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Towering Blocks

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Services for Real Estate Pros with Ward County Notary Services 607851

I doubt that there was ever a child who did not stack up a few (or many) blocks during a play time. Reflecting back as far as I can remember, and frankly the only thing I remember about kindergarten, was the very large building blocks they had. As far as my "home" experience with blocks I remember ours looking like these:

Evidently children of all ages still like to play with blocks.

Building blocks are essential in career development. I think about my own career in Real Estate and all the blocks I put together to build my own business and Brokerage. Kindergarten helped with the "block" of playing well with others. Every year in education helped in one dimension or another. Every job prior to becoming a Real Estate professional helped my Real Estate career and the of course there is/was all the RE courses I took over the years.

Today I am still adding building blocks to my life. These days my focus is finding ways to improve life for others. I know that what ever I build during my life it will only be temporal and sometime after my life it will all be forgotten. But so what! I am focused on the everlasting and that will be eternal. 

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Do you enjoy the cartoons written by my son (Timmothy N. Timm) which I use as a springboard to write my daily posts? His strip, Titus & Philemon, has run in two newspapers for years as well as being printed in my blog every day. Titus & Philemon (pronounced Phi - Lee -Man) are guinea pigs. Their owner is Joe. Timmothy has never repeated a joke/comic strip in the 12 years he has been writing it. He has never copied another strip, such as Peanuts or Garfield. You can follow Timmothy on FB as Titus & Philemon and you can also check him out on Instagram as Instagram.com/titus and philemon/ .For Timmothy's website type timmtimmothy.com into your browser. I tried to put it in a link here but it refuses to work. Do NOT put anything in front of timmtimmothy.com or it will not work. 

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Doug Dawes
Keller Williams Evolution - 447 Boston Street, Suite #5, Topsfield, MA - Topsfield, MA
Your Personal Realtor®

Good Morning Bob "RealMan" Timm 

Great segue on building blocks. When I was a kid, I was digging a hole to China... SO in line with your post, the fiduciary responsibilities we have as Realtors will help prevent us from digging a hole we can't get out of 😁

Apr 28, 2026 10:36 AM
Bob "RealMan" Timm

Thank you Doug Dawes , excellent input, Thank You.

Apr 28, 2026 11:57 AM
Jeffrey DiMuria 321.223.6253 Waves Realty
Waves Realty - Melbourne, FL
Florida Space Coast Homes

My son loved tall buildings. He would use blocks or make drawings of skyscrapers. When he was 5 we took in to NYC...he was in AWE!!!

Apr 28, 2026 11:00 AM
Bob "RealMan" Timm

I'm with you son on this Jeffrey DiMuria 321.223.6253 Waves Realty . In North Dakota we have a lot of land to spread out over, we don't need to build upwards so a 6 story building is awesome in ND.

Apr 28, 2026 11:45 AM
GilbertRealtor BillSalvatore
Arizona Elite Properties - Chandler, AZ
Realtor - 602-999-0952 / em: golfArizona@cox.net

great information to share with us here on the Rain. We can always learn from great blogs here. Bill

Bill Salvatore / Arizona Elite Properties #AZVHV

Apr 28, 2026 12:06 PM
Bob "RealMan" Timm

Thank you GilbertRealtor BillSalvatore , I appreciate you.

Apr 28, 2026 12:30 PM
Lise Howe
RLAH RE LLC - Washington, DC
Assoc. Broker in DC, MD, VA and attorney in DC

The thought that what we build may be temporal, but how we impact others can be lasting, really stood out to me.

Apr 28, 2026 12:12 PM
Bob "RealMan" Timm

Thank you Lise Howe . This would be a better world if people focused on "forever".

Apr 28, 2026 12:31 PM
Dorie Dillard Austin TX
Coldwell Banker Apex Realtors, LLC ~ 512.750.6899 - Austin, TX
Educating. Encouraging. Serving.

Good afternoon Bob,

I use to play blocks and build things with my younger brother. He loved building things and turned out to be an architect! 

Apr 28, 2026 02:31 PM
Kathy Streib
Cypress, TX
Retired Home Stager/Redesign

Hi Bob- I played more with my blocks and building things than I ever did with dolls. What I love is that you learn the importance of building a good foundation if you don't want the blocks to tumble down. 

Apr 28, 2026 05:13 PM
Kat Palmiotti

Kathy Streib - another similarity! I was a blocks and tonka truck kid, not a doll kid.

Apr 29, 2026 05:15 AM
Kat Palmiotti
Kalispell, MT
Montana is the place to be

I did indeed have building blocks as a child - and they looked just like the ones you showed above!

Apr 29, 2026 05:15 AM
Nina Hollander, Broker
Coldwell Banker Realty - Charlotte, NC
Your Greater Charlotte Real Estate Broker

Now I know what my problem is, Bob! I never attended Kindergarten! I was expelled from two of them. For some reason I had a total aversion to that concept. 

Apr 29, 2026 05:44 AM
Brian England
Ambrose Realty Management LLC - Gilbert, AZ
MBA, GRI, REALTOR® Real Estate in East Valley AZ

Hmm, I don't seem to recall ever building tall towers with blocks myself, but perhaps I did when I was a kid, haha.

Apr 29, 2026 08:44 AM