thomas j nelson realtor: Take Action: Against Clickbait - 08/01/20 06:11 AM
 
"It's easy to get people's attention;
what counts is getting their interest."
~ Civil Rights Activist, Philip Randolph
 
Your action for today
is to see if you can capture someone's interest.
 
 
It's tempting to suck people in with a sensationalized title;
but, can you hold them with your subject matter?
Researched facts, writing style and subject matter count if
you want readers not clicks. Comments not "likes".
 
Design an extraordinary Saturday/Weekend!
 
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Take Action: Light Their Fire! 
 
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thomas j nelson realtor: Take Action: Light Their Fire! - 07/31/20 09:07 AM
 
"Managers light a fire under people;
  
leaders light a fire in people."
~ Management Consultant Kathy Austin
 
 
 
Your action for today is
to see if you can light a fire
in a co-worker, friend or family member.
 
Design an extraordinary T.G.I.Friday!
 
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Take Action: Love People
 
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thomas j nelson realtor: Take Action: Love People - 07/30/20 08:29 AM
"We too often love things and use people
when we should use things and love people."
An Unknown Author
 
Your action for today
is to contact a friend or family member
and tell them you love them.
 
I'll be calling my son who's 22,
attending Sac State,
working as a security guard for the campus,
and always "too busy" to call Dad.
🎵...and the Cat's in the Craddle and the Silver Spoon...🎶
 
Design an extraordinary Thursday!
 
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Take Action: HELP!
 
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thomas j nelson realtor: Take Action: HELP! - 07/29/20 08:12 AM

"Great opportunities to help others seldom come,
but small ones surround us every day."
~ Author, Sally Koch
 
Your action for today is to
look for an opportunity to help someone.
 
Today I will be installing 2 CO2 Detectors 
FREE of charge for my sellers so
they can avoid appraisal concerns
on their new escrow!
What will you do?
 
Design an extraordinary Wednesday!
 
If you missed the previous “Take Action” post:
Take Action: Seek the Truth
 
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thomas j nelson realtor: Take Action: Seek the Truth - 07/28/20 06:14 AM
 
"In seeking truth you have to get both sides of a story."
~ Broadcaster, Walter Cronkite
 
Your action for today is to revisit a situation
where you made some conclusions about something
or someone that may not be totally accurate
because you didn't have all the facts.
 
 
My trusted holistic healer / nutritionist
I used to think performed a charlatan's voodoo.
It looked ridiculous and fake to the skeptical eye.
But, once I got to understand energy healing
I completely retracted my suspicions and now
heal 3 times faster through her than my doctor
when sick or afflicted.
 
"We got to learn how to listen, before we learn to talkWe got to … (9 comments)

thomas j nelson realtor: Take Action: Learn The Lesson - 07/27/20 03:40 PM
 
"Here's the key to being free from the stranglehold
of past failures and mistakes: 
learn the lesson and forget the details."
An Unknown Author
 
Your action for today is to reflect on a lesson
you've learned from a past mistake.
 
 
 
One lesson for me to learn from was: dwelling on the past.
It's a mistake to miss your
present by dwelling on your past.
Past mistakes, loses, past relationships and
past  "used to be's" .
Learning to improvise, adapt and overcome 
afforded me surving my past mistakes
and traumas; eventually thriving
 in the "new normal".
Weed your garden, make room for the blooms!
 
I discuss that more here:
Improvise, Adapt and Overcome
 
If … (6 comments)

thomas j nelson realtor: Take Action: Celebrate Your Differences - 07/26/20 04:50 AM
Take Action 🔥 is a Daily Post 😉👍
-
"No two men are alike, and both of them are happy for it."
~ Rabbi, Morris Mandel
 
Your action for today is to identify and celebrate
the differences between you and your spouse,
partner or someone close to you.
 
 
I think it took several years for my bride to finally understand
that the differences in us make the whole of us.
She used to think we were "just too different".
And it wasn't because we are an interracial couple.
It was because we were wired differently (as we all are).
We had to learn who each other were -
and how to speak each others Love Language.
  
