Thought: "Great talents are the most lovely and often the most dangerous fruits on the tree of humanity. They hang upon the most slender twigs that are easily snapped off." - C. G. Jung, Psychological Reflections
"When life's problems seem overwhelming, look around and see what other people are coping with. … (21 comments)
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positive thinking: What's your Super Power? - 02/18/07 02:33 PM
So, I have been putting a lot of thought into the "Power of the Universe" lately. I think that it has been a long time coming, and with my favorite show "Heroes" and all the reading I have done, most recently with "The Secret," and with my insanely brainwashing listening to … (21 comments)
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positive thinking: If you don't know the Secret read this - 02/16/07 11:09 PM
Today in my WCR luncheon my friend was talking and asked who in the room knew about the Secret as we were just discussing it. Only 7 out of 40 people knew. So I thought I would blog about it as it can really change peoples lives. I have been practicing … (79 comments)
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positive thinking: Six things you can do to eliminate these obstacles and develop a Positive Mental Attitude: - 02/16/07 08:36 AM
1. Instead of worrying about who did what and who is to blame, focus on where you want to be and what you want to do. Get a clear mental image of your ideal successful future, and then take whatever action you can to begin moving in that direction.2. Focus on … (1 comments)
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positive thinking: Good Quotes - 02/08/07 10:03 AM
"Whenever anyone has offended me, I try to raise my soul so high that the offense cannot reach it." -- Rene Descartes, philosopher
The world is divided into two classes, those who believe the incredible, and those who do the improbable.
Never does the human soul appear so strong and noble as when … (0 comments)
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positive thinking: All aboard!! It's your choice. - 01/25/07 01:28 PM
What a great year this is starting out to be. I keep hearing how bad the market is and how slow everyone is and blah blah blah. But you know, I'm selling houses. At the beginning of every year, I have a figure in mind, of how much income I want … (77 comments)
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positive thinking: Quote of the day!! - 01/14/07 11:12 PM
The big challenge is to become all that you have the possibility of becoming. You cannot believe what it does to the human spirit to maximize your human potential and stretch yourself to the limit.Pity the man who inherits a million dollars and who isn't a millionaire. Here's what would be … (0 comments)
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positive thinking: Sunday Quote of the day!! - 12/17/06 02:34 AM
Positive thinking will always make your day better:
I want to know God's thoughts... the rest are details. ~ Albert Einstein An eye for eye only ends up making the whole world blind. ~ M.K. Gandhi Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, the mind can achieve. ~ Dr. Napoleon Hill Keep away … (1 comments)
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positive thinking: Friday Quote Of the Day!! - 12/14/06 11:35 PM
Enjoy
Watch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your actions; they become habits. Watch your habits; they become character. Watch your character: it becomes your destiny.-Frank Outlaw
Failure is only the opportunity to more intelligently begin again.-Henry Ford
Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in … (14 comments)
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positive thinking: Tuesday Quote of the day - 12/12/06 12:31 AM
Great people are just ordinary people with great desire!!
Success is in direct proportion to your commitment to excellence or your love of what you do, regardless of your chosen field of endeavour.
Obstacles are what you see when you take your eyes off your goals.
Life starts when you stop talking and start … (0 comments)
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positive thinking: Saturday Quote of the day! - 12/09/06 08:26 PM
Everybody hates me because I'm so universally liked.- Peter de Vries
Work is the curse of the drinking classes.- Oscar Wilde
Under democracy one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the other party is unfit to rule - and both commonly succeed, and are right.- HL … (0 comments)
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positive thinking: Wednesday Quote of the day!! - 12/06/06 03:04 AM
"Life does not require us to make good; it asks only that we give our best at each level of experience."- Harold RuoppTakers ultimately lose, but givers win forever. This is a rule the universe never breaks. -Douglas M. LawsonA minute of success pays for years of failure.-Robert Browning
Have a greate day … (0 comments)
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positive thinking: Tuesday Positive thinking - 12/05/06 02:19 AM
Failure is only the opportunity to more intelligently begin again. Henry FordHonesty is the first chapter of the book of wisdom. Thomas JeffersonSuccess seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go. William Feather
Thank you Ivan Warmanwww.rightabouthomes.com
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positive thinking: Dare to Soar - 11/29/06 11:26 AM
"Your attitude, almost always determines your altitude in life."
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positive thinking: Positive thinking and talking - 11/06/06 12:00 PM
As per usual, the market has slowed down somewhat this time of year. Often times buyers don't like to think about moving around Christmas so many don't aggressively look until the New Year. However, business hasn't died completely and as agents it isn't such a good idea to continually discuss how … (2 comments)
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positive thinking: One of my favorite Quotes - 10/03/06 11:04 AM
So I'm at my desk working on a few files getting them ready to close and I'm just noticing what I'm surrounded by.
To my right, actually taped to my cpu is the following:
"People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their … (8 comments)
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positive thinking: Why is this happening to ME? - 09/13/06 09:36 AM
I found this in my inbox today. I don't mean it to be or not be religious but the point is good nonetheless:
Blessings Come In DisguiseAuthor UnknownThe only survivor of a shipwreck washed up on a small, uninhabited island. He prayed feverishly for God to rescuehim, and every day he scanned … (5 comments)
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positive thinking: S*U*C*C*E*S*S....... that's the way we spell SUCCESS....or is it? - 09/06/06 08:42 PM
Success is defined at least by one source as "the achievement of something desired, planned or attempted" and by another source as "an event that accomplishes its intended purpose".
Which means that more likely than not, we have many successes per day that we do not recognize. Instead we take daily accomplishments for … (0 comments)
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positive thinking: The principle of the law of attraction. - 07/20/06 08:11 PM
How important is it to maintain a positive attitude? How important is it to distill negative atttitudes, that surround us on a daily basis. There are literally hundreds of stories and illustrations, that show "you get what you give" & also "you get what you focus on". If you focus on … (1 comments)
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