Carol Williams' Real Estate Marketing and Goal Setting Blog

"Sometimes you deserve a second chance, not because you weren't fabulous the first time, but because the timing and circumstances weren't quite right. You just got overlooked."   -Carol Williams  Second Chance Saturday is all about giving deserving posts more exposure. If you see a deserving pos...

" It's Not What You Say… It's How You Say It" A meme (in the form of a question) on Facebook gave me flashbacks to life with the aunt who raised my brother and me after out parents died. My Aunt Dorothy had a knack for giving advice. The best piece of advice she ever gave me was: “It’s not what y...

"Meeting up with friends is the real souvenir of the road."This month’s ActiveRain Point Store Challenge is right up my alley... or should I say highway?My dream isn’t a new one, but it’s a dream that never grows old: I'm planning to hit the open road once again to reconnect with the wonderful pe...

"Sometimes you deserve a second chance, not because you weren't fabulous the first time, but because the timing and circumstances weren't quite right. You just got overlooked."   -Carol Williams  Second Chance Saturday is all about giving deserving posts more exposure. If you see a deserving pos...

"A journey is best measured in friends, not miles." — Tim CahillI've said it before, and I'll say it again: One of the things I love most about ActiveRain is how it transforms online connections into real-world friendships... friendships that feel like they've always existed, even if you've just ...

“Life is a balance of holding on and letting go.”—RumiDear Michelle,Some concepts are so timeless and universal that they cross cultures and languages. One of those is Yin-Yang, an ancient Chinese philosophy symbolizing the balance of opposites. Light and dark. Rest and activity. Joy and sorrow. ...

"Sometimes you deserve a second chance, not because you weren't fabulous the first time, but because the timing and circumstances weren't quite right. You just got overlooked."   -Carol Williams  Second Chance Saturday is all about giving deserving posts more exposure. If you see a deserving pos...

“You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.”— C.S. LewisAfter three decades in the trenches of real estate, showing houses, advising clients, writing offers, negotiating contracts, and calming nerves, I am now happily entrenched in retiremen...

"Sometimes you deserve a second chance, not because you weren't fabulous the first time, but because the timing and circumstances weren't quite right. You just got overlooked."   -Carol Williams  Second Chance Saturday is all about giving deserving posts more exposure. If you see a deserving pos...

"Life is a series of chisels, each event shaping us into who we are meant to be."  - Unknown Dear Michelle,I chose the word Xylography for today’s letter. It’s not a word you hear often (or ever), but it carries a meaningful lesson. Xylography is the art of engraving on wood. Each mark, is made w...