Your entire life is nothing more than your personal experience of it - an angle. A way of looking at your life that became much more important than just a simple viewpoint. It becomes an excuse for why we keep falling into the same destructive...
I recently read an article titled, “This Column Will Change Your Life.” Talk about a great attention-grabbing headline! The following line was, “stop being busy.” Of course, I was hooked! And I started asking myself, ‘what’s the secret?’ The article went on to explain that there are...
As technology and social platforms continue to grow and evolve, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed. Yet, when applied correctly, social media strategies can provide immense value to real estate agents, including the opportunity to share advice with current clients and open dialogue with prospects. In this...
Emotional intelligence. This term first appeared in the 1960s but gained a lot of popularity in 1995 after the book Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman came out. John Mayor (no, not the singer), a psychologist, also played a big role in getting this concept the...
Paying it forward. I’ve been thinking a lot about this, especially since our company culture and values definitely embody this idea. There are so many ways to pay it forward - buy someone coffee, share words of encouragement, say ‘yes’ when someone asks for help, or...
There seems to be a consistent theme in my messages over the past month - changing your story. I guess this thought process started for me in 2017 at our All Company Meeting at the Gene Autry Museum. So, if you aren’t sick of it,...
Here is the question for today: what if who you’ve become isn’t who you really are? Let that sink in for a minute. From a young age, we are told who we are, what we’re good at, what we suck at, what we can afford, what we...
A friend of mine, Kevin Thomas McCarney, wrote Big Brain Little Brain. In the book, he talks about positive gossip. Positive gossip is exactly what it sounds like. Instead of talking negatively about others, talk positively about them. Just like gossip spreads, positive gossip spreads. And...
Sometimes, we find ourselves running into the same problems in life, and more times than not, it’s because we haven’t changed our story. We look at things from the same angle, we react to situations as we always have, and we get stuck in our...
I hear a lot of people talking about what they want. A new job, more money, a nicer car. The list goes on and on. Some people even put together a dream board to visualize these things and get inspired. And that’s great. It can be...