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2016 

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“Eat a live frog first thing in the morning and nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day.” Mark Twain is onto something. Frogs are else-wise famous with the metaphor of boiling them: The boiling frog is an anecdote describing a frog slowly being boiled alive. The premise is that if a ...
01/11/2016
How many times do you need to LEARN this before you get it?   First lesson: If you have even a touch of dyslexia, think twice before you fire up that new chain saw and start cutting on that tree next to your house. Second Lesson: If you don’t know how to do something, but you think you can figure...
01/10/2016
Is this you? Most people will identify with being a mouse in a maze in pretty much all aspects of life. Since birth, we have had a torrent of new “challenges and opportunities” coming at us with little to no training . . . and often no way out other than making it though the maze. Sure, we have c...
01/08/2016
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The New Year Resolution for Pareto Realty in 2016 boils down to ONE word:  ENGAGE   We know that it’s not enough just to show up . . . We must also ENGAGE – Participate at a high level. Whether it be a one:one encounter with a perfect stranger, a community gathering, or a REALTOR function, we mus...
01/08/2016
My daughter says: “It’s gotta get worse before it gets better!” She’s a very wise 14 year old. This is her observation after all those many years of life experience. When you’re sick, and the Doctor prescribes an antibiotic, don’t you always feel worse for a day or 2 after taking the medicine? Wh...
01/07/2016
When you’re in a traffic jam, Open up some space between you and the car in front of you. Yeah! . . . Just 4 or 5 car lengths of space . . . enough to allow other cars to weave in and out. This is a magical solution because it acts as a “traffic calmer” for the cars in the immediate vicinity. Nex...
01/05/2016
Would you buy a house without ever having walked through it? No? What if I were to tell you it’s the most BEAUTIFUL house on the planet, and I provided vibrant, glossy 8X10 photos of all the rooms . . . Would you buy it then? No? How ’bout I provide you with testimonials from the prior owner and ...
01/05/2016
Our household has fallen to “The Walking Dead Plague” Somehow, someone suggested we watch The Walking Dead over a week ago. In my naivety and thinking this would be a 2 hour Movie (I don’t watch much TV), I settled in and we turned on Netflix. I figured it would be something akin to Night of the ...
01/03/2016
Dear Mrs. and Mr. HomeSeller, I am writing this letter to you because I SO much want you to SELL your house for the best possible terms and price. Seriously! I DO! In fact, I am so interested in your home sale success that I am not soliciting your business as much as I am pleading with you to eng...
01/03/2016
How much do you think you could charge each hour? Therapists charge in $100-$200 range – Attorneys $200-$400+ – $7.25 for minimum wage. Do the Math! How many hours do you work each month, and what’s your average Gross income each month? Divide income by number of hours. In the simple world, you c...
01/02/2016
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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