Cheston's Blog

Have you ever seen or participated in sky diving? I guess it's an activity that's either for you or not for you. I'll tell you what - it's not for me! Even though it's not for me I've still taken the time to watch it on a couple of occasions. These guys jump out of a plane fearlessly. They spread...

I was listening to the news & heard about a 10 year old boy who was asked to do a report on his favorite holiday.  His favorite holiday, of course, is Christmas.Upon presenting his report to his class, he began to describe the true center of the Christmas holiday & he mentioned the name of Jesus ...

Months ago I was in a group discussion with one of my mentors. We discussed a broad range of things, but one of the keys my mentor pointed out was that marketing is too good in America. Krams, a South Indian native who's traveled the world, enlightened the group with this axiom. Every now and aga...

I had a football coach in college who used to always say, "It's hard to win! It's easy to lose!" He also use to say, "It's easy when you win. It's hard when you lose." In nearly 30 years of coaching college football, Coach Hameline has never had a losing season. If you analyze his two statements ...

Here's a rule of thumb for making an offer on any commercial real estate transaction: If it's not making you money at the asking price, offer less.  A lot of investors find good properties that should make them good money, but end up losing (money, that is) on the deal because they pay too much f...