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Book It, Dano!... Or, Use your FREE TIME to Activate your MIND!

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Real Estate Agent with RE/MAX CROSSROADS

Having just finished Gary Keller's wonderful book "Shift" this morning, I was debating whether to get in the car and head for Barnes & Noble, which is about a 45 minute drive. Now, normally, there would be no debate.  I wouldn't be writing this blog; I'd be on my way to my second home, B&N!  But, OCEAN CITY,MARYLAND got weathered on today---- we got snow!  Now it fell in little tiny flakes, covered the cars, grass and even the roads.... for about 10 minutes! Then it turned to slush/mush!  Still not an issue. (I'm from Pittsburgh where snow is just accepted, played with, and driven in!)  But if a flake falls from the sky in the Ocean City area, all life comes to a stop... a screeching stop!  The issue is the crazy drivers who speed up, slam on their brakes and sliddddd! I'm just not willing to get out on the road with them, at least not when it's dark and the roads are wet/icey.

Back to my being bookless... I clicked on a Website recommended in the "Shift" book. www.millionairesystems.com   It's a Website with Business Books!  If you click on an author that you might be familiar , you get a free download about their book.  What a great way to "preview" and see if it would be of value to you!

Check out the site .... you'll be pleasantly surprised!  What a great use of all this FREE TIME! Reading!

And as quoted in the book, "Shift" happens!!!... Which sounds so much better than the original saying!

Kathy Opatka Re/Max OCEAN CITY,MARYLAND

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Jeff R. Geoghan
Coldwell Banker Realty - Lancaster, PA
REALTOR, Marketing Manager

Gary Keller does semm to get it right, doesn't he?

NAR has a lot of these books as free Ebooks for download, by the way.  Visit the "library" at realtor.org

Jan 27, 2009 09:00 AM
Elizabeth Bolton
RE/MAX Destiny Real Estate Cambridge, MA - Cambridge, MA
Cambridge MA Realtor

Hi Kathy ~ Thanks for the link and the reminder about "Shift" - yours is the second post I've read this evening about the book - I think I'll buy it!!  And nothing beats free books! Thanks.

Liz

Jan 27, 2009 03:19 PM
Patricia Kennedy
RLAH@properties - Washington, DC
Home in the Capital

Kathy, there's a B&N a block from my office.  And this book is on my list.  I should slide over and pick up a copy!  Thank you for the reminder.

Jan 28, 2009 09:29 AM
Linda Breeding
Keller Williams Realty - Pinehurst, NC

Welcome to the Keller Williams education site. The books are great and the education available to everyone is the best in the business. Enjoy!

Feb 01, 2009 12:33 AM
Brian Brumpton
Keller Williams Boise - Boise, ID
Boise Idaho Real Estate

Kathy,

I think Gary puts out some great stuff.  He's actually probably more in tune with the real estate market than our own national association.  There are so many great resources for all agents to take advantage of from KW and you don't have to belong to the brokerage either.  Although, I can't see why you wouldn't want to but then again I might be biased.

Feb 09, 2009 02:08 AM
Sharon Lee
Sharon Lee's Virtual Assistance - Jonesborough, TN
Retired and loving life

Hi Kathy-I have this book and look forward to reading it. Thanks for sharing your take on it. have a wonderful day. Welcome to Active Rain. :-)

Feb 09, 2009 02:25 AM
Sandy Shores FL Realtor®, Melbourne Real Estate
M & M Realty of Brevard Inc. - Melbourne, FL
Brevard County Real Estate, Florida's Space Coast

Hi Kathy, We'll never see any of that white fluffy stuff here. Oh well! My teenage daughters would flip if we did!

Feb 11, 2009 09:32 AM
Jim Frimmer
HomeSmart Realty West - San Diego, CA
Realtor & CDPE, Mission Valley specialist

We don't usually have a problem with snow here, but with 11 months of sunshine, when it rains, I'm like you with snow. I'm not going out there because the drivers don't slow down, sometimes even speeding up to see if they can splash water on the cars next to them and then sliding all over the place when they go hydroplaning. Alas, "Shift happens," which is, indeed, better than the original saying.

Feb 25, 2009 09:46 AM
Todd Clark - Retired
eXp Realty LLC - Tigard, OR
Principle Broker Oregon

Kathy,

They also have weekly interviews that you can download and put on CD or an MP3 player to listen to and I can tell you these are interviews with some of the Top agents in the business.

Todd Clark, Helping Families Home - www.IFoundYourNewHome.com

PS - Thanks for stopping by my post the other day.

Feb 26, 2009 05:45 PM
Linda Jandura
Raleigh Cary Realty - Apex, NC
Realtor, North Carolina Buyer & Seller Specialist

Kathy, I will check out that website for sure. Haven't read Gary's book yet. My favorite book stores are the thrift stores, so I hope I can find it in one soon!

Mar 04, 2009 07:40 AM
Kathy Opatka
RE/MAX CROSSROADS - Ocean City, MD
Serving Ocean City, MD, & The Delaware Beaches

Linda,

I got a couple of other agents in the office to order the book with me from Amazon.  We got a discount and FREE shipping!  Gary's books are all very interesting reading for REALTORS!  I met him when I was a KW agent;he is a lovely man!.... I buy books as cheaply as I can,too.  My house resembles a library!

Kathy Opatka

Mar 04, 2009 08:29 AM