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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I walked into my bank Pinnacle Financial Partners a few weeks ago, and my “Personal Banker” Cheryl Plummer said that Connie (Client Service Specialist) had some books for me . . . Would I like to read them? Because I had used their “Learning Center” several times, and have them on my email dist...
12/13/2011
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Monday Morning Coffee – Paper DECEMBER 12, 2011 BY BARRY OWEN LEAVE A COMMENT (EDIT) Ipad Ipod Iphone Driod Kindle Smart Phone GPS Internet Social Media Paperless How much of all of the above do you use? How much Paper do you use relative to “before?” How much more fulfilled, gratified, productiv...
12/11/2011
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Seth Godin wrote a very thought provoking blog post this morning. Unusual as that may be (wink), it got me thinking about the notion of a potential strategy of some organizations to decrease “Product 1/2 Life” in order to sustain their prosperity but “forcing” their loyal customers to buy more ...
12/10/2011
How many years have you set VERY clear goals at the beginning of the year only to have the same year as before . . . over and over and over? Kinda jades your opinion of Goal Setting after a few years, doesn’t it? Defines “Insanity” – Doing the same things every year with the same people expecti...
12/08/2011
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Tis the season for invitations. Most invitations request an RSVP. Wiki defines RSVP: “ From the French RSVP, réspondez s’il vous plaît, meaning “reply please” or “please respond” The Host(ess) simply wants to know if you’re coming (or not), so appropriate preparations can happen. Without some i...
12/07/2011
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You do know “the Nudge,” don’t you? Often affectionately referred to as “The Gentle Nudge” and sometimes followed by an: “I’m patiently awaiting your response/action regarding ________!” . . . and perhaps punctuated with a couple “Bless your Heart”s. The nudge is what we do when we are attempti...
12/06/2011
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I begin with the disclaimer (given) that you have some level of interest in becoming more efficient with your resources (Time, Energy, Money, relationships, etc). I know that I am always focused on finding better ways to be more effective with less effort. Why? Because someone is ALWAYS moving ...
12/04/2011
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The text read: “sorry.busy” This after a whole series of dropped balls and failure to communicate from a “Professional” during a recent transaction. This was a deal that could have closed 2 weeks early (per the wishes of both Buyer & Seller) . . . but didn’t because the lender and Title Co were...
11/30/2011
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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