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Real Estate is a contact sport and this week my broker challenged me to become 1% more visible. I’m a big believer that small changes yield exponential results, so this challenge was a perfect fit. Each day I’ve been doing 1% more to connect with others and it’s a challenge I am now sharing with…
Last week’s post was from the panel at Inman Connect in San Francisco. We had so much fun and got such great feedback that we decided to recreate the magic on the radio. Monday I was part of the Success In A Dress discussion of Get Real Radio with Vija WIlliams of Keller Williams Realty, Deb…
Last week I had the hono0r of speaking on a panel at Inman Connect in San Francisco. The conference was a fantastic mix of agents, managers, owners and technology companies all focused on making the real estate experience better for the agents and their clients. It’s amazing how many options are out there! As with…
What? Aren’t we independent contractors, able to set our own schedules, call our own shots, do things the way we want them done? How is that working out for you? While the word “Boss” can sound oppressive and make you want to run in the other direction kicking and screaming (after all, if we were…
July 4th is next week. Weather you are taking off a day, the weekend or the entire week, it’s play time. I have grand visions about taking the entire summer off to do nothing but travel and play, but the reality is that I need my business to keep running. If you are like me,going…
June is a wonderfully busy month. Business is booming, kids are graduating, farmers markets have started and the sun is out. Yet with all of this activity going on, does it ever feel like you’re missing out on something? Maybe it’s just me, but I can spend an inordinate amount of time looking at the…
Actually all of life is. Yesterday, I was interviewed for the Live Rich, Spread Wealth tele summit. She asked me what is one thing I wanted to share with people about what it takes to be successful. Life is a contact sport Not in the aggressive, competitive sense, but in the you can’t get results…
Maya Angelou has a great quote: “I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” It plays out in so many areas of our lives. The other night I woke up at 1am to hear Alex calling for me.…
There are endless networking events out there. You can easily fill your calendar morning, noon and night going from one event to another. Many of them are a lot of fun, but you still need to give yourself time to actually work. So how do you filter through the endless list to know which are…
As I head out to teach a class in Oregon today and then Washington DC next week for the Women’s Council of Realtors meetings it seems like the perfect time to focus on building your internal network. Your internal network is the one within your own industry. Whenever I bring this up it seems to…