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It’s spring! The real estate market is heating up and chances are, so is your social schedule. Both of our boys play baseball and between their game schedules, vacations, conferences, local events and the general spring fever of wanting to get out and enjoy the weather, life is getting busy. You may not have kids…
I was reading the Wallace D Wattles book,” Promote Yourself” yesterday and this line really stood out. If you are not familiar with Wallace D. Wattles, he wrote the book, “The Science of Getting Rich” over 100 years ago and is still quoted today for the wisdom available in his books. You can download a…
Rule #1 in Sales: Make it easy for them to say yes to you. Before someone buys anything: a house, a car, a pair of shoes, they hire someone to work with. Yes, even in today’s online shopping world this is still relevant. Buyers are choosing a sales person, a web site, or a brand…
Leverage is a major buzz-word in business. It usually means hiring more people so that you can serve more clients, get more done and make more money. On the one hand it’s a no brainer. On the other, it’s one of the biggest sources of stress and stagnation that businesses face. Why is that? Leveraging…
As I prepare to give a talk tomorrow to a group of middle school and high school girls on self confidence and being successful in life it makes me realize that every now and then we need to be reminded that we are amazing, even as adults. Here is one of my all time favorite…
I’ve done a lot of values and branding exercises over the years. You know, the ones that start with a long list of words, and then have you answer a series of questions and eliminate words. The goal is to end up with either a single word or your top three that define you. For…
You didn’t have to do the grocery shopping and plan the meals? You didn’t have to spend 4 hours running all over town picking things up and dropping them off for clients? You had a system for your business so that you knew for sure you were on track to meet your goals? What’s your…
What? If you are buying something it means you are getting something, right? Yes, but anytime you buy something, whether it’s a pen, a pair of shoes, or a house, it means you are letting go of something. Letting go of the pen you used to use, the shoes that you were wearing and the…
Seattle is in the midst of Seahawks mania as we roll into the Super Bowl next week. 12th man flags can be seen everywhere and don’t you dare forget to wear blue and green on Friday’s. In an interview with the quarterback, Russell Wilson, after last weeks game against the 49’ers he said that his…
In the last 2 weeks we have talked about new ways to set goals, and streamlining your decisions. Making the decision to succeed and setting goals are both important elements, but there is a third, often overlooked one, that is just as crucial: Your Support System. Napolean Hill said it best: “No individual has sufficient…