I shared that "people and … (43 comments)

thomas j nelson realtor: Take Action: Enjoy How Bad You Are - 07/25/20 08:32 AM
"If you can't learn to do something well,
 
learn to enjoy doing it badly."
~ Baseball Analyst, Bill James
 
Your action for today is to identify something
that you're not very good at,
and by looking at it with a new perspective
find something to like about it.
 
 
 
For me that is the absolute joy I get from
playing guitar and drums.
 
I play daily, and I'm amazing...
...ly mediocre 😂🤣😂
 
But what a JOY! it is to learn and make music, 
even when I'm my only audience.
 
If you missed the previous “Take Action” post:
 
Take Action: Be Nice 
 
Design an extraordinary Weekend!
 
 
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thomas j nelson realtor: Take Action: Be Nice - 07/24/20 08:37 AM
 
"It is nice to be important, but it is more important to be nice."
 
An Unknown Author
 
 
Your action for today is to write
a thank you card or note to someone.
 
 
I have received 3 personal notes in 20 years
from Brian Buffini of Buffini & Company and each made my day.
 
 
I have written over 7,000 personal notes in my real estate career.
I know my number because I've documented them in my CRM, along with calls, pop-bys and client parties.
 
When you write a note to someone, the question to ask yourself
is how can I bless this person's day?
 
When they read it, it should warm them … (9 comments)

thomas j nelson realtor: Take Action: Not Words - 07/23/20 02:52 AM
 
"Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned."
~ Clergyman, Peter Marshall
 
Your action for today is to do something
that helps the environment,
such as using less water, 
or bringing your own mug
when you buy coffee at a coffee shop.
 
We stopped buying bottled water 12 years ago.
We use a local well, water delivery service out of Santee, CA
and we invested in metal hiking canteens
and lets face it,
title companies always give away hard-plastic water bottles.
 
No more trashing Mother Nature's fine work -
with mostly non-recyclable plastic throw away bottles.
 
If you missed the previous Take Action post: 
 
Take Action: Balancing
 
 
Design an extraordinary Thursday!
 
 
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thomas j nelson realtor: Take Action: Balancing - 07/22/20 05:22 AM
 
 
"Life is like riding a bike.
It is impossible to maintain your balance
while standing still."
 
Author, Linda Brakeall
 
Your action for today is to take a specific action
that will help you experience
a greater sense of balancing.
 
Truly, it is never "100% in balance"-a destination you arrive at in life,
it's a constant action towards and awareness of balancing
and understanding that something is always in need of attention
and being at peace with that, because...that's just life.
 
 
For me it's goal setting,
scheduling those goals in my daily planner
and time blocking in the 5 Major Circles of Life.
 
courtesy of Buffini & Company 
 
You can't just write them … (8 comments)

thomas j nelson realtor: Take Action: Sweat! - 07/21/20 07:31 AM
 
"Luck is a dividend of sweat.
The more you sweat, the luckier you get."
McDonald's Founder, Ray Kroc
 
Your action for today is to think of an area in your life,
either personal or professional,
where you can put forth more effort to achieve better results.
My professional concentrated effort is in better communication
than expected with my clients.
 
My personal concentrated effort is focused on my health
this year: conscious food choices and an exercise plan.
 
How about you?
 
If you missed the previous Take Action post:  
 Take Action: Be Happy!
 
Design an extraordinary Tuesday!
 
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thomas j nelson realtor: Now is the Perfect Time for Homeowners to Sell - 07/21/20 07:16 AM
 
Now is the perfect time for homeowners to sell...
Buyers are back looking for homes and entering the (almost) post-Covid housing market, while sellers over all are enjoying a robust and competitive market. However, I'll caution you here in San Diego that move-in-ready sells quicker in most areas of our county, much faster than homes with deferred maintenance.
 
The housing market is experiencing a mini-boom that will last, perhaps, until the end of 2020 and into 2021. As a homeowner and to the real estate professionals out there, you need to take advantage of this demand. You have equity in your home, you … (7 comments)

thomas j nelson realtor: Take Action: Be Happy - 07/20/20 02:21 PM
 
 
 
"If you can't help it, don't think about it."
Actor, Carmel Myers
 
Your action for today is to take a situation
that has you worried.
See if there is some action you can take to address it.
If there is, take it.
If there isn't, let it go and focus on something else.
 
