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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2011
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Posted on February 11, 2011 by Barry Owen As I write this blog post in our living room, I see in front of me a coffee table with no fewer than 30 books in 2 piles. I know that one of the piles is "books already read" and the other pile is "books to be read". The reader? Allison, our 9 year old 3r...
02/11/2011
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Posted on February 10, 2011 by Barry Owen WOW! If you want to be a techno geek with all of the most current gadgets with all the chic bells and whistles and apps, you better be pulling in some jack (money) because that industry is as fluid as mercury. As soon as you think you've got the latest an...
02/10/2011
Posted on February 10, 2011 by Barry Owen The Pareto family is growing. Pareto Realty, LLC came into the world September 15, 2010 and is healthy, well adjusted and has a very happy disposition. Apparently, the gestation period for Pareto offspring is @ 19 weeks because yesterday a sibling was bor...
02/10/2011
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Posted on February 9, 2011 by Barry Owen I'm here to argue that (regardless of your choice of career, age, gender, Spiritual beliefs, nationality, race, color or socioeconomic background and current stature) YOU have just as much a right to CLAIM yourself to be a "Professional" as anyone. That's ...
02/09/2011
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Posted on February 8, 2011 by Barry Owen I'd venture to say that regardless of what it is that you want, there is a specialist for that. "There's an app for that!" The Thing you want is clear in your mind, and you have myriad choices of ways to get that thing . . . We'll call this thing the PRODU...
02/08/2011
Posted on February 7, 2011 by Barry Owen We all know that in order to stay alive, our heart must continue to beat 24/7 . . . and we must continue to BREATHE. Our heart and breath rates will rise and fall depending on our level of activity and are almost always the first functions we check in the ...
02/07/2011
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Posted on February 4, 2011 by Barry Owen I'm now reading the book Go-Givers Sell More by Bob Burg & John David Mann - It's right up my alley of living in a world in which focus is on a way of building relationships founded on a strong "securitization" (my word) of mutual: Know Like Trust Our abil...
02/03/2011
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Posted on February 3, 2011 by Barry Owen We live in a world in which everyone's "Art" is on display ALL the time. We each have our individual art - Writing/Blogging, Business Practices, Sculpture, Painting, Photography, Fitness, Health, Spirituality . . . Your Art defines who you are. All people ...
02/03/2011
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Posted on February 2, 2011 by Barry Owen Often, I find myself talking to someone who is overwhelmed by the sheer volume of STUFF to do. There's Work to be done IN your business (Servicing Clients) There's work to be done ON your business (Marketing, Lead Generation, Paperwork, Training) There's w...
02/02/2011
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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