Barry Owen's Blog
Tips and commentary For Home Buyers & Sellers and REALTORS with primary focus on LIVE - Work - Play - Life Rhythm - Life Performance Oriented thinking for regular folks
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2008
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Being a SUPERSTAR (The BEST) at what you do isn't much more than being very purposeful about the promises you make such that you can guarantee delivery of those promises.Last night in the debates, Sen Clinton pulled the phrase out of her hat "All Hat no cattle" when she referenced her opinion of ...
02/21/2008
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If you are fully committed to having a life worth living, a career worth having and a business worth owning, then you are (by definition) a PRODUCTIVITY WARRIOR - and you are purposefully moving along practicing daily FOCUS, ACCOUNTABILITY, and Establishing healthy RITUALS (see www.productivitywa...
02/20/2008
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Dating 101 Sounds a bit like a course in High School . . . Well, maybe not an "official course" but certainly one we all probably had along the way.I remember visiting my younger sister soon after she and her husband and first child had moved from Atlanta to Columbus, Ohio. We had our children wi...
02/19/2008
Many years ago, I was riding with my mentor and soaking up everything I heard. The phone was ringing with new business and deals were happening and inspections were being negotiated. A call came in. It was this one particular client who was very frustrated to the point of being unreasonable and i...
02/18/2008
Don't allow your response to be be your REACTION!There is great wisdom here . . . ESPECIALLY in the business of real estate sales. There are MANY opportunities to "blow it" as we journey through our challenging days and swing from unbelievable highs to Draconian lows in the time it takes to disc...
02/17/2008
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Some of the most successful and wealthy people in the world are not in lofty positions, have not ever won the lottery, did not come from wealthy families, didn't inherit bazillions of dollars from a distant relative, and live "normal middle class" lives . . . Yet they've got Millions of bucks sta...
02/16/2008
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By QUITTING!That's right . . . QUITTING!This really is the foundational premise of Seth Godin's book "The Dip". It is clear that if you QUIT, then you have no other option than to explore other viable options. If you are cruising along doing something that is not working in terms of propelling yo...
02/14/2008
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So many people and companies consider themselves to be "learning-based" . . . My suspicion is that this may have a fairly broad meaning. Just exactly what DOES "Learning Based" mean?The first response would likely be something along the lines of: "I try to be like a sponge and soak up any new kno...
02/14/2008
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HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!I hope you will shower everyone in your world today with love . . . LOTS OF LOVE!That's what makes the world turn. Love is indestructible . . . but perhaps taken for granted and/or misunderstood . . . or forgotten . . . Love is a bottomless well.Certainly, today is the one da...
02/13/2008
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Seth Godin WOWed @ 8000 Keller Williams Realty folks in his Keynote presentation yesterday morning. This man is brilliant. If you have not had the opportunity to see him speak, I recommend you put that high on your list of things to do. At a minimum, I am certain that you would get a lot from his...
02/12/2008
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Stream of consciousness commentary on the real estate industry from the perspective of a Principal Real Estate Broker and Founder of Pareto REalty, LLC in Middlle Tennessee - Also a Career Development Coach with vast Organizational Development/Transformation training and experience - in the industry since 1993