I watched a few videos this morning from the TED conference. I'm always tempted to make it seem like "I've know this for a while" (about any cool website or idea or concept) but - truth is - until this morning, I didn't know what the TED conference was! It was something that Seth Godin mentioned in his new book, "Tribes" (more about that in a minute). I checked out TED to see what it was. It is an invitation only conference of really smart people with the latest and greatest thoughts & ideas. What's cool is how all these thoughts and ideas are made available on this website. It's even more cool that the sharing of thoughts and ideas is happening at such an exceedingly high level.  It made me think about why we started Diamond Dwellings.  Why do we care about sharing ideas?

This TED video is about amazingly powerful "hacks" being done with the remote from a Nintendo Wii

That idea doesn't really have anything to do with real estate.  It just makes the point that ideas - especially technology driven ideas - are advancing rapidly.  My friend and new business associate, Lane Bailey, has a great knack for bringing analogies back to real estate. So, I'll attempt to do that here with this thought-line. Lane, let me know if you think I landed it AT ALL.

There's three thoughts here that all tie back to Real Estate -- and specifically what Diamond Dwellings is doing.

Thought #1

Ideas & technical advancement are exploding at an exponentially accellerating pace

Thought #2

The rate at which you can find, absorb, integrate and manage ideas has a huge impact on your business (and your life)

Thought #3

A Tribe (like AR?) helps everything happen faster and makes it easier & perhaps more fun for everyone.

Ideas & Technical advancement

We all see it.  In fact, that's why we're here on Active Rain and in so many other online environments.  We're trying to keep up with the thought leaders and have a sense that we "know what's going on".  That's what I want - to be connected to what's happening and always be with the leading edge of what's possible.

Execution is everything

Success in business or sport or anything else is all about execution.  Sound obvious, but we don't talk about this nearly enough.  If you look at 99% of the agents and brokers out there, they have way more information and understanding compared to that which they have actually implimented.  Agree?  They may not know all there is to know, but they do know the "next steps" (whatever that is for them at this moment).  The question is "Can they actually make it happen -- or will they just talk about it".  I don't know about you but I find that actual execution is 100 times harder than finding and even absorbing the ideas.  It might be a great idea to have some help to execute.

The tribe is "where it's at"

Ever join a support group for anything?  People join in order to find like minded people who are dealing with the same "issues".  They form a tribe or a brotherhood, and they help each other through to the next level TOGETHER.

That's what Diamond Dwellings is doing.  We're building a tribe of RE.net brothers (and sisters) all united under one brand.  Working as a family of connected hyper-local markets and changing the way we do real estate sales & marketing.

One thing is real clear.  We don't have ALL the answers or ideas.  And, if we did, there would be new answers and ideas before the "ink" is dry on this post!  The trick is to part of the right tribe that's seeking the new information all the time and working together to execute the best of the best.