Recently we were trying to figure out where to eat dinner on a Saturday night. It seems like we had our choice of many really inexpensive spots (also known as not so appetizing) and lots of really expensive places, with not so many options in between. Lots of things in life come down to this type of “one or the …

Ordinary. Even the word itself sounds, well, ordinary. We get to choose where we’re going to fall on the spectrum. We can choose to be in the middle with most everybody else. Just ordinary. Or we can be extraordinary. The difference is just that little bit extra.

“Why do we need to sign a contract?” It’s a question not often heard, but it is heard. A contract is an agreement that helps two different parties, who often have very little knowledge of each other, figure out exactly how things are going to work when they do business with each other. Contracts are an important part of our …

Imagine if we had never met and I approached you asking to borrow $20. You’d likely have a predictable response, trying to move far away from me as quickly as possible. Now imagine the same scenario, but that we’re lifelong friends and I’m obviously in need of help. You’d probably respond in an entirely different manner to my request for …

We all run into problems. Every day. And we get to choose which problems we’re going to deal with. That part’s up to us. The problem part isn’t. The problems don’t care which ones we work on. They’re going to keep coming, regardless. We can’t control everything, so why should we even try?

It’s human nature to look the other way. It’s easier. It’s comfortable. It keeps us from getting involved. It makes things simpler. It stops us from getting caught up in something difficult. It’s not messy. But, all too often, living with blinders on keeps us from getting to where it is we really want to go. Face it, progress is …

It seems like there are a million different ways for us to let people know about what we’re doing. Business cards. Brochures. Signs. Facebook. Instagram. Twitter. Snapchat. TikTok. Threads. LinkedIn. YouTube. Google Ads. Email marketing. Blog posts. Direct marketing. The list goes on and on… Maybe we need to stop trying to be everywhere and simply give people something worth …

Good enough is good enough, that is until it’s for us. Inspecting the roof from the ground is fine, until we’re the one that’s buying the house, then we’re sure to walk on the roof. Checking a minimal number of outlets is good enough, until we’re moving a king-sized bed to check all the outlets in the house that we’re …

It seems like there’s been an unfortunate shift occurring lately in the real estate industry. Agents, particularly new ones, have moved their focus from what’s best for their clients to what’s best for them. If the agents that we’re working with seem to fit this new selfish mold, maybe it’s time for us to up the level of our real estate clientele. While …

We all want to put our best foot forward. We all want to look like we know what we’re doing. We all want to put on a good show. We all want to look like we’ve been doing this job forever. We all want to stand out from the crowd and look like a winner. Looking or acting like we’re …