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2019
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According to records Halloween is one of the biggest holidays for commerce. Yes, trick or treating has become big business.Christmas is the biggest holiday for commerce. It includes all of the house decorations. But did you know that some areas go all out for Halloween.Here in Armonk we have tw...
10/31/2019
If you have had been doing great in your real estate group in the past that alone does not guarantee that it will continue in the future. To quote investment company advertisements, “past performance is no guarantee of future results.” You need to have a leading indicator. A leading indicator wou...
10/28/2019
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Are there some habits or behaviors that you hope to eliminate next year? It is good to eliminate bad habits but be committed to working on it.If bad habits were easy to change, we would have so much more success. Unfortunately, that is not the case. In fact, bad habits and bad behaviors are the ...
10/21/2019
I am just winding down and ready to leave from a wonderful weekend in Charlotte. It would have not have been complete without an AR meetup with Debe Maxwell, CRS and Nina Hollander.Sorry that my iPhone ran down in the restaurant so I am using Debe's picture. It was almost a year since we all met...
10/20/2019
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How did I get to where I am today? It really was a very logical progression and I am now doing the best of was I did in previous careers.I started my career out of college on the Sears executive training program. The purpose of the program was management development to be an eventual VP. It wo...
10/16/2019
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Have you ever thought about what it takes to be a good leader? If you asked that question to a room full of people you would probably get different answers. That is because leadership is complex and situational. Leadership and management is much more complex than mastering an individual job. For ...
10/14/2019
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The Business Council of Westchester is the premier business organization in Westchester County New York. Being an active participant in this organization is a must if you want to be a serious business player in the county. I am a proud member and ambassador to this organization. On Thursday ev...
10/08/2019
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“What we have here is a failure to communicate.” That line from the movie Cool Hand Luke highlights a fundamental problem. There are many times in our business and personal lives where we don’t achieve a desired result from directing, explaining, or urging action. I would like to concentrate here...
10/07/2019
If you are a broker owner and have agents parking their licenses with you then you need to be concerned with engagement. I recently spoke with an experieced high producing agent who had been with a well known brokerage for some time. I asked him why he switched. He responded with one word. CU...
10/01/2019