"Worry is a payment we make in advance
towards a debt that is seldom collected."
~ Unknown
 
 
If you missed the previous Take Action post:  
Take Action: Take The First Step
 
Design an extraordinary Monday!
 
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thomas j nelson realtor: Take Action: Take The First Step - 07/19/20 01:29 AM
"Faith is taking the first step
even when you don't see the whole staircase."
An Unknown Author
 
Your action for today is to take a step
towards one of your BHAGs
- that's a Big, Hairy, Audacious Goal!
 
 
I just joined Noom
and got a weight loss coach (step 1),
my BHAG is
50LBs down by Valentine's Day 2021
 
There it is ...it's out there.
 
What about you?
 
 
If you missed the previous Take Action post:  
 
Take Action: Be The Bean
 
Design an extraordinary Sunday!
 
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thomas j nelson realtor: June ActiveRain Amnesia - I Want My Posts Back! maybe... - 07/18/20 07:18 AM
I'm happy to report, while most of my June was long gone on the Google archives,
I did recover my very last post in June by using Craig Daniels instructions on this post
and here's the proof: RECOVERED June 28th POST - Take Action: See It, Appreciate It 
Pop by Craig's original post, give it a try and thank him on his comments. It felt good to take
positive actions steps and reclaim a lost post! I know Active Rain is working on it, but it was 
fun to feel like I knew what I was doing in the tech world...thanks Craig!
Well 2020 is a very … (8 comments)

thomas j nelson realtor: RECOVERED June 28th POST - Take Action: See It, Appreciate It - 07/18/20 07:10 AM
Thank You Craig Daniels 
his posted recovery info worked!
June ActiveRain Amnesia - I Want My Posts Back! maybe... 
 
 
...The Beauty In Your Life 
 
 
"Everything has its beauty, but not everyone sees it."
~Confucius
 
Your action for today is to pay attention every time you walk
into a new place, a garden, or room.
 
Stop for a moment and look for its beauty.
 
Design an extraordinary day!
 
Three of my favorite hobbies bring this daily opportunity into
my observations of the moment: golf, hiking and gardening.
 
I always laugh at my Dad who prides himself on getting through 18 holes
of golf in 3.5 hours. What!?!
 
We're on millions of dollars worth of beautiful landscaped
property and he wants to get through it. … (2 comments)

thomas j nelson realtor: Take Action: Be The Bean - 07/18/20 06:29 AM
 
"People of character do the right thing,
not because they think it will change the world
but because they refuse to be changed by the world."
~ Ethicist, Michael Josephson
 
Your action for today is is to reflect on a time
when you did the right thing and one where you didn't.
Take time to notice the difference
and how you felt at both times.
 
I was taught by an antidote long ago,
you can be the carrot, the egg or the coffee bean.
 
The world is a boiling pot:
 
You can let it make you soft/weak 
like the carrot turns in boiling water
 
You can let it make … (8 comments)

thomas j nelson realtor: Take Action: Fuel Your Opinion with Facts - 07/17/20 07:28 AM
 
Fuel Your Opinion with Facts
 
"The fewer the facts, the stronger the opinion."
 
Psychologist, Arnold Glasgow
 
 
Your action for today is 
to see if you can gather some additional facts
about a strong opinion you have.
 
Political Facts
Racial Facts
Health Facts
Market Facts
Other ? Facts
 
...all seem to be lacking in 2020 and causing people to behave out of fearful click-bait
and headlines, rather than on factual, researched information.
 
Jim Rohn used to say "Be a student, not a follower; do your own research, form your own opinion." Zig Ziglar used to say fear is...
 
                                        … (10 comments)

thomas j nelson realtor: Take Action: Do It or Kill It - 07/16/20 06:39 AM
Today's post is the epitome of the Take Action series purpose...
 
"Even if you are on the right track,
you'll get run over if you just sit there."
~ Will Rogers
 
Your action for today is to take one of your "to-do's"
and either do it or remove it from your list.
 
 
While it is definitely empowering to accomplish
your goals, your tasks and to-do lists,
it can be equally empowering to hit stop or even delete 
on recurring goals & tasks that make every list,
 yet never are completed. Ask yourself why?
 
 
Consider hitting stop and waiting 3 months to see if that's a better
time to tackle that goal/task. If you still can't start … (21 comments)

 
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