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The Three Pillars for Real Estate Career Success – A Bookworm Meme

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(Note: This might look like a duplicate post. However, that DARN Turkey that Brad was able to corner did some havoc on my most recent post. Hence....Here it is again! Enjoy!)

Are you tired of reading through all of the Bookworm Memes? If so, you might enjoy my contribution to the new/recycled ActiveRain fad.

What is a Bookworm Meme?

Here are six things you must do:

  • 1. Grab the nearest book.
  • 2. Open the book to page 56.
  • 3. Find the fifth sentence.
  • 4. Post the text of the next two to five sentences.
  • 5. Don't dig for your favorite book, the cool book or the intellectual one. Pick the Closest.
  • 6. Tag five people to do the same

What was my result of following these six steps..........VIDEO!!!

To review.....

4. Post the text of the next two to five sentences.

"In other words, pursue short-term and long-term goals at the same time. To have your best year plus a great career requires both. Lead generation effectiveness is the one true building block of all successful real estate careers and while its goal is always immediate business that is usually best accomplished through a dual focus on present and future business."

6. Tag five people to do the same - This is the hardest part! Who hasn't been tagged?

How about these five ActiveRain Family Members:

Jaclyn Erwin, ABR - Charlotte, NC

Tim Ludemann - Estero, FL

Darla Jensen - Crosslake, MN

Mike Wong Realtor, GRI - Sugar Land, TX

Greg Worley (my Market Center buddy) - Keller Williams Columbia SC

P.S. -- Stay Tuned for my Friendship Ball and 2008 Closing Thoughts!

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Jeannette Neerpat
CondoDomain.com - Coral Springs, FL
e-Pro Coral Springs/Parkland Real Estate
Wow David this was awesome. Thinking outside the box with this MEME!!! Way to go, and very imformative!
Nov 25, 2008 07:06 AM
Nicole Weidauer
Keller Williams Greater Seattle - Shoreline, WA
Awesome excerpt! This AR fad is going on forever but it's fun to see the type of books and messages that come out of it. The first book I found had a blank page 56. I don't know what that means!! :/ Thanks for sharing, Nicole Weidauer The Egerer & Weidauer Team, Keller Williams Realty North Seattle P.S. The video is awesome- Glad you got it to work!!
Nov 25, 2008 07:47 AM
Greg Worley
Keller Williams Realty - Irmo, SC

Okay. you asked for it, you got it. I like the idea, it's clever. The book that I had was filled with mostly useless knowledge, unless of course you're studying for Jeopardy or trivial pursuit.  Interesting nonetheless.

Nov 25, 2008 08:41 AM
Darla Jensen
Edina Realty - Crosslake, MN
David - The closest book to me right now is "The Chamber" by John Grisham. Page 56, fifth line reads: "Daniel, perhaps you shouldn't advise this young man to ignore the press". Hmm, how's that for timing?
Nov 25, 2008 12:42 PM
David Patterson
Columbia, SC
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Jeannette - Someone is challenging me to think more outside the box. Can you guess the culprit?

 

Nicole - Thanks for being my KW Seattle Buddy.

 

Greg - You are just my Market Center buddy. You get no warm fuzzies!

 

Darla - That is great timing. Thanks for being one of my consistent readers!

Nov 25, 2008 01:17 PM
Sandy Fenton
Keller Williams NY Realty * Licensed Associate Broker - Mount Kisco, NY
ABR, ASP, CDPE, GRI -Westchester NY - Condos to Luxury Homes

David, that was a fun way to "do your duty!" LOL I enjoyed the presentation.

Wishing you all the best in 2009! :-)

Nov 26, 2008 03:05 AM
Gene Mock
Associate Broker ~ Premier Team, KW Realty - Leesburg, VA
GRI, CRB, CRS, ABR, CIPS, TRC, SFR, SRES
Hi David, I love what you did with your 'meme'! (the train whistle didn't distract me at all, lol) Hope you are feeling better now. Happy Thanksgiving.
Nov 26, 2008 08:55 AM
Craig Rutman
Helping people in transition - Cary, NC
Raleigh, Cary, Apex area Realtor

Hey David,

Just a quick note to wish you and yours a very happy Thanksgiving!

May the kick off of the holiday season bring you nothing short of happiness, health and joy.

All the best,

Craig

 

Nov 27, 2008 04:51 AM
Kara Casamassina
International Property Management Group, LLC - Aiken, SC
Boomers and beyond

Hi David.  Nice! You did a good job of stepping outside the box on this one.   Glad to hear you are feeling better :)

Nov 28, 2008 08:29 AM
Tony and Suzanne Marriott, Associate Brokers
Serving the Greater Phoenix and Scottsdale Metropolitan Area - Scottsdale, AZ
Coldwell Banker Realty

Once you have an engine in place to process transactions from leads, the focus must be on lead generation to fuel the engine!

Nov 22, 2010 01:45 AM
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