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
Dear Real Estate Buyer/Seller, When you decide to take the plunge into the great sea of possibilities with respect to making a move, I can only imagine the myriad thoughts churning through your head. For sure, there must be REAL reasons you would elicit this level of change and potential for chao...
07/19/2008
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My primary goal as a Career Development Coach for REALTORS (and Organizational Development Consultant) is to help each client DECLARE his/her definition of "CAP" . . . and to build a strategy to reach that CAP as quickly as possible. What I know is essential is an integrated strategy which INTENT...
07/17/2008
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OK! Ever heard that term "Burning your candle at both ends"? Seems I have encountered more people than usual waxing and waning about "burnout" and fatigue . . . and working harder than ever with less results. In a market like this (I speak from a Middle Tennessee perspective), deals are simply mo...
07/16/2008
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We had a great session yesterday in our 36:12:3 class. The topic was "Prospecting" - As with every Keller Williams Realty course I have delivered, this course practices "Overkill ALL the time" . . . and it just makes sense. This particular session is very foundational stuff which can be somewhat ...
07/14/2008
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Have you ever noticed as you've journeyed through life it appears that some people just wander about seemingly aimlessly, yet they find success at nearly every junction? These are the people we say have the "Midas Touch" - Everything they touch turns to gold (Money). These people make it seem so ...
07/14/2008
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I've had several comments on yesterday's post both "seeable by the public" and by direct email to me . . . Seems that topic is a particularly juicy one. I have to say that I have somewhat of an unfair advantage - 12 years of Life in the Army conditioned me well for waking up early each day . . . ...
07/12/2008
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In keeping with the principles of the Productivity Warrior www.productivitywarriors.com we know that to achieve Higher and Higher levels of success/productivity we must begin with FOCUS . . . Surround ourselves with a high level of ACCOUNTABILITY . . . and establish healthy RITUALS (Habits). and ...
07/11/2008
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07/09/2008
Yesterday morning, my children began soccer camp. What this meant to my morning ritual is that I had to be creative and adaptive because I am COMMITTED to being in the training room every morning PROMPTLY @ 8:30 to welcome my Lead Generation SPRINTERS and get them started . . . Yet my girls neede...
07/07/2008
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Richard commented on my last post. He brings up a great point: "Quoted from RE trainer Scott Einbinder, "The training that agents receive always seems to focus on things like lead generation or benefits that steer right back into the direction of the agent and company, leaving the consumer left ...
07/07/2008
